5 ways to upgrade paper-based activities for all learners

As the COVID-19 pandemic caused dramatic shifts in education and millions of teachers and students transitioned to digital-first guideline, the days of paper-pencil activities have actually faded as we browse the “new regular” thrust upon us.

In my existing role as an Instructional Design Facilitator for elementary science, I am challenged to take many of the standard paper-based activities instructors have actually used and transform them into digital activities instructors can then show trainees in either the in-person or remote learning environment.

Throughout my twenty years as an elementary teacher in North Texas, expectations for offering some concrete evidence of student knowing for both instructors and moms and dads have actually always existed. Paper-based activities– think the old trusted worksheets supplied by your preferred academic publisher or discovered online– have actually long been a staple of mentor and knowing.

Here are 5 of the paper-based activities that have actually been reimagined for the digital world that you can use in your class today:

While the entire Google Suite is incredible, Google Slides are incredibly versatile in how they can be utilized. Utilizing the snipping tool or taking screenshots of the PDF copy of an activity makes it possible to create digital variations of ready-to-use activities. A cut and paste activity can be transformed into a drag and drop activity by including screenshots of the photos or words to the outdoors edges of the slide for students to transfer to the appropriate locations.

Google Slides for producing a digital “worksheet”.

Jennipher Eisenstein, Instructional Design Facilitator, Garland Independent School DistrictJennipher Eisenstein is an Instructional Design Facilitator in the Garland Independent School District in Texas.

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