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Experimenter Activites

Experimenting with new approaches, pedagogies, and technologies to support learning.

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I’m an Experimenter!

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Created November 21, 2019 by Ontario Extend (@extend) • 5263 views • 83 responses • 4 resources

I’m an Experimenter!

It is now time to reflect on what you have accomplished through your experimentation efforts in this module. To do: Prepare a detailed written reflection that includes responses to the questions below. Which three experimenter activities did you choose to complete and why? Include the links to your Activity Bank responses. Identify and explain three more… »

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More than Quizzes

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Created November 13, 2019 by Ontario Extend (@extend) • 932 views • 29 responses • 1 resource

More than Quizzes

Quizlet and Quizlet Live are platforms for producing in-class interactive activities that include content review, flashcards, matching games, spelling and more learning tools.  To Do:   Start by exploring existing content created by other educators, organized by subject. Then, when you have an idea of what kind of activities you want to experiment with, create a more… »

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Padlet Padlet

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Created by Ontario Extend (@extend) • 1418 views • 32 responses • 1 resource

Padlet Padlet

Creating a Padlet is often described as building a living, breathing web page. If you have engaged with the Curator and Technologist modules you will have encountered this tool already. If you would like some inspiration, have a look at 30 Creative Ways to Use Padlet for Teachers and Students (BookWidgets blog) for a list of more… »

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Going Interactive With H5P

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Created March 25, 2019 by Ontario Extend (@extend) • 2360 views • 39 responses • 2 resources

Going Interactive With H5P

For this activity you will experiment with H5P as a way to add interactive web elements to almost learning content hosted in WordPress or LMS platforms such as Canvas, Moodle, or Blackboard (these may require a plugin), or any other web site where you can add custom HTML code. The name comes from the elements more… »

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Do it Daily

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Created February 6, 2018 by Ontario Extend (@ontario-extend) • 457 views • 7 responses

Do it Daily

The Daily Extends are posted every day (hence the name) during Extend cohorts. We’re including the original here in the Activity Bank as part of the Experimenter module activity. Here’s Daily Extend #1: We have chosen the verb extend as a metaphor for this project. What does it mean to you? Sure, you can look up definitions, but more… »

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Just Like The Agora

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Created January 31, 2018 by Ontario Extend (@extend) • 1148 views

Just Like The Agora

The UDG Agora Project Challenge Bank is one of the inspirations for the Ontario Extend program! To Do: Explore the UDG Challenge bank (you can ever try a randomly selected one) and try one of the challenges. When entering your response for this activity, be sure to name and link to the specific UDG Agora Challenge more… »

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Information as a Graphic

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Created by Ontario Extend (@extend) • 2256 views • 43 responses • 4 resources

Information as a Graphic

We have no shortage of tools and articles for how to generate an infographic, but the most important steps happen before you open a tool- identifying your audience, the topic, researching and tracking the data you will use, and planning out the best ways to visualize the information. Have a look at an infographic about more… »

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Virtual Field Trips

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Created by Ontario Extend (@extend) • 1341 views

Virtual Field Trips

Experiment to create a field work inspired activity for one of your courses using one of the following virtual tour experiences: Google Streetview connects with Google’s map service to show fully navigable views of map locations. This offers a means to observe anywhere on earth they have mapped. The Streetview Gallery provides examples of where more… »

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Built To Share

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Created by Ontario Extend (@extend) • 1381 views

Built To Share

For this activity, experiment by building or customizing an openly licensed graphic or other resource for a concept related to your discipline, and share it via OER Commons,  the “public digital library of open educational resources.” To Do: Use the OER Commons Open Resource Builder to assemble  and publish your OER. Why share here? It more… »

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Come In, Come In!

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Created by Ontario Extend (@extend) • 1388 views

Come In, Come In!

A bridge or hook is an effective teaching approach to gain a learner’s attention and build motivation. To do: Create a short video, that serves the bridge or hook purpose to welcome students to your course (think course trailer even), or your blog website, with one of the freely available tools highlighted in the Online more… »

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