Engaging the Bored Learner and Students with Unique Learning Needs
Do some of your students seem bored or unengaged while you are teaching or going over lesson content? Are any of your students resistant to completing the assignment or doing the work that is assigned? Maybe some of your students are falling asleep while you are teaching. here are some ideas on how to engage your students and especially meet some of their unique learning needs. This could bring you towards this success of bringing the students back into learning and mastering the skills they need.
In Part 1 of this blog I looked at what could be the cause of the behaviour for students being unengaged, different technology and assistive technology that could be implemented. In Part 2, I will focus on ways to use Social Media, gamification assessment and digital presentations.
- Social Media
So many students are on Social Media. Social Media can have very mixed reviews and I know some schools and school boards banned the use of Social Media. However,But when children understanding how to properly use Social Media, it can be empowering whileand ensuringe their safety online.
Some ideas on how to engage students with Social Media:
- Create a forum group. Google, O365, and many more options. Creating a forum maybe a quicker way to engage with your students opposed to multiple emails.
- Videos, images or content from Social Media. Use popular figures in Social Media or online content. Some examples are:
- Doug the Pug: Doug the pug is too cute and funny. As long as you vent through, he only has maybe 1 or 2 inappropriate posts. He has constant content going up, so you could easily find something to use. Doug the pug could be used as more of an attention grabber to get your students attention and then make it easier for them to dive into the lesson.
- Memes and Giphys: Memes and Giphys are super popular. Check out Giphy site for searchable and 1000s of different gifs to choose from.
Famous Social Media Figures that Learn Differently:
- Jessica from How to ADHD: Jessica makes amazing content. Both inspirational and some great strategies to use for students with ADHD.
- Joey Graceffa: Joey Graceffa is a very famous youtuber. He even has a video where he talks about his journey through school and his learning disability. His DIY videos maybe great for art or hands-on activities in your class.
Here are some other lists of great educational Social Media pages to follow:
- Game Assessment
There are many ways that you can use games to assess knowledge of your class. You could also mold this in many ways and embed new lesson content within the assessment, . Oor even present a lesson through games.
Here are some awesome game assessment options:
-kahoot https://kahoot.com
-Smart Notebook interactive games http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=%22interactive%20games%22
- Digital presentations
Digital presentations can take your lessons to the next level. It can take great educational content and bring it into the 21st century. There are so many different features to engage students in a variety of ways.
Prezi: is like a slide show on steroids! It is fun and super visual. For your own lesson and even students love making Prezis.
Sway: takes all the great features of Powerpoint and reinvents them with visuals, flow of slides and so many other tools.
Video overview of Sway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcg6DGO9hpI&list=PLXPr7gfUMmKyE22-YpbgcDfr2SXEO7-qX&index=1
Powerpoint Office Mix: Office Mix is an add-on for Powerpoint that gives you the power to make amazing interactive video Powerpoints.
Written by:
Casey Foote
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