Lesson Starters to Engage Learners

ShellyTerrell.com/lessonstarters

I am not a teacher, but

an awakener. - Robert Frost

Icebreakers

ShellyTerrell.com/icebreakers

• An  object  from  home  • In  their  textbooks  • Around  the  school  • That  represents  a  math,  science,  or  grammar  concept  

I Spy

Learning to Go activity, Gum.co/learn2go/

QR Codes

TeacherRebootCamp.com/mlearning

Match the following

Learning to Go QR Jokes, Gum.co/learn2go/

QR Code Periodic Table with Symbols By Periodic Videos, Flickr

Flickr.com/photos/periodicvideos/5915143448/

Thepegeek.com/2009/03/25/learning-the-skeleton-with-qr-codes/

How to make a love potion by L. Whittaker, Flic.kr/p/3f8Udp

Experiments

6secondscience.tumblr.com

ShellyTerrell.com/brainstorm

Graphic Organizers

Creately.com

Bit.ly/RWTCube

ReadWriteThink.org

Collaborative Problem-Solving

Popplet.com

Linoit.com

Padlet.com & iPad App

QuiverVision.com

Augmented Reality

Engagetheirminds.wordpress.com

Pearltrees.com/shellyterrell/writing-prompts/id6568254

Podcasts

Otr.com/news.html

Digitalpodcast.com

Podcastdirectory.com

Serial

Radio Lab Invisibilia

TedTalk Hour

This American Life

Storycorps.org

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Photo by pasukaru76, Flic.kr/p/9y5wxh ShellyTerrell.com/audio

Interviews

Photo by pasukaru76, Flic.kr/p/9y5wxh ShellyTerrell.com/audio

Audioboo iPadio

Soundation GarageBand

Audacity Soundcloud Podomatic

Interviews

Lyricstraining.com

Guess the Lyrics Word Cloud

Adapted Photo by Mike Licht, Flic.kr/p/ckc9bA ShellyTerrell.com/video

Videos

Lessonstream.org

Viralelt.wordpress.com

Blubbr.tv - Interactive Youtube Quizzes

Make/Invent something!

Adapted image via Flickr.com/photos/tgifreytag/5772847315

Include challenge cards with ideas

Youtu.be/h11u3vtcpaY  

Ed.ted.com

Create a Scene

Data Visualization

ShellyTerrell.com/poster

Piktochart

Canva

Easel.ly Edubuncee Tackk

Biteslide Visme

Glogster

Smore

Grafio

Thinglink

LucidChart

Photo by Mike Fernwood, Flic.kr/p/2MbaLz

Comics

ShellyTerrell.com/comics

ComicsHead

MakebeliefsComix

Toondoo

Youtu.be/GbdOt_e4o3Q by @barbarabujtas

Magic

TinyTap.It

ShellyTerrell.com/games

Games Scratch.mit.edu

GetKahoot.com

MineCraftEdu.com

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