Tips, Tricks, and
Technology Tools for
Teachers.
Lynn A. Null
Child Development Program Director/ Instructor
Western Oklahoma State College
lynn.null@wosc.edu
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Course Outcomes Guide (COG): What do
you want the students to know and be
able to do when they leave your course?
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List teaching tools you use for each
course.
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Use a variety of instructional methods.
Planning With Purpose
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Online Readiness Survey
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Have empathy for students having
challenges with technology
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Online orientation
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Interactivity is the heart and soul of
effective online learning.
Are Your Students Ready for
Online Learning?
◦ Get to know your students. Students are our
number one priority!!
◦ Respond to questions promptly
◦ Send weekly reminders for those students who
are MIA
◦ Place phone calls to students who are not
participating
◦ Be available for students
◦ Provide on going regular feedback. Grade
assignments on a regular basis.
◦ Small amounts of information- chunking
Learning is More Important
than Technology
What does a course
actually look like?
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Videos
Examples
Activities
Lectures
Calendar
Assignments
Introduction Activities
Course Audio
VoiceThread
Jeopardy
Methodology
Resources that can be
added to an online course?
Syllabus
 Readings
 Discussion Topics
 PowerPoint
 Lifesaver/Panic
button!
 Linking to Resources
 Dimdim Web Meeting
 Avatar
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The best exercise for the brain is exercise.
 The brain is pattern seeking and survival
oriented.
 Connections on the outside with others
build neural connections on the inside.
 The brain functions optimally when the
student feels safe.
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Conscious Discipline Dr. Becky Bailey
Brain Smart Principles
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Warm Up/ Introduction Activity
Develop Classroom Guidelines (Confidentiality,
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Songs to Connect
Greetings
Jobs (Assign jobs for each student)
Ways To Be Helpful
Celebration!!
We Care
Journals
Friends and Family Board
Go Out on a Limb, Suspend Certainty)
Creating a Learning Environment
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Dream!! If you could do anything you want in
your course, what would that be?
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This is where the Instructional Designer comes in
real handy.
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KISS- Keep it simple silly Be consistent
throughout the course.
The Power of Vision