It's close to the end of the school year, a time when projects are being completed and shared. From one end of the building to the other, I have heard teachers or students talk about the extra motivation that students have when their work will be shared. Sharing can take many forms--a paper carried to the senior center, a student produced video to share with another class and post on the school website, or sharing on the web with students in other countries. The wider audience really does motivate students (and teachers, too.)
As my application for a Google Teacher Academy, I was required to make and post a video on one of two topics. I chose motivation, and audience seemed like a good focus. I drew on my past experience in social research to script a short parody of educational research with puppet actors. Nicol Wander, puppeteer from Wanderful Creations, was extremely generous with her time and talent. We worked hard on hot days to produce and film this one minute (could not be longer) performance. Whew! I posted it to YouTube today because of the application deadline. It's my best effort to date--I'd like to do more with it. If you'd like to take a peek: Does Audience Motivate?
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