Online Engagement Strategies and Tools for Distance Learning by Baker, Teresa C https://padlet.com/teresabaker2/y1hk4mbadcz99xwf en-us 2022-04-28 15:23:54 UTC 2025-11-12 04:49:26 UTC hello@padlet.com Rationale - When it came to class discussions, you can adapt think-pair-share to Zoom. Students are given a prompt or talking point then, broken into groups, and placed into breakout rooms to discuss. teresabaker2 https://padlet.com/teresabaker2/y1hk4mbadcz99xwf/wish/2162855698
Pros and Cons
Students can talk and see each other. Teachers to supervise the conversation will need to go to each small group several times.


 Tools
Zoom, and for a formal response; record their answers on a shared Google doc, which allowed students to share their thinking in writing or read aloud. (Edutopia. (2020, August 21).  ]]> 2022-04-28 15:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/teresabaker2/y1hk4mbadcz99xwf/wish/2162855698 Rational - To get students comfortable with online participation. Students were given a prompt and told to find a photo, painting, or drawing that represented their thinking making it visible for all. teresabaker2 https://padlet.com/teresabaker2/y1hk4mbadcz99xwf/wish/2162866546 Pros and Cons
Students love to search for photos online to share. This could lead to off-task behaviors in classtime and will need to be timed and supervised.

Tools 
Zoom, google search tools, and google docs to place photos. 

]]> 2022-04-28 15:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/teresabaker2/y1hk4mbadcz99xwf/wish/2162866546 Rational - First, teach new content asynchronously through recorded videos and online activities. At the start of his live class, students briefly summarized the concepts they had learned together and then divided into breakout rooms to solve related problems in small groups. (Edutopia. (2020, August 21) teresabaker2 https://padlet.com/teresabaker2/y1hk4mbadcz99xwf/wish/2162903406 Pros and Cons
This requires additional work by the teacher to record and assign classroom instruction. Students have additional time to review instruction and or review instruction prior to the start of classroom instruction.

Tools - 
Flip grid or Edupuzle you will record and then also insert comprehension questions as you teach.]]> 2022-04-28 16:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/teresabaker2/y1hk4mbadcz99xwf/wish/2162903406 Rational - Using Nearpod Collaborate (Apple, Android), a virtual collaboration board, to get students to share images or write a response to show what they had learned about an article they read. To inspire connection and reflection among classmates, also Flipgrid (Apple, Android), so that students could hear their peers’ voices even though they were remote. Edutopia. (2020, August 21). teresabaker2 https://padlet.com/teresabaker2/y1hk4mbadcz99xwf/wish/2162926961 Pros and Cons
The board has open communication and students' thoughts are exposed as they would be in the classroom. This can help the teacher adjust content to student interests. Open communication could lead to bullying and digital citizenship classes would need to review.

Tools
Near pod and or flipgrid]]> 2022-04-28 16:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/teresabaker2/y1hk4mbadcz99xwf/wish/2162926961 Rational - The gallery walk, gives students an opportunity to view their classmates’ projects while learning from each other. After the students present their projects through five-minute screencasts, they were then required to give feedback to at least two other students on theirs. Using Google Sheets, students provided feedback to their peers by answering the following a prompt. teresabaker2 https://padlet.com/teresabaker2/y1hk4mbadcz99xwf/wish/2163020318 Pros and Cons
The student will see samples of others' work for future inspiration. The feedback if constructive might help others to expand their thoughts and work. Students will need to be shown how to give constructive criticism and show support for others' work. The teacher will monitor the feedback.

Tools
Screencastify, Nearpod, Google documents.


]]> 2022-04-28 17:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/teresabaker2/y1hk4mbadcz99xwf/wish/2163020318 When comparing engagement strategies from face-to-face to online, the differences are enormous. You can use your voice or animation to gain students' attention when in person. When online, those often do not work. The following engagement activities will keep the student's attention and propel the work forward. teresabaker2 https://padlet.com/teresabaker2/y1hk4mbadcz99xwf/wish/2163069493 2022-04-28 17:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/teresabaker2/y1hk4mbadcz99xwf/wish/2163069493