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

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)

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Learn with comics!

Comic by Carmen Soto Fernndez

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 dont 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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Lets 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. Smiths 5th grade special education students at Gibbs Elementary School http://bit.ly/1eiMdLq

An interactive field guide of Northwest Florida. Created by Andrea Santillis 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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