As the school year progresses, it can grow increasingly difficult to hold your students’ attention. Some course material is simply not as interesting as others, and after a few months of being inundated with information, your students may grow disengaged. Creating engaging lessons for your students is the key to holding their attention and making them excited about the lesson material.

Are you running low on inspiration? Read below for some ideas.

Use Technology

In the current age, nothing is more engaging for students than using technology. As much as you’d love for all of your students to be excited about each lesson, the chances are that they are counting down the minutes until the period ends so that they can go on their phones again. By incorporating technology into your lessons, you’ll have a much higher chance of keeping your students’ attention. Consider using Kahoot! to help students prepare for a test or playing videos to give your voice a break from lecturing.

Make Learning Into a Game

No matter what you teach, you can find some way to make the content more engaging. Consider making the material into a game that motivates your students to pay attention. After teaching a lesson, you can spend the last 15 minutes of class reviewing the material through a game. Maybe you’ll have students press a buzzer as if they were on a game show, or perhaps you’ll allow students to shoot a basketball into a hoop if they get the answer right. You can divide the class up into teams to make it a heated competition. This tactic should allow even the most disinterested students to grow more engaged with the lesson material.

Take More Field Trips

As students grow older, they, unfortunately, are not taken on as many field trips. However, field trips can be a great way to make students more passionate about what they are studying, as they will see real-world applications of the subjects. Try to think of trips that relate to your subject material. Perhaps you can take your students to see a recently released movie that is based on a book you’re reading in class. Or maybe there is a cultural event going on in town that relates to your subject material. As a teacher, it can significantly benefit your students’ performance if you seek learning experiences for them. Your students will most likely look forward to a break from the classroom and the traditional lesson plans they’ve grown accustomed to.