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Keep a bag of “survival tricks” on hand that will keep students interested and motivated.

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  • These should include interesting challenges you know at least one way to solve.
  • You could also motivate your students to try to find other solutions to the challenges.
  • For example, writing a procedure that draws your initials, or asks knock-knock jokes.

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Teaching with Logo: Building Blocks for Learning by Molly Watt & Daniel Watt

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