Lesson 2.1 How to Motivate Students Through Inspirational Videos
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Every Monday, I start each class with a Motivational Monday video to inspire my students for the week to come. These videos are rarely mathematically related, but rather address some deeper issues such as:
- A Reminder to Stop Complaining:
- Somewhere in America...:
- Inspiration to Travel:
- Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?
- What Student's Really Need to Hear:
After my students watch a Motivational Monday video, I always open the floor up for comments, feedback, and deeper conversations to flow naturally as a result. The best part about these videos are the discussions that arise as a result. Math class is not your typical place for meaningful life lessons to be discussed, but why not? This is a great tool to get to know your students on a deeper level, to allow for all voices to be heard, and to ultimately inspire your students to do more, feel deeply, act selflessly, and create positive changes in their lives and others. I have many more videos available, but as to not overwhelm you, I did not post them all here. If you are interested in seeing more of my Motivational Monday videos, you can follow my Playlist on YouTube where I save most of my inspirational videos, or feel free to email me at kelseyodonnell22@gmail.com for more information.
Pick a few of these videos to watch to get a sense of what my students are viewing each week. Once you have viewed a few that you deem inspirational, please contribute to our class padlet page a link to video you would use to motivate your own students. Remember to include your name with each post on padlet.
References
Ea, P. (2017, December 11). A Message to Bullies. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT6hSFAsrhY&t=1s
Ea, P. (2014, September 29). Can We Auto-Correct Humanity? Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRl8EIhrQjQ
International, C. (2014, October 05). Nature Is Speaking – Julia Roberts is Mother Nature | Conservation International (CI).
- Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmVLcj-XKnM&t=2s
Latifah, Q. (2014, November 04). Changing the World, One Word at a Time! | The Queen Latifah Show. Retrieved from
Mielke, C. (2014, September 12). What Students Really Need to Hear [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O7v4EJjx-g
Perry, K. (2016, July 15). Katy Perry - Rise (NBC Olympics video). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIIMEe2Ht0
Plus, A. (2016, January 25). What's Your Biggest Regret? (Nobody Wants To Admit The Worst One Of All). Retrieved from
Poetry, B. (2014, August 11). Rudy Francisco - "Complainers" (NPS 2014). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8NVLq2fGLc
TMBbrand. (2011, March 13). TMB Panyee FC short film. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU4oA3kkAWU
Yatra, T. V. (2016, November 05). This will urge you to Travel | Travel inspiration video. Retrieved from
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