virtual makeover: 15+ ideas for engaging elearning

15+ Ideas to Get Students Actively Learning Online

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Virtual Makeover!

"The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.” by John Naisbitt

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Impact Thousands

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Mission: Teacher

Focus on the

learning!

iPad  car  mount  by  hammershaug,  Flickr  

iPad  car  mount  by  hammershaug,  Flickr  

“Pedagogy is the driver, technology is the accelerator.” by Michael Fullan

Steve-­‐wheeler.blogspot.com  

Step into your learners’ shoes

Creativity

Collaboration

Connectivism

Play

Citizenship

Experimentation

Real-world connections

Peeragogy

Exploration

• Students shape their learning & the curriculum • Instructor(s) builds the foundation & provides various opportunities for learners to collaboratively create and curate the content and resources • Students learn from & support each other

Howard Rheingold Peeragogy.com

Co-learning & Peeragogy

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to

succeed. - Napoleon Hill

Participant Map

Thinglink.com/scene/469135908172464130

3,2,1 Introduction

3 Things we should know about you 2 Places you love to visit 1 Job you wish you had

Peer Edit

HangOuts

PearlTree

Pinterest Livebinders

List.ly

Storify Educlipper

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“Learning is not the product of teaching.

Learning is the product of the

activity of learners.” - John Holt

Voicethread.com

• Discussions  • Debates  • Peer  edi>ng  • Poetry  • Commentary  • Review  

Activity: Create infographics with Piktochart.com

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Activity: Compare teams (Infographic)

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Learn with comics!

Comic by Carmen Soto Fernández

Created with Comicshead.com

IOS & Android App

Idea: Visualize poetry

Idea: Recreate a scene from history

Patricia Lucas, Phrase.it, Pinterest.com/pin/393220611186213680

328-­‐  Nov  23th,  2012  -­‐  Life  of  a  Riyadh  Teenager  #365photoAR  by  Waleed  Alzuhai,  Flickr  

“People don’t have a propensity

for laziness. People have a propensity

for hard work. It just needs to be

work that matters to them.”

-  Jane McGonigal

Instead of homework and tasks…

Write an essay. Watch a video.

Give missions, quests &

challenges!

Topic: Hobbies

Challenge: Post a picture of one of your favorite hobbies & describe why you enjoy it.

Photo/video challenges

Scenario: The mayor is ridding the city of graffiti unless he is convinced it is art.

Mission: Snap photos of graffiti you want to keep and make a strong argument why it is art.

Points Worth: 10

Bonus Points: Post a short reflection in your blog for 5 more points.

Instead of grades …

Altered  image,  Fuck  this!  by  rafael-­‐cas>llo,  Flickr  

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Let’s Brainstorm

Storyboard

Go on a virtual

field trip!

Virtual field trips with Google.com/culturalinstitute

Google Earth

http://www.google.com/earth/index.html

Children's book written by Mr. Smith’s 5th grade special education students at Gibbs Elementary School http://bit.ly/1eiMdLq

An interactive field guide of Northwest Florida. Created by Andrea Santilli’s 7th grade students from Woodlawn Beach Middle School http://bit.ly/1eiMnCu

ePortfolio Reflections

Present.me/view/197057-digital-storytelling-andr-233-s-g

Pearltree.com

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It  all  begins  with  seeds  

“If your actions in the classroom inspire children to achieve more, question more, and dream

more, you are indeed worthy of the title “Teacher.”’ – Robert John Meehan

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