Overview
Student attention shifts constantly throughout a lesson, but most teachers plan instruction as if attention stays steady from start to finish. This session introduces a practical way to design lessons that work with how attention naturally rises, dips, and resets.
Participants will walk through a model lesson that demonstrates the phases of classroom attention and the simple moves that support each one. They will experience strategies for capturing attention with curiosity and relevance, guiding it with intentional transitions, resetting it with short mental breaks, reactivating thinking with quick prompts, and helping learning stick with synthesis and personal connection. Every strategy shown requires little to no prep and can be added to existing lessons immediately.
Teachers will leave with ready-to-use templates that match each phase of the lesson flow demonstrated in the session.
Key Takeaways:
- Capture Early Attention: Use curiosity, anticipation, relevance, and prediction to bring students into the learning.
- Maintain Momentum: Support attention through short resets, retrieval moments, perspective shifts, and clear transitions.
- Help Learning Stick: Strengthen retention with quick synthesis, personal connection, and simple visual or verbal anchors.
- Design for Flow: Structure lessons to match how attention naturally changes over time rather than fighting against it.
- Practical Application: Leave with templates and student-ready activities that translate directly to any business or technology classroom.
Presenter
Tori Hale is a dedicated educator with a passion for empowering teachers and students. As a Business and Technology Teacher at Casey-Westfield High School and an adjunct instructor at Eastern Illinois University, Tori has spent 13 years shaping the future of education.
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