please join my adobe classroom to participate in this session … and prepare to interact!
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Please join my Adobe classroom to participate in this session … and prepare to interact!
http://gavirtualschool.adobeconnect.com/maddenbio/
What would you most like to change about your synchronous sessions?
IncreaseAttendance
IncreaseAttendance
Be Better PreparedBe Better Prepared
DesignEngaging
Interactions
DesignEngaging
Interactions
Make Students
More Comfortable
Make Students
More Comfortable
Gamify!Gamify!
Learn new Best
Practices
Learn new Best
Practices
Strategies for Student Engagement using Adobe Connect
@cmadz#SPLS14
GAVS Synchronous Learning Statement
• We believe synchronous learning is important because it provides students the full benefits of our highly qualified instructors. The synchronous interaction provides immediate instructor and student feedback, reduces the feeling of isolation, fosters a sense of community with the learners, and offers a forum for student collaboration. By incorporating live and interactive learning opportunities in the online environment, teachers are leveraging synchronous learning to enhance learning and promote student engagement.
• Our synchronous sessions should be personalized for the individual learner’s needs. We feel it is important to allow the teacher flexibility to determine what should to be covered, what students should be targeted, and when the sessions should be held to reach these students. We encourage teachers to create engaging lessons to meet the needs of all learners. We advocate the use of the tools available in the synchronous platform to promote active engagement, social learning, and continuous feedback. Teachers should be creative and hold sessions that accommodate the different learning levels (high, average, and low). The synchronous classroom can be an equalizer for students of all abilities.
• We encourage collaboration between our teachers to discuss best practices for holding successful synchronous sessions. By working together, we can determine what works best for students with different learning abilities and styles.
Click here to link to GAVS teacher handbook/policy
Pathway for Successful Chats
Prepare
• Data• Adobe Content: pre-load & recycle!• Survey• Collaborate
Use Layouts to Your Advantage!
• Organized
• Flow
• Differentiation/Variety
Lobby
Presentation
Video
Game
Whiteboard
Adobe Connect ResourcesAdobe Connect Custom Meeting Pods
:
Within GAVS Adobe Connect:
Kindly share which method you primarilyuse to inform students about your chat
Use the poll pod to answer
A. Office Hours posted in Course InformationB. News AnnouncementC. EmailD. OtherE. More than one of the above
Be Your Own Mad Man: Advertise!
Be Your Own Mad Man: Advertise!
• Twitter• Chat announcements with videos or teasers• Chat recording posts• Newsletters• Calendar invites• Reference in student feedback• Put it on course schedules!!
Use catchy videos or pre-load students with questions/content in News
Tweet out chat reminders
What’s in Your Lobby?How are students “greeted” when they enter your classroom?
Audio/Technical Setup Information?
Music?
Video or other Graphic?
Agenda?
Icebreaker/Warm Up?
Get Comfy: Sprinkle in Some Starbucks!
Get Comfy: Sprinkle in Some Starbucks!
• Lobby or Lounge• Welcome Sign• Helpful Directives
(Agenda, Setup)• Atmosphere
– Music– Images– Sponge/warm-up
activity– Encourage chatter!
Engage! with Healthy Manipulation• Why?
– Meaningful, Informative Experiences for all– Effective use of data for student improvement– Backchannel for students – Feedback
• The “How”:– Utilize Adobe Tools (Whiteboards, Pods,
Polls, Files)– Provide practice, resources
Students will need guidance, guidelines and practice with the interaction at first.
Tool: Whiteboards
Link to this image in the files pod
Make students *Presenters*, but support their effort.Make students *Presenters*, but support their effort.
Whiteboard: Match it!Students use pencil tool to draw lines; different color per student
Whiteboard: Check it off!Students use stamps or text tool (student color-coded)
to complete checklist
Uses: Collaboration, pre-assessment, formal assessment, discussion
Whiteboard: Tag It!Students use “stamps” (symbols) to tag objects for
an activity
Whiteboard: Venn Diagrams
Students use text tool; collaborate, revise
Word Bank in Notes Pod:
Whiteboard: Labeling
• Students annotate image or document with text and/or line tool
• Use notes pod if a key is necessary
Case Studies
• Use in place of a “lecture”• Problem based learning• Realia and Current
Events
Video: Provide focus and follow-up.
• Focus:– Clues – Answers– False statements– Observations
• Follow-up:– Chat live– Live Student
Notetaker– Opinion – Review
Example: Video Analysis
Perform or watch experiments
with the class; Guided analysis or
data collection
Gamify!• Why?
– “Brains on” engagement– Competition/motivation– Grabs Attention– Feedback/Formative assessment– Fun!– Repeat attenders!
When you gamify your classroom, remember to make it a versatile tool for YOU!
Almost any f2f game will translate.Plan to re-use, recycle and adapt!
Scratch-off
Courtesy of Joyce Bearden
Create a Wordle with vocabulary.Each student assigned a highlighter color.
Teacher reads definition.All students scratch of correct word.
Who Am I?Game board with
categories, people, concepts,
vocabulary
Word or picture clues, definitions
or questions
• Teacher reads “clue
• Students tag correct answer with shape tool or their name
Bingo!
Word or picture clues, definitions
or questions/problem
s
Create a Bingo Board
Add words of your choosing
Teacher reads question and student answers. Chip is moved to correct
answer.
Animal Race
Courtesy of Joyce Bearden
• Each student chooses a row
• 5 questions posted
• Students race to fill out their row and get to the finish
Used for:
Verb conjugations
5 Examples of ___.
Ordering of events
Beat the Timer!
Courtesy of Joyce Bearden
Teacher posts problem to solve.
Timer begins.
Students race to beat the timer using
the pen and/or text tools.
Candyland becomes Bioland!
• Game boards
• Pawns• Spinners• Dice
