15+ Ideas to Get Students
Actively Learning Online ShellyTerrell.com/category/byte-sized-potential 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

3000

Bit.ly/impactteach

Online?

#Edchat/ 30 Goals/ RSCON/ Free
Fri Webinars/ Ebook EVO

Impact
Thousands

What’s your impact?

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

List.ly

Pinterest

“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

Newspagedesigner.org/photo/ucl-­‐final-­‐munich-­‐2012 Activity: Compare teams
(Infographic)

ImageReadinginPeacebySusanaFernandez,Flic.kr/p/9bvGPF
Pearltrees.com/p/bYc3P
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

Points & badges
Edmodo.com

Points&badges
makewav.es

Encourage play with a digital
sandbox!

Bit.ly/digisandbox

Digitalplay.info/blog/

Urgentevoke.com

Usewalkthroughs
Bit.ly/12I3epM

Create Games & Quizzes Tinytap.it
Scratch.mit.edu Blubbr.tv Photopeach.com

©wordle.net

Storify.com/usedgov/secretary-arne-duncan-joins-stuvoice

Langwitches.org/blog/2009/12/04/csi-twitter-crime-scene-
investigation/

Guests
engage
students

Brainstorming,BirthofanIdeabySuperlative00,Flickr
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
Pearltrees.com/shellyterrell/integrating-web-2/id8081935

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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