JakesOnline! Student Materials: Comic Creator. Tools For Educators. SMARTBoard. PowerPoint Games. Super Teacher Tools. Teacher resources. Free interactive educational games, my abc's, alphabet, numbers, tell time. Infographic: Write It Down. Teaching Strategies. Free Puzzlemaker. Education. How to Keep Kids Engaged in Class. Have you ever plunked yourself down in a staff meeting where some of your colleagues were, for lack of a better phrase, not paying attention?
Grading homework? Having private conversations? Texting? As we know all too well, kids aren't a whole lot different than adults: If they aren't absorbed by what's going on, they'll find something else that interests them. Getting all your students focused, eager, and on task at the beginning of class is challenging enough.