Even More Hacking Engagement: 50 New Ways to Make Learning Fun for All Students

by James Sturtevant

Make distracted students a thing of the past

If you and your students aren’t approaching your class each day with excitement for the new ideas and learning surprises you’re about to experience, then it’s time to hack your student engagement.

Four-decade classroom teacher James Sturtevant knows how to engage learners, and he’s sharing his best strategies on how to make kids love learning. Sturtevant packed previous student engagement books with 100 practical, right-now strategies to engage all learners, and now he’s back with 50 new ways to make the classroom fun for everyone--teachers and school leaders included.

Even if you've seen other books about how to teach better, Even More Hacking Engagement focuses on instructional and rapport-building hacks that automatically make all educators better. In the book, you’ll learn how

Deputize Devil’s AdvocatesGive the Gift of GIFsConduct a negative thought experimentFlip a podcastPromote brand ambassadorsAmplify empathyEmbark on a formative journeyGenerate leadsManifest a visionFind the flowAnd 40 more impactful strategies to make learning fun for all studentsYou can implement these tips and tools starting tomorrow! When you apply Sturtevant’s strategies, your class will become the one students don’t want to miss. It’s time to engage. Scroll up and buy Even More Hacking Engagement today.

217 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 10, 2023

Reviews

[Jen Chaffman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this book as an ARC. Many education books are heavy on the theory (the why) and light on the practical uses (the how), but "Even More Hacking Engagement" (the third installment in James Sturtevant's "Hacking Engagement" series is really heavy on the "how" with "What You Can Do Tomorrow" sections offered for each of the 50 hacks.

These How to get started sections offer practical steps on how to implement each of the different hacks in the book. With 50 different tips, you don't necessarily have to read the book sequentially, but rather can pick and choose which ones can work for you (though some of these hacks reference previous ones).

I find this book (like others in the Hacking Education series) to be incredibly readable and practical and always feel like I not only have something I want to try out, but some tips to share with colleagues as well.

[Cammie Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I could not put this book down! This book spells out exactly what teachers can do to change their classroom for the better. It tackles topics from engagement, to academics, to building relationships, to new and exciting lesson ideas and resources any teacher can implement. After reading, I felt encouraged to start planning on how to seamlessly apply these hacks to my classroom immediately. I love how Sturtevant references many topics from Maslow to the importance of risk taking for both teachers and students. This is an excellent read, and it is even more important because it is obvious the writer is still very much a teacher and not far removed from the classroom like other authors in the ED genre. I highly recommend and will be sharing with other teachers!

[Alexandria · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was an easy read. The hacks are laid out so they don't take up more than a couple pages and are concise and simple enough to understand quickly. As someone who likes to stay on top of new teaching strategies, I found a few that were fun to implement or I am making plans to try. Some of the hacks I've already heard many times over and even implement myself already, while other hacks I would never try, but that doesn't mean others wouldn't. I do think the hacks could have been organized in a better way. Some of the hacks seemed similar and I would have liked to have read about them closer together as I think it would make it easier to see steps or progression on the hacks.

[Aimee Buttweiler · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked his first book better but I still got some good ideas from here to start off my school year strong.

[Yvonna Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Ideas

These techniques are especially applicable to high school and college classrooms, but there is something valuable here for any teacher. Recommended!