EDUC 5647 - Communicate with Comedy Using Your Computer

Credit Hours: 2

You are probably already using technology to teach some of the high-level, more complex concepts in your classroom, but what about adding humor to the mix? Turns out our funny bone is connected to our sense of wonder. When you include humor in technology projects, you will not only be increasing the joy and enhancing your classroom environment, you will be improving your learner outcomes. Humor activates the brain’s dopamine reward system and studies show that dopamine is important for both goal-oriented motivation and long-term memory. This is why we can use computers to communicate through comedy as an effective intervention to improve retention in students from kindergarten through college. In this workshop you will learn how to create several projects using technology that incorporate this strategy.