The Boardwork Model works well with problem-solving courses like chemistry, physics, or mathematics.
This strategy allows students to analyze material individually and then share their results in a group.
Outlines or worksheets with blanks are used to recognize main points and organization of lecture information.
Students take turns reviewing and discussing topic notes. Promotes clarification of notes when students add missing or additional information.
Chart of columns & rows used to compare & contrast two or more subjects.
Activities that promote clear understanding of technical vocabulary of the course.
Turn to a Partner
Group members work with a partner on an assignment or discussion topic.
Hints:
This technique works best with group participants who have already been provided with enough background on a subject that they can immediately move to a discussion with their partner without previewing or reviewing concepts.
Divide and Conquer
Individuals divide material to be covered. SI Leader assigns the readings and asks each individual to summarize the point of their material. When all have read, they discuss the material as a group.
Hints:
This strategy can be used if students come to the session without having read the material. It allows the group to proceed with learning in spite of not arriving prepared and prevents the leader from falling into re-lecturing or teaching the material.
The strategy also can be used to present very difficult material.
Think-Pair-Share
Think-Pair-Share is a collaborative learning strategy where students individually think about a question, then discuss their ideas with a partner, and finally share their thoughts with the larger group
Brainstorming is a method to generate a multitude of ideas free of criticism. Brainstorming helps in writing papers, writing essays, having conversations, problem solving and more.
Color coding stuff works really well as a study tool, but can also be adapted to apply to studying several different subject areas. This can be especially helpful when studying for biology or chemistry classes.
Putting concepts in a visual format in order to gain an understanding of the material.
This exercise needs to be completed over the span of 2 sessions, but it is a great activity to demonstrate how to use Cornell Notes as well as helping students process course content.
This exercise is one great way to ensure all participants leave with a robust set of lecture notes. It is also an excellent opportunity to demonstrate how students can improve note-taking skills.
This is another activity that is great for demonstrating effective student success skills, but can also be used as a great tool to review before a test.
Using paraphrasing, students will be forced to think about topics and vocabulary words differently.
Note Cards for the Test Review
This note card activity is a perfect opportunity for SI Leaders to model some good student study skills.
This activity is great for teaching good student skills to those in your sessions, but it also is a great way to review a chapter before a test.
The leader asks a student a question, and the student in turn asks the leader a question.
Create a Google Doc in your drive and share it with all the students in your session or students in the class. https://www.hampshire.edu/it/tips-on-sharing-files-and-folders-with-google-drive
Kahoot: https://kahoot.com Students can answer questions from their phone
Jeopardy: https://jeopardylabs.com
Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/teachers Making quizzes students can work on from their cpu/phone
Coggle: https://coggle.it/ Mind mapping
Here are some other websites that might be helpful!
3. https://experiments.withgoogle.com/
5. http://innovativeeducators.org/
6. https://jeopardylabs.com/play/jeopardylabs
10. https://jamboard.google.com/
11. https://www.mentimeter.com/
14. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?sort=alpha&view=grid
15. https://www.polleverywhere.com/
One major bonus of using an online whiteboard is that it allows you and the students to save the information that you work through in the sessions. These also allow for you and the students to collaborate when working through the information:
A few free, easy online options:
Zoom also has an integrated online whiteboard that can be accessed when using Zoom for online sessions
Using a gooseneck phone holder to have it hover over the physical page you are writing on. If you are going to have an iphone stand hovering over a notebook, it's hard to look at the chat and see who's talking. A great fix to this is being logged into one email for your phone while you present, and another email for the computer so you're able to make sure you're video chatting correctly and can have better control of the Google Meet.
You can also focus your cpu camera on a physical whiteboard or white paper to work through problems
Use PowerPoint to work through problems step-by-step or come up with informal quizzes
For drawing on maps with math, or needing certain punctuation with language, a student can take a screenshot of a problem on their cpu or iPhone and markup the photo with whiteboard or the markup feature on their phone