Educators know that best practice indicates that we help students feel ownership in the classroom. One way we do this is by offering varied activity choices to meet their learning styles and preferences. This is the PERFECT place to add technology! For example: you have students building schema by reading articles and completing comprehension pages before a major, hands-on project. BORING! Make this more engaging and meaningful to students by adding in choices. In one station, students can listen to the articles aloud on an iPod while completing their comprehension page. In another station, students can be on your blog or interactive site working through activities related to the content. In a third station, have a video that visually presents the content.
It may take a little more time to plan and prepare, but your students will be thankful for the transitions and change. In addition, adding something like an iPod to read aloud articles to students helps with differentiation and reading fluency!
How can you make your most monotonous lessons more engaging and varied for your students?
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