New Career and Technical Education Teachers’ Blog is a blog space for teachers enrolled in the New Teachers Institute at Georgia State University, an Elluminate customer.

Here’s a recent question posed by Dr. Burns: If you were designing a course that was going to be delivered via Elluminate Live! (a) what types of things would you need to consider and (b) what types of activities would you use and why? Well, multiple student posts ensued. You’ll find all of them on the blog.

One of my favorites was the student who thought Elluminate was boring and would try to think of ways to infuse it with life and excitement. Unfortunately, he couldn’t think of any ways to do that! LOL, because he went on to say he’d have a scavenger hunt game for students to search for images or links on the Internet that conveyed a certain feeling, for example, and then post them on the whiteboard for discussion. What a great idea!

Other suggested interactive activities included group breakout sessions and presentations, video clips, case analysis, quick quizzes, safety videos, group assessments, using a webcam to demonstrate proffiency, game simulations, foreign language instruction, demonstrating CAD software, and even translating morse code. Lots of good stuff here. Enjoy!

And keep on Elluminating!

- Beth, Elluminate Goddess of Communication