This document provides suggestions for keeping students engaged in learning during school breaks. It recommends considering students' interests and making tasks meaningful and time well spent. Suggested activities include setting up social networks, photo and video challenges, playing educational games, creating a digital advent calendar with daily surprises, setting up a class blog, and organizing scavenger hunts with friends using a free app. The goal is to design opportunities for students to continue learning outside of school in ways they find fun and engaging.

1. The Knowledge Journey:
Ways to Keep Students Learning During Breaks

2. School is out!

4. “If
you
think
of
learning
as
a
path,
you
can
picture
yourself
walking
beside
her
rather
than
either
pushing
or
dragging
or
carrying
her
along.”
~
Polly
Berends
Parent and child by Skyseeker, Flickr

6. Consider the following when designing tasks:
Meaningful?
Interests?
Time
well
spent?
Connections?
Routines?
Learning
rituals?

7. What do they like to do?
Listen to
music
Text/
Chat
Create
videos
Use social
networks
Play games
Edit & share
photos

8. Set-up a Social Network!
Facebook Wants a New Face by rishibando, Flickr

9. Keep
it
Ac@ve

10. Facebook.com/groups/improvespoken

11. Meme it!

12. Imgur.com/memegen

13. Photo & Video Challenges

14. Edmodo.com

15. Google Communities & Hangouts on Air

16. Hangouts on Air

17. Add apps to do more!
• oundation- Create music together
S
• coots n Doodle- Draw and problem solve together
S
• atch Youtube videos
W
• ollaborate on a document
C

18. Motivation through Games
P. Maglione, Slidesha.re/pmteenmotivation

19. Digitalplay.info/blog/

20. Digitalplay.info/blog/

21. Kindersite.org

22. Sheppardsoftware.com

23. How
do
I
get
them
to
play
the
games?

26. Create a Digital Advent Calendar

27. Click & find a surprise!
• ame
G
• pp
A
• xperiment
E
• rainteaser
B
• ptical illusion
O
• lue to solve a mystery
C
• oke
J
• eme
M
• ideo. Thinglink will
V
have a Youtube pop-up.
• act of the day
F

28. Google Spreadsheet, Bit.ly/digicalendar

29. Make a copy to edit or download it!

30. Take a screenshot, add to Thinglink
TeacherRebootCamp.com

31. Do it with Weebly or Wix
http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=5205

33. prizes! [977] by brianjmatis, Flickr

34. Mission: Snap a photo of graffiti you think could be art and tell us
through an audio recording why you think it is art versus just
graffiti.
What You’ll Need: Fotobabble App or visit Fotobabble.com
Points Worth: 10
Bonus Points: Post a short reflection in your blog for 5 more
points.
Mission: Visit a park and collect a rock you think is interesting. Tell
us why it is so interesting or create art with it.
What You’ll Need: A bag, way to get to the park, camera
Points Worth: 10
Bonus Points: Visit this online Rock Key and identify your rock for
5+ Rockhounds.com/rockshop/rockkey/#Using Key

35. Set-up a
class blog

37. No email required!
http://kidblog.org/MsTerrellsClass

38. “The blog was awesome. I wrote stories and Marcos, my uncle
who lives in Spain, read them and left comments for me!“
“People READ our blog. Greta read our blog too, but we got
comments from all over the world”
“The blog was the best, I blogged all the time, when I was happy,
sick, bored… all the time!“
“I blogged about everything I like: my friends, my pet, my
thoughts. I even blogged when I was sick and couldn’t come to
school“
“I blogged about my passion: rugby”
“I wrote about our country and things that were important to me”

39. Scavenger Hunt with Friends free IOS/Android App
20
20
10
90

40. Scavenger Hunt with Friends free IOS/Android App
20
20
10
90

45. ShellyTerrell.com
Pear.ly/bt1gr