DTAL Conference 2024

While student ownership and authentic engagement are often displayed through a presentation, the engagement of the students watching the presentation can be a challenge. This session is designed for secondary teachers of all subjects seeking strategies to help build a classroom community where students can encourage, support, and effectively evaluate each other. The session provides strategies to engage all students--whether standing in front of the group or watching from their seats. We will also cover some teacher-generated requirements designed to make those presentation skills more polished. Public speaking skills are not intuitive; they need to be taught, and this session provides specific elements to build into assignments that will guide and challenge the students to improve both their presenting and spectating skills.