In keeping in with the theme of the last post, so many of today’s students are now raised with tech devices such as tablets and smartphones from a young age. The technological devices inform their learning style, so teachers are encouraged to utilize as many educational tools and add-ons as possible in their lesson plans as a way to engage with their students. This lesson outlines ways in which teachers can embed site links and interactive content into their lessons from a variety of different sources. These examples can include interactive slides, maps, posts, comics, quizzes or posts.
An easy way one can attach an audio post (from websites such as Audible, Soundcloud, or Anchor) is to click the “share” option on the audio post that you’d like to embed and copy the embed code.
A popular tool that was not mentioned with the teaching tools mentioned above is an interactive site I have used many times called “EduClipper”. This is an online site dedicated to presenting different tips and tools that both parents and educators can use at home or in the classroom. Blogs are posted by a number of professional educators as well as any public member and cover a range of topics covering how to engage with students at a particular grade-level, how parents can help their children with online learning, and the highest rated tips for teachers. I started utilizing this site more often once the pandemic made remote-learning mandatory for most students and teachers. Everyone was in uncharted territory and this site provided up-to-date information on how teachers could engage with students in a remote environment and what parents could do to make sure that their children got the most out of their new learning environments.