Whole-class engagement requires MEANINGFUL Learning to take place.

Students won’t bother to pay attention if they think the tasks are not meaningful.

MEANINGFUL LEARNING

But, how meaningful is “meaningful”?

Goal of technology Integrations: To provide a learning environment that

prioritise meaningful learning

MEANINGFUL TASKS

Active Achievable

Authentic Assessed

4As in creating Meaningful

Tasks

(Chuah, 2014)

Students must be actively involved. Get

them to do something.

Tasks must be achievable, not too

difficult to be grasped.

Tasks should be related to the real-

world. Use authentic examples.

There must be some form of “assessment”

to check students’ understanding.

MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT

Let the students take charge BUT with your guide.

MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT

Reduce your “lecture duration”, and focus more on meaningful tasks.

Embrace the Flipped Classroom approach.

6 Tools in this workshop

Are you ready?

INTERACTIVE TOOL HANDS-ON SESSIONS

Pre-class Engagement

1. Storify

Use Storify to allow

students to contribute

content. Ask them to

prepare before class

in an engaging

manner.

INTERACTIVE TOOL HANDS-ON SESSIONS

Pre-class Engagement

2. Scoop.it

Scoop.it is similar to

Storify with minor

difference in layout.

Can use it for group

compilation of

content.

INTERACTIVE TOOL HANDS-ON SESSIONS

In-class Engagement

1. Kahoot.it (Getkahoot.com)

Function like a clicker.

Good for individual

quiz competition or

for groups.

INTERACTIVE TOOL HANDS-ON SESSIONS

In-class Engagement

2. Socrative.com

It comes with Space

Race, where students

can compete to

answer a set of

interactive questions.

INTERACTIVE TOOL HANDS-ON SESSIONS

Post-class Engagement

1. OnlineQuizCreator.com

The Free Version still

allows you to create

quizzes for students

to try after your class

within a given time. It

also comes with

ranking.

INTERACTIVE TOOL HANDS-ON SESSIONS

Post-class Engagement

2. Padlet.com

Not just for discussion,

Padlet can be used to

check on students

understanding on the

content covered in class.

But the ultimate “tool” is still YOU.