Helping Students Get Started

To begin the lesson, you will need to introduce both the topic and the format. Watch how Paula Halligan familiarizes her students with the process and content.

Note how Paula provides not only the rationale for the IL—giving students practice in developing persuasive essays—but also an overview of the structure and mechanics of the lesson, such as how many pages there will be and what students will be expected to do together.

Keyboard Shortcut	Action
Space	Pause/Play video playback
Enter	Pause/Play video playback
m	Mute/Unmute video volume
Up and Down arrows	Increase and decrease volume by 10%
Right and Left arrows	Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds
0-9	Fast seek to x% of the video.
f	Enter or exit fullscreen. (Note: To exit fullscreen in flash press the Esc key.
c	Press c to toggle captions on or off

MY WORK

In an IL, students save their work in a “digital notebook” called MY WORK. They will be able to refer back to their work as they go through the lesson and for their final assignment or assessment.

Take Notes

What techniques did Paula use, both in classroom management and in introducing the interactive lesson, that you can incorporate into your teaching?