{"id":4001,"date":"2021-08-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tlsrv.net\/?p=4001"},"modified":"2024-08-02T12:51:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T11:51:46","slug":"five-education-strategies-with-interactive-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/five-education-strategies-with-interactive-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Exciting and Engaging Education Strategies with Interactive Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Over a million educators utilize ThingLink in their schools, classrooms, and communities to develop impactful and engaging resources using interactive media.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Effective educators constantly seek to increase their repertoire of ideas to help their learners fully grasp complex concepts in new, impactful, and interesting ways. Where educators have included ThingLink in their teaching toolbox they have seen 4x deeper learning outcomes than standard lecture-based methods. Please don\u2019t take our word for it, explore these top 5 school-based engaging learning strategies, with ThingLink,\u00a0that are proven to work. We\u2019ve also included pedagogically sound examples that educators in our community have created and shared. Decide for yourselves how this could be used in your classrooms, schools, and communities!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"tl-cta-block\"><h3>Book a free consultation<\/h3><p>If you\u2019d like to learn more about how you can effectively support learners with impactful immersive content, schedule a free call with one of our transformation consultants.<\/p><button class=\"tl-button tl-button--white tl-button--small tl-cta-block__button\" data-link=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/andrew-6\/thinglinkdemo\">Book a free consultation<\/button><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>In this post we&#8217;ll explore the five strategies of using interactive media to boost student engagement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#project-based\">Project Based Learning <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#gamification\">Gamification Principles<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#community-engagement\">Community Engagement<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#curriculum-content\">Accessible Curriculum Content<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#virtual-experiments\">Virtual Experiments and Simulations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"project-based\">1. Project Based Learning <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We don\u2019t need to present the benefits or impact of project-based learning as a strategy, it\u2019s incredibly well documented. However, we can share a few short and long projects that K-12 educators have created to engage learners that will inspire you.&nbsp; Finding the right context you can also include interdisciplinary learning (IDL) in which learners can focus on math, science, and ELA all in one project!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Topic \/ Book Reports<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With a combination of images, video, and text your students can develop detailed and rich multi-modal reports. These are easy to share and obtain peer feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>David Del Carlo\u2019s class in Italy created a library of \u201cbooks\u201d based on the themes of the Global Goals. They each created a virtual book on a different goal &#8211; take a look below.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-original-height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1416174543638102019\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/jse\/responsive.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Multimedia Visual Resumes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By creating an individual, class, or team-based overviews learners can express their unique perspectives, present their work to create new multimedia resources alone or as a team. Perfect for class introductions or visualizing skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/1412739379750764547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An individual version<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Here\u2019s an example of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/1374741690438385667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interactive resumes <\/a>from a school in Florida.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virtual Field Trips &amp; Tours<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Use research and cited resources to provide a rich exploration of the town next door, one of the seven wonders of the world, or places that are completely inaccessible such as the solar system!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/video\/1376611360535740419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A virtual trip to Venice <\/a>for High School students in Italy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This K12 teacher collated a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/1329721767043792897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">virtual round the world trip<\/a> for her 3rd-grade leavers where they could visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris, London, Edinburgh Zoo, and the New England Aquarium! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gamification\">2. Gamification Principles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gamification is a highly regarded yet sometimes tricky-to-do effective learning strategy. How can you easily create challenges for students that actually create impactful learning experiences? Using ThingLink allows educators to easily do just that. Our tips include creating\u00a0 \u2018conditional transitions\u2019 to progress to the next scene, adding hidden clues, and sounds for an immersive experience. This combination enables students to interact, solve problems and find solutions in a chosen context. See these examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Escape Rooms:<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>add to your classroom assignments by creating escape rooms that teach about a particular subject. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Scavenger Hunts:<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Real contexts that have been gamified. Students here explore a layered experience in which finding the answer is not as simple as clicking a button. Example from Hawaii, a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/1428451643317288962\" target=\"_blank\">medieval-themed fayre made into a digital resource<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" data-original-width=\"1920\" data-original-height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1428451643317288962\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/jse\/responsive.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"community-engagement\">3. Community Engagement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Engaging with parents, carers and the school community can be hard to get right, how do you demonstrate the great work, value, and challenges your schools have in an easy-to-consume way? With ThingLink you can provide context and information in accessible formats that work on any device. This helps to engage your community and create a better understanding of your school\u2019s culture and ethos. Explore these examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interactive school tours<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Let new learners and community members explore aspects of your school or program without setting foot on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1370666518026649601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campus map and introduction<\/a> to Loyola High School, Los Angeles. