60 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate What They Know

60 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate What They Know

by Ryan Schaaf, Assistant Professor of Technology, Notre Dame of Maryland University

When I was a high school student, I had the privilege of having a wonderful English teacher. She was kind, often helped her students, and created a wonderful classroom environment that was rare in my high school experience. To this day, I regard her as a great educator; one of the very best. Due to her help, I improved my writing abilities to the point I moved ahead to an Honors course the very next year.

As I now reflect upon her and my learning experiences fondly, I had only one criticism – I did the same type of work day in and day out. Although repetition is a tried and true method for learning, performing the same academic exercises over and over again really left a great deal to be desired. I wanted to express myself in new and different ways. After all, variety is the spice of life.

Nowadays, many educators use the same methods over and over again in their lessons for students to express themselves and demonstrate their new knowledge. Today’s students want to express themselves in a variety of different ways. They want their academic work to be relevant, engaging and fun.

Below is a diverse list adapted from resources found at fortheteachers.org of potential student products or activities learners can use to demonstrate their mastery of lesson content. The list also offers several digital tools for students to consider using in a technology-enriched learning environment.

60 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate What They Know

1. Audio Recording (try Vocaroo)
2. Acceptance Speech
3. Advertisement
4. Avatar (try Voki)
5. Blog (try Edublogs)
6. Book Jacket
7. Brochure
8. Bulletin Board
9. Cartoon
10. Class Book
11. Collage (digital and non-digital)
12. Comedy
13. Comic Strip (try BitStrip)
14. Commercial
15. Dance
16. Debate
17. Demonstration
18. Discussion (try Voicethread)
19. Diorama
20. Drawing
21. Experiment
22. Flow Chart
23. Games (digital and non-digital)
24. Google Earth Tour
25. Graph
26. Graphic Organizer
27. Infomerical
28. Interview
29. Photo
30. Portfolio (try Evernote)
31. Puppet Show
32. Learning Log
33. Literature Circle
34. Magazine
35. Maps
36. Mind Map (try bubbl.us)
37. Mural
38. Music
39. News Report (try Fodey)
40. Poetry
41. Reenactment
42. Role Play
43. Scavenger Hunt (try QR codes)
44. Scrapbook
45. Sculpture
46. Show & Tell
47. Simulation (digital and non-digital)
48. Slideshow
49. Socratic Discussion
50. Song
51. Story Map
52. Speech
53. Tag Cloud (try Wordle)
54. Theatrical Play
55. Timeline (try Timegrinder)
56. Video
57. Webpage (try Weebly)
58. Word Splash
59. Word Wall
60. Wiki (try Wikispaces)

60 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate Understanding

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