8 Engaging Ways to use Technology in the Classroom to Create Lessons That Aren't Boring... - 0 views
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While lectures and lessons can be informative and even “edutaining” when delivered with passion and good materials by knowledgeable experts, sadly many traditional lectures and lessons are boring, and even worse often ineffective.
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Even if you don’t have computers or tablets available in your classroom, the fact that an increasing number of High School and college students have smartphones is making it easier than ever to leverage technology to create engaging, active lessons students enjoy working on. For younger grades, if you don’t have access to devices with Web access, perhaps you can access a computer lab by request, or use devices in your library.
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1. Incorporate Student Input & Gather Feedback
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Quick, easy Polling Applications
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are two of many applications that make it quick and easy to create simple polls that can let you gather feedback from students – determine if they are struggling with a topic, if they know the correct answers to questions you ask, and so on. They can often participate in these polls using a smartphone.
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You can also gather feedback by creating a “back channel” using Twitter.
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2. Gamify It
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Leveraging gaming mechanics can make learning more fun is probably easier than you think. For example, any time you bring competition or levels of achievement to a classroom exercise, you’re gamifying your classroom.
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Here’s a variety of resources and ideas for using gaming in the classroom:
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3. Let Students Create
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4. Get Interactive
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Here’s a few tools and ideas to consider.
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Online Interactive White Boards
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Bounceapp
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Interactive apps that work with Smartphones
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5. Have Students Collaborate
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Here are a number of tools and techniques for classroom collaborations.
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6. Project Based Learning
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7. Simulations
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Economics
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Marketing
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Medical:
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Business
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8. Bring in a Guest or Two
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With the power of video conferencing apps like Skype, Google Hangout, Facetime, and others, our ability to connect with people all across the world has never been better or less costly. Teachers have been using Skype and similar tools to being guest lecturers, experts, students, and others into the classroom for years
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This website focuses on specific ideas of what you can do with technology and give ideas on how to keep students involved. I really liked their ideas about how to get feedback from students in a non-traditional way.
