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Do lots of prep before starting and anticipate the problem issues

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Do lots of prep before starting and anticipate the problem issues

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Break up the job into little chunks
Show some stripped back versions of same plan

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Test

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Enjoy online teaching and learning!  Way to Go!

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Enjoy online teaching and learning!  Way to Go!

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This allows students to keep in touch with each other and the teacher

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Create an interactive space where you can provide for all types of learning styles. 

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Create an interactive space where you can provide for all types of learning styles. 

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Use Padlet to engage learners, create interaction within the group, use video links, try this one ... 

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Use Padlet to engage learners, create interaction within the group, use video links, try this one ... 

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Understand the course content yourself!  This builds trust with the students that they can ask questions and learn from you.

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Understand the course content yourself!  This builds trust with the students that they can ask questions and learn from you.

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Maintain a cheerful and professional communication style.  This can help keep students excited about the course and focused

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Maintain a cheerful and professional communication style.  This can help keep students excited about the course and focused

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Gain an understanding of students varying learning styles and adapt your teaching to reflect those.  Make sure all students are receiving the style they need.

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Gain an understanding of students varying learning styles and adapt your teaching to reflect those.  Make sure all students are receiving the style they need.

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Engage learners various learning styles by verbally (auditory)  talking to the powerpoint slides (visual). The slides should be brief and contain visual prompts and relevant graphics. 

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Engage learners various learning styles by verbally (auditory)  talking to the powerpoint slides (visual). The slides should be brief and contain visual prompts and relevant graphics. 

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Ensure online learning activities and resources are user friendly and easy to navigate so as not to overwhelm learners.

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Ensure online learning activities and resources are user friendly and easy to navigate so as not to overwhelm learners.

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Use varying types of learning styles to ensure all students are catered for.  Auditory, visual, kinetic etc.

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Use varying types of learning styles to ensure all students are catered for.  Auditory, visual, kinetic etc.

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Firstly remain friendly and helpful so that students are comfortable asking questions, making suggestions or requesting feedback.

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Firstly remain friendly and helpful so that students are comfortable asking questions, making suggestions or requesting feedback.

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Have an online presence.  Be available and supportive and provide clear boundaries and expectations for both teacher and student :)

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Have an online presence.  Be available and supportive and provide clear boundaries and expectations for both teacher and student :)

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Encourage discussion and chat on LMS - offer robust conversation to discourage social media use

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Encourage discussion and chat on LMS - offer robust conversation to discourage social media use

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Access to reddit with regards to a particular theme

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Access to reddit with regards to a particular theme

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Give a pre-class challenge and reward students at the start of class for participation. For example: give a work related instance that covers the new course topic. Magnetism and where you find it at work.

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Give a pre-class challenge and reward students at the start of class for participation. For example: give a work related instance that covers the new course topic. Magnetism and where you find it at work.

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Use short quiz to reinforce key topics

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Chat rooms on assessment questions every week

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Activities and assignments that encourage learners to explore

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Activities and assignments that encourage learners to explore

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Offer robust, timely and relevant feedback

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Use a variety of Learning Tools and strategies to avoid falling into the trap of overloading students with reading

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Youtube clips news items exemplars

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screencast-o-matic
Webinars

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Ensure you use interactive activities
do not set and forget

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Do a weekly update at the start of the week including outlining what the learning week has in store for them so that students have time to prepare if required

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Do a weekly update at the start of the week including outlining what the learning week has in store for them so that students have time to prepare if required

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Provide a prompt response to learners to encourage them to remain engaged.

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Provide a prompt response to learners to encourage them to remain engaged.

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Keep in touch - ensure students know how to get in touch with teaching staff, but make sure boundaries are set so as to not be available 24/7.  Use of Connect's communication tools is the best idea. 

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Keep in touch - ensure students know how to get in touch with teaching staff, but make sure boundaries are set so as to not be available 24/7.  Use of Connect's communication tools is the best idea. 

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Record and upload audio visual clips of teacher discussing some FAQs or responding to students questions...make it real

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Record and upload audio visual clips of teacher discussing some FAQs or responding to students questions...make it real

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The secret is in setting expectations and then living up to them.
What's your experience with this topic?" the virtual trainer asks. She is greeted with silence. She wonders if anyone is even paying attention, and then just continues talking, answering her own question and moving on to the next topic. Unfortunately, this scenario repeats itself every day, over and over again in many virtual training classes: A virtual trainer asks a question and learners stay silent.

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The secret is in setting expectations and then living up to them. What's your experience with this topic?" the virtual trainer asks. She is greeted with silence. She wonders if anyone is even paying attention, and then just continues talking, answering her own question and moving on to the next topic.

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Let students know what topics are coming up next week so they can research

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Let students know what topics are coming up next week so they can research

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Discussions... keeping engaged thought provoking ideas.

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Discussions... keeping engaged thought provoking ideas.

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I asked a whole bunch of teachers of all shapes, sizes, varieties and levels about what they do to keep students engaged. So in no particular order, here they are.

Firstly if you're asking questions, you should pick random volunteers to keep the pupils wondering who you're going to ask next.

How you actually present the topic needs to be interesting, keep them guessing. e.g. do a starter bit not necessarily say 'today we are learning about samba'.

Ultimately I get the bad students on board even before class so once they're on task & engaged everyone follows.

Don't be afraid to change the course of a lesson - if they're losing interest get them back on track with a different activity or short brain game.

Make use of the students input.

Role play is a good way of getting your ideas across. Play the Devil's advocate by adopting an unreasonable stance.

Pitch the task or lesson at the right level for the class but also the student. Too easy they will disengage or too hard...same result.

Consider seating, i.e. How you seat the kids in relation to other pupils. Some need to be separated and often gender mix helps.

Ensure there's a practical element to the lesson.

Timers, countdown clocks, either on IWB or real ones.

In my classroom, we have a visual timetable so that they will always know what's happening. For ASD children we use a first/ then card.

Doing things where you aren't supposed to like maths in the PE hall or literacy outside.

We would often do almost a wee game at the start of a long listening session. A bit like Simon says. Eg. Children will "give me five"

Vary the type of learning skill; aural, visual and kinesthetic learning (again this would be in music I'd use an auditory example of a piece, with an overhead explaining what I'm talking about, and then getting the pupils to put it into practice) - The can help tremendously with this.

Peer teaching and learning i.e. the pupils who have got a good grasp of a concept would be paired with one that are struggling.

Active learning in every lesson plan. For example, at the minute my Year 10s are doing advertising and part of the work involves them taking part in an advertising agency simulation where they take on different roles.

Next Steps...

For further information on engaging students using technology why not register to attend one of our weekly webinars on the DisplayNote app.

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39 Ways To Keep Students Engaged with Collaboration Tools

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I asked a whole bunch of teachers of all shapes, sizes, varieties and levels about what they do to keep students engaged. So in no particular order, here they are. Firstly if you're asking questions, you should pick random volunteers to keep the pupils wondering who you're going to ask next.

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Use You-tube clips to engage learners- especially useful for practical skills 

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Use You-tube clips to engage learners- especially useful for practical skills 