Want to be as creative in your online teaching as my mom is in her entertaining? (I love her idea and execution on a summer “hen party.”)
Here are 3 creative teaching ideas for online teachers (and you can get a free guide to these ideas + 2 more greatly expanded with examples) at teachwhatyoudo.com/creativeteaching
Here are 3 creative teaching ideas:
1️⃣ ADD AN “EXPERTS SAY” SUPPLEMENT
Every once in a while, get your students out of their heads, and exposed to fresh voices who are echoing what you’re teaching–but in different styles or from new perspectives. Add a lesson or a supplement.
Do it with eBook callouts or interviews in audio or video format. See an example in the handout at teachwhatyoudo.com/creativeteaching
2️⃣ MAKE RICH ASSIGNMENTS WITH CURATED PINTEREST BOARDS.
If you’re teaching floral arrangement, you could share a board of arrangements you've curated and ask your students to pick an image and critique the balance (or other design aspect) of the piece.
While you cannot put copyrighted images onto your site, many can be displayed on a Pinterest board to which you link.
3️⃣ GO ON A {LIVE VIRTUAL} FIELD TRIP
Are there venues your students will need to navigate on their own with the assignments and skills they get from your class? Is there a venue they can’t easily visit? Maybe a geological site or a museum or even a supply store.
For example, if you’re teaching students how to sew drapes, you could take them (virtually) to the fabric store and show them how to select for pattern, heft, weave–or whatever it is that matters. Put your phone on a selfie stick, get yourself to the venue, and broadcast the lesson.
👉ARE YOU READY TO GET CREATIVE?
Which one of these might you do? Click here for examples and 2 more creative ideas.