A hands on lesson with tools you can use in your classroom to engage a variety of learning styles. Utilize a graphic organizer, search through open educational resources and find a resource to help teach that difficult concept in your curriculum. Leave with concrete ideas for your class and an additional resource guide to encourage you to continue exploring.

1. WELCOME! WHILE WE GET SETUP
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MUNCH ON FRUIT,
LOGIN TO YOUR COMPUTER AND TAKE
THIS POLL:
http://bit.ly/teachlearnTUpoll

2. ENGAGING STUDENTS THROUGH
INTERACTIVE ONLINE TOOLS
Laksamee Putnam
Science Librarian – Albert S. Cook Library
lputnam@towson.edu

3. OVERVIEW
 Interactive classrooms
 Reading discussion
 Guide to resources
 Prepare a mini lesson plan
 Follow along with my slides:
 http://bit.ly/teachlearnTUslides

4. THE INTERACTIVE COLLEGE CLASSROOM
Polachek, D. (2006). The Interactive College Classroom. International Journal Of Learning, 13(5), 61-73.

5. LEARNING STYLE QUIZ
 Active and Reflective
 Sensing and Intuitive
 Visual and Verbal
 Sequential and Global
 Dualism
 Multiplicity
 Relativism
 Commitment

6. APPELBAUM AND KELLY
 Interdisciplinary lesson
 Controlled tangents
 Creative projects
 “Digital vandalism”
 Originality vs Authenticity

7. THE WORLD OF VIRAL VIDEOS
 Google doc video list
 Films on Demand database
 TED
 Visual Appeal
 Beyond just watching

8. THIS AMERICAN LIFE
 “Real life” lessons
 Practical
 Tangible
 Relatable

9. GUIDE TO TEACHING & LEARNING
RESOURCES
 http://bit.ly/teachlearnTU
 Find a blog to read
 Open educational resources
 Khan Academy
 TED
 Poll Everywhere
 Time Management
 Graphic organizers
 Learning styles

10. MINI LESSON PLAN
 Go to http://mind42.com/
 Map out a mini lesson plan
 Search for examples you can use to make the
lesson interesting

11. IMAGES IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/lac-bac/5084702182/
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/markomni/16566001/
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/flashpro/4156535452/
 http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/grand
mas-superhero-therapy-18