The document provides suggestions for 20 minute activities for seniors using laptops, including mind mapping, flashcards, surveys, timelines, word clouds, games, videos/slideshows, Microsoft Learning Essentials, and blogging. It lists specific online tools for each activity, potential uses, and sometimes additional online resources. The document emphasizes that these are merely suggestions and the teacher's pedagogy should drive learning.

1. 20 minute
activities for
Seniors with
laptops
iCan integrate DERvices
into Stage 6 planning

2.  The following slides are
merely suggestions
 Use one or use them all
 Use them once or use them
daily
 Use them in your lessons,
set them as homework or
simply suggest them to
students as helpful tools
 Your pedagogy drives
learning, not the laptops
 Let’s add to the list of uses!
IT’S YOUR CHOICE!

3. TOOLS
 Freemind (DERvice)
 Bubbl.Us
 Mindomo
MIND MAPS
USES
 Brainstorming
 Project planning
 Collecting notes
 Essay writing
ONLINE RESOURCES
 General Mind Maps information
 How to Mind Map – Student Guide (PDF)

4. TOOLS
 Flashcard Exchange
 Quizlet
 Flashcard Machine
 Brain Flips
FLASHCARDS
USES
 Vocabulary/Glossary
 Study notes (quotes,
dates, people, etc)

5. TOOLS
 Survey Monkey
 Zoomerang
 Ask500people
 PollDaddy
SURVEYS AND POLLS
USES
 Major projects
 Feedback on
understanding/learning
 Quiz-style surveys
 Does that make sense?
ONLINE RESOURCES
 Quiz & Polling tools

6. TOOLS
 Xtimeline
 Dipity
 Timetoast
TIMELINES
USES
 Biographical timelines
 Event timelines

7. TOOLS
 Wordle
 Tagxedo
WORD CLOUDS
USES
 Syllabus documents
 Unit outlines
 Speeches
 Improve essay writing
ONLINE RESOURCES
 Top 10 Ways to Use Wordle's Word Clouds for Classroom Lesson
 Thirty-Eight Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom
 101 Ways to use Tagxedo

8. TOOLS
 JeopardyLabs MultiUse
 SparksNotes MultiUse
 CurriculumBits MultiUse
 Shmoop English
 Maths Games
 Physics Games
 Canary Zoo Biology
 Canary Zoo Chemistry
 History Games
 Geosense
 Search for your own 
GAMES
USES
 Revision
 Homework
 Time-filler (tech issues)

9. TOOLS
 Animoto
 Premiere Elements
(DERvice)
 PowerPoint (DERvice)
VIDEO/SLIDESHOW
USES
 Biography
 Photo journal
 Present analysis/ideas
 News reports
 How-to guides
 Processes

10. TOOLS
 Microsoft Learning
Essentials for Students
(DERvice)
MICROSOFT LEARNING ESSENTIALS
USES
 Major projects
 Reports and papers
 Presentations
 Charts and diagrams
 Research and
brainstorming
 Organizational tools
ONLINE RESOURCES
 Microsoft Learning Essentials for Students site

11. TOOLS
 BlogEd (DET Portal)
 Wordpress
 Posterous
 EduBlogs
 Blogger
BLOGGING
USES
 Provide online readings for
your students to read and
react to
 Student reactions to
photos you post
 Journal entries
 Share ideas and opinions
about topics discussed in
class
ONLINE RESOURCES
 Ideas for student blogging