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Engage Students in Learning! Fun and Interactive Online Classroom Activities for Critical Thinking and Practice

Explore a variety of engaging online classroom activities from analysing choices to ethical debates and historical simulations. Encourage critical thinking and reflection in students through interactive games and challenges.

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Engage Students in Learning! Fun and Interactive Online Classroom Activities for Critical Thinking and Practice

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  1. In the Online Classroom For Practice, Critical Thinking and More!

  2. “O’Fortuna” from The Open University

  3. Analyzing choices • Play the game; students record their choices • Read related primary sources • Write: does new knowledge change or justify their choices?

  4. Ethical Issues Debate Who Wants to be a Cotton Millionaire? From the BBC

  5. Infinity of Nations Culture Quest at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

  6. Making Rational Decisions • Divide class into two groups • Each student represents a different individual with different occupation and status. • Each student fills out the goals chart & shares with group

  7. Warrior (3 votes) Emperor (6 votes) Priest (3 votes) Slave (0 vote) Market trader (1 vote) Farmer (1/2 vote) Skilled artisans (2 votes) Decide: whose interests will determine trade policies?

  8. Warrior (3 votes) Scholar-official (3 votes) Emperor (6 votes) Skilled artisans (2 votes) Entertainers (0 vote) Farmer (1 vote) Merchant (1/2 vote) Decide: whose interests will determine trade policies?

  9. Decide: what will be offered and requested to secure your goals?

  10. Barter, conclude the deal (or not), and write individual reflection

  11. Sporcle: http://www.sporcle.com/games/. Games in different categories, including geography, history, language, literature, science. Each category is further divided into subcategories. Epic Win: Turn completing tasks into a quest game. Downloadable app allows players to build on their character with the completion of each task. http://www.rexbox.co.uk/epicwin/ Mankind: World Heritage Destinations game, History.com at http://www.history.com/games/trivia-quizzes/mankind-world-heritage-destinations/play. The different levels of the game focus on various world regions. Traveler IQ Challenge: Tests the player’s knowledge of cities, monuments, parks, etc. in various continents. http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq Londoner: The History Game. Player creates a historical personality and makes decisions to survive life in 17thcentury London. http://www.wizardits.com/Londoner/ Best of History Websites: games and animations. Various types and levels of game play (along with resources). Especially strong in U.S. History, but European and world history games and resources as well. http://besthistorysites.net/general-history-resources/games-animations/

  12. Space Science Institute: Scigames. Games about the cosmos that challenge students to ask questions about what exists, what we know (and don’t know) and “what if.” http://www.scigames.org/ IXL Learning: Math Skills: Quizzes for everything from basic math to precalculus. https://www.ixl.com/math/ Common Sense Media: Science Apps, Games and Websites: Descriptions, reviews, and links to a wide range of active learning resources for teens and above. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/science-apps-games-and-websites# Seredip Studio: A diverse collection of online games and activities across disciplines; many emphasize psychology and perception, social relationships. http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/playground/ BBC: The Climate Challenge. A game of politics and science, as the player has to make decisions about climate change but still retain elective office. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/climate_challenge/

  13. Take Aways • Adapt and innovate • Challenge the students • Require reflection • Engage students in learning!

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