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shared Community Activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dyce Primary interactive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1463573580200542211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">learning-based sports day<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Share Policies and Learner\u2019s Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Create meaningful and impactful policies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/1235882867788087303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cochrane Castle Primary School\u2019s values<\/a> that put impactful young voices at the heart of the values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"432.3882503192848\" data-original-width=\"2349\" data-original-height=\"1058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1235882867788087303\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/jse\/responsive.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"curriculum-content\">4. Accessible Curriculum Content&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Teachers and administrators can create interactive resources that can be immediately updated and published to provide students (and their families) with access to up-to-date resources and lessons.&nbsp; These resources provide better transparency and accessibility to your students and families.&nbsp; See these examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learning Organization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Develop virtual classroom resource toolboxes that allow students and parents to know what is happening and expected. Create class-based resource guides to share ideas, tips, tricks and best practices that can be shared with students and parents. Simulate the real classroom with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/1318637995301011458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bitmoji version<\/a> &#8211; ideal for younger learners who need simplicity and familiarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choice Board<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Weekly planners with tasks for organizing home learning, including Universal Design of Learning (UDL) principles with color-coded assignments for \u2018choice and style\u2019 of the task. See an example of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/1301665558483173378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interactive choice board here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum Planner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Like a learning journey or walkthrough of the curriculum, it sets learners&#8217; goals, milestones and helps to enable them to visualize the path ahead in the weeks or months. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/1328735431587528706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here&#8217;s an example<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"544.6666666666666\" data-original-width=\"2880\" data-original-height=\"1634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/card\/1328735431587528706\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/jse\/responsive.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"virtual-experiments\">5. Virtual Experiments and Simulations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The DICE (Dangerous, Impossible, Counterproductive, or Expensive) can help quantify the types of projects the ThingLink (in or out of VR ) can help schools explore more effectively.&nbsp; Oftentimes trips and experiences are not easily accessible but with ThingLink, you can explore locations and even 3D models.&nbsp; See these examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simulations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Develop walkthroughs or experiences in a real-life yet digital context with 360 media and&nbsp;3D models. Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/1484564926998511619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3D example in ThingLink<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Complex or Dangerous Environments<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore multistep processes and experiences by layering multiple digital assets and instructions, explore interactive manuals rather than heavy text-based alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Explore this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/video\/1360901353626402819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">virtual workshop<\/a> for college students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/video\/1380885721019056129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A real-life crime scene<\/a> (well almost!) Are you a forensic scientist? Learners plan and create the scenes as well as execute the final digital experience!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, these examples demonstrate that planning deeper learning experiences can be easy for educators with the right digital tools <strong>and<\/strong> the results are more impactful for learners! With ThingLink in your teacher toolbox, you have the ability to create interactive learning resources that engage learners in a way that is current and in context for today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ThingLink has three easy-to-use plans as well as training and support to get your teachers, schools, and district up and running in minutes. To help manage the sign-in and account creation process we integrate with Google, MS 365, and Clever.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"tl-cta-block\"><h3>Take a free trial<\/h3><p>To see just how easy it is to create interactive learning content with ThingLink, start a free trial today!<\/p><button class=\"tl-button tl-button--white tl-button--small tl-cta-block__button\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\">start a free trial today<\/button><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>For more ideas please feel free to join our communities for enthusiastic educators, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThingLink_EDU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1720628711556438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/9054683\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Read more of our curated articles on ThingLink in education<\/strong> below<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/educationblog.microsoft.com\/en-us\/2020\/08\/virtual-campus-tours-in-microsoft-teams-make-back-to-school-feel-more-familiar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Back to School Tours<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/canva-templates\/#choice-board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canva templates for creating Educational Content<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/articles\/new-tools-for-the-flipped-school-interactive-visual-media-in-remote-learning#Examples-of-interactive-learning-materials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Tools for the Flipped School: Interactive Visual Media in Remote Learning<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/8-creative-project-ideas-for-students-at-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10 Project Ideas for Students at Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are five exciting strategies for using interactive media in K12 education to create impactful and engaging course resources&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[209,161,210,158,216],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4001"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10015,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4001\/revisions\/10015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}