Dave Burgess, national speaker and author of Teach Like a Pirate, came to Dawson High School to teach 650 teachers from the area about how to increase student engagement. His message is to incorporate presentation skills in to the classroom. Teachers know their content well, and spend a lot of time learning teaching techniques and strategies, but almost no time with presentational skills. Burgess has a background as a magician and emcee, so his style brings tons of enthusiasm, pizzazz, and misdirection to get students pumped up...
