This document discusses strategies for engaging students in technology-enhanced learning. It asserts that the potential of new technologies is found not in the technologies themselves but how they are used. It provides examples of interactive websites that can be used for learning in the classroom. These include sites for writing, math, and spoken word activities. The document emphasizes that choice, social interaction, appropriate challenge, and goals are important for creating student engagement. It offers specific strategies for providing choices, forming teams and partners, supporting tasks, and using rubrics and checklists to provide expectations and differentiate instruction. The overall message is that technology integration requires time and planning but can be highly engaging for students.

2. What Is Your Biggest
Management Concern?
http://mentimeter.com/p/783221eb89ad

3. LOTS OF EXCUSES…
Heard any of these?

7. Educational researchers and
practitioners alike assert that the
potential of new technologies for
learning is likely to be found not
in the technologies themselves
but in the way in which these
technologies are used as tools
for learning
(Means & Olson, 1995; Owston, 1997; Valdez et al., 1999).

9. KEY ELEMENTS
Appropriate Resources
Engaged Learners
Independence
Management Structures

11. SITES FOR STUDENTS MUST BE:
Uncluttered
Curriculum or
Learning-rich
Interactive
Engaging
Child-friendly

13. But can be time consuming!
FINDING LINKS IS THE EASY PART...

15. READ WRITE THINK
http://www.readwritethink.org/

16. MATH MANIPULATIVES
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.ht
ml

17. COLLABORATIVE WRITING
Titan Pad:
http://glovely.titanpad.com/1 (pass
word is letmein )

18. SPOKEN WORD, SHARED
VoiceThread
http://voicethread.com/share/16650
90/
http://voicethread.com/share/33650
2/
Best with a paid subscription ($60 yr)

19. VOICETHREAD
Voicethread Book Reviews:
http://voicethread.com/?#q+books.b
56011.i289587
Images as Stories:
http://voicethread.com/?#u7792.b467
31.i244229

20. SHARED AND COLLABORATIVE WRITING
Stixy
http://www.stixy.com/guest/102984
(password is letmein)
Refresh to see posts by others.

22. WHAT CREATES ENGAGEMENT?
Choice
Social Needs/Groups
Appropriate Challenge
Goals

23. PROVIDE CHOICES
Not what is learned, but how it is
learned and how students will show
you what they know...

24. HOW DO YOU GIVE CHOICES?
QR Code “key rings”
Website choices on Desktop
Class Website
( http://yola.com )
Something else?
(http://fur.ly/ )

25. WHAT CREATES ENGAGEMENT?
Social Needs/Groups
Appropriate Challenge
Goals

26. TEAMS AND PARTNERS

27. No touching classmates’ computers or
technologies.
Expect and
encourage
students to help
each other.

28. TURN TAKING…
Check list
Sticks in a Cup
Circle Chart
Electronic name pickers
 http://classtools.net/main_area/template_loader.htm?fruit
_machine
 http://www.barryfunenglish.com/tools.php
 http://www.superteachertools.com/classroom-tools/group-
maker.php

29. SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL…

30. WHAT CREATES ENGAGEMENT?
Appropriate Challenge
Goals

31. TASKS, NOT BUSY WORK
Clearly Defined
Appropriate for the learner
Purposeful
Have a beginning, middle and end

32. TASK SUPPORT
PowerPoint task cards printed
QR Codes to sites

33. BUILD WITH SHAPES
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/misc/games/misc-shapestore

34. TASK SUPPORT
Online Annotations
Video Reminders or Tutorials

35. ONLINE ANNOTATIONS
Guide student actions (markup.io)
Example: http://markup.io/v/52kk44wvycs9

36. TASK SUPPORT
Video Reminders or Tutorials

37. VIDEO TUTORIALS
Have students create!
Jing (windows or mac)
Explain Everything App (iPad)

39. ONE SAMPLE PROJECT
PODDY TRAINING
iPod Touch in Little Hands
Pictures used with permission
http://web.me.com/eccsms/poddytraining/Poddy_Training.html

41. VISIONING WHAT’S POSSIBLE
Tech Integration Matrices
Florida (http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/index.html )
Arizona (http://azk12.org/tim/ )

43. PLAN FOR DIFFERENTIATION
The Differentiator
http://www.byrdseed.com/differentiator/

44. FAIR DOESN’T MEAN SAME

45. TIMERS
Kitchen Timers
http://minutesplease.com/
http://www.online-
stopwatch.com/eggtimer-
countdown/full-screen/

46. RUBRICS
Expectations
up front – no
tricks!

47. RUBRICS
“A rubric is an explicit summary of the
criteria for assessing a particular
piece of student work, plus levels of
potential achievement for each
criterion.” (source)
But really RUBRICS are time-savers!
Rubistar is a GREAT time saver!

48. PBL CHECKLISTS
Student Accountability (English and
Spanish)
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/

49. SHIFT AND RETURN….

50. Eventually one of your goals should be
students self-selecting tools to use to
achieve their goals....

52. THERE IS NO FAILURE,
ONLY ATTEMPTS
AND UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES.

53. It’s all about them.