Day 4 – Motivating Students with Engaging Tasks

Today is the last day of the conference.  My workshop today is Engaging Students with Engaging Tasks. Mike Muir is the presenter.

The great thing about today’s workshop is that technology is not a requirement.

Here’s the link to the resources we’re using today.  Scroll down to Motivating Students with Engaging Tasks.

P.S.  If you teach middle school, Mike is a member of  the Association for Middle Level Education.  Membership is FREE.  Consider joining.

Tools for Digital Storytelling

Looking for ways to creatively tell stories?  Check out:

Photo Story (a Microsoft program)

Prezihttp://www.prezi.com (FREE)

Animotohttp://www.animoto.com (FREE)

Kerpoofhttp://www.kerpoof.com (FREE)

Alsocheck out ThingLink, http://www.thinglink.com, to create digital poster boards, or Haiku Deck, http://www.haikudeck.com, for an alternative to PowerPoint.

5 Resources for Every Teacher

From Jamie Kanas’s workshop at the 2014 ICE Conference

#5: Padlet – post-it notes for digital collaboraration.

#4: Bubbl.us – graphic organizers.

#3: Vocabulary, Spelling City – spelling and vocabulary review.

#2: Weebly – classroom website templates and hosting.

#1: Tagxedo – word clouds.

 

Visit these and share in “comments” how you plan to incorporate these in your classrooms.