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- Embers:
Engaging Learners
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- Embers are the hot, glowing remains of a fire.
They keep the fire active when the matches are out and
the logs are gone. It's the time to put on the fry
pan, roast the hot dogs, and make s'mores. Don't just
watch the fire, use it!
- Don't just read information off the Internet, use
it! Once you've identified some resources and a
learning outcome, consider how you will activate the
learning environment. How will you engage students and
keep them excited about learning?
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- Introduction. Draw student interest with an
intriguing introduction. Hook your learners with a
picture, quotation, statistic, or problem that you
know will pique their curiosity.
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- Activity. Carefully design a project that
will allow students to explore, evaluate, organize,
analyze, and apply information they've found to solve
a problem, formulate something new, or communicate an
idea.
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- Tools. Consider the different types of
technology tools you can use to help students develop
creative projects. Go to the Technology
Tools page and identify those resources that might
be available in your school.
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- Directions. Students need guidelines for
completing your activity. You may wish to provide
step-by-step instructions or a more general list of
requirements. It's helpful for students to see
examples, nonexamples, models, and samples. On the
other hand, you don't want students to simply copy
your suggestions, so your directions need to be
flexible enough to promote unique ideas and
approaches.
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- Timeline. How long will students be working
on this project? What's realistic? Provide students
with some guidelines for project development.
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- Explore resources for
encouraging communication and collaboration using the
Internet.
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- Collaborative & Student Produced
Projects
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- Ask An
Expert
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- Electronic Post
Cards
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- Address
Locators
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- Identify an engaging
activity and design an project.
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Action Plan
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Advertising Campaign
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Animation
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Anecdotes
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Articles
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Bibliography
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Board Game
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Book
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Brochure
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Bumper Sticker
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Card Game
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Cassette Recording
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Chart
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Collage
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Collection
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Comic/Cartoon
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Contest
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Costume
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Cubes
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Dance
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Database
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Debate
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Demonstration
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Desktop Presentation
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Diagram
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Diary
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Dictionary
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Diorama
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Display
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Documentary
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Drawing
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Essay
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Experiment
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Flowchart
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Futuristic model
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Hidden picture
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HyperStudio stack
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Illustration
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Interview
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Invention
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Invitation
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Graph
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Graphic
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Greeting Card
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Jigsaw Puzzle
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Journal
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Letter
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Light Show
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Limerick
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Magazine
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Map
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Mask
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Mini-Center
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Mobiles
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Models
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Multimedia
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Mural
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Museum Exhibit
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Musical Composition
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Musical Instrument
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Newscast
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Newsletter
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Newspaper
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Oral Report
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Pamphlet
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Panel Discussion
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Paper folding
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Patterns
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Photos
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Play
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Poem
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Portfolio
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Poster/Banner
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Presentation
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Puppets
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Quilt
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Quiz Bowl
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Radio Show
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Recipe
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Research Paper
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Review
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Riddle
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Role Playing
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Rubbings
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Samples
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Scavenger Hunt
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Scrapbook
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Sculpture
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Seek & Find
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Simulation
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Short Story
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Skit
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Slide Show
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Songs
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Specimens
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Spreadsheets
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Speech
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Surveys/Polls
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Tape Recordings
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Terrarium
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Test
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Time line
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Tour
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Transparencies
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Travelogue
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Television Show
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Tutorial
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Web Page
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Webquest
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Video
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- Developed by Annette
Lamb, 4/99. Updated 6/00.
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