The Interactive Glossary Project engages students in building a collaborative digital glossary of academic and domain-specific vocabulary using Padlet. Each entry includes a term, student-friendly definition, a context sentence from an informational text, and a related image. Students contribute glossary terms in categories such as Gaming, Sports, Music, Earth, Media, Science/Technology, and Literacy, ensuring both choice and variety. Collaboration is strengthened as students comment on classmates’ entries using sentence stems, promoting dialogue, feedback, and knowledge exchange. The project concludes with students revising their entries and reflecting on how glossary terms connect across topics, transforming the glossary into a living class resource. This design aligns with Module 4 objectives and ISTE Standard 4 by fostering active, inclusive, and collaborative digital learning experiences. During my recording, the NewsELA page did not display even though Microsoft Teams indicated it was recording; however, I have included screenshots of the NewsELA content at the bottom of this page, and I apologize for this error.
Search Screen in NewsELA
Teacher View (Image from NewsELA)
Student View (Image from NewsELA)
Schoology Reflection