Last week in Methods of Teaching, we learned about engaging moments or E-Moments. Engaging moments provide students a way to learn and engage in the material. My partner Beth and I had "Bob the Weatherman." During our E-moment, students worked in groups to develop an idea and then presented their idea to the class as a "Weather Report." They highlighted the "affected areas," (who would be affected by their idea) showed the "Doppler Radar," (the long term effects) and overall just had fun with it.
Probably one of my favorite E-moments is the "Bob Dylan Moment." During this, Matt Elsass and Meghan McHenry created a song to remember parts of the engine. It was priceless. To make this come to life, they changed the words of "Wild Thing..." At a wedding reception this past weekend, the song "Wild Thing" came on, and I sang "Valve Spring... you make my engine sing, you make everything run smooooothly."
One more credential to E-Moments and that they DO work!
That is so awesome. I was singing Valve Spring all weekend as well. I also believe that E-Moments work!!!!!
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