Innovative Learning Activities and How I would Adapt more Elements of Innovative Learning in My Teaching

Innovative learning activities are the tasks that a teacher can come up with to make the lesson interesting to the learners. These activities should be in position to capture the interest of the learners and inspire them to search, sort,  rearrange data and create knowledge that will lead to effective learning and problem -solving.  These innovative activities must involve;

·         Collaboration and teamwork; this is because by nature people are social beings and they learn by interacting with one another and in the process focusing on the 21st-century skills of collaboration, teamwork, problem-formulation, creativity and the ability to "learn how to learn"

·         Have relevance and be applicable to the real world. In other words.

·          Promote authentic learning.

·         Be inspiring in order to help develop students' ability to go beyond, to question and apply learning in new situations.

·  Include the use of technology to allow the learners to have a hands-on experience where they can experiment, discuss, reflect on what has been learnt and even redo activity if necessary.

·         Engage learners attention and get them to be creative in trying to solve the problems.

·         Most importantly, learner- centered. 

From what I have seen from the learning games I have viewed, most of the activities are;

·         Carried out online and the students are eager to find the solution.

·         Creativity has been tremendously inspired from these learners that they are ready to stretch their minds in search of solutions.

·         The teacher is just there to guide when consulted.

·         Learners use technology and it is a hands-on experience for all.

In order to adapt my teaching to include more elements of innovative learning, I intend to;

·         Embrace creativity as part of learning.

·         Use creative arts and media oriented programs

·         Participate in or create a program to develop creative skills.

·         Use emotional connections.

·         Create a socially supportive atmosphere.

·         Establish a degree of expressive freedom.

·         Gather outside resources.

·         Allow room for mistakes.

·         Encourage curiosity.

·         Design lessons that allow for wondering and exploration.

·         Tap into multiple intelligences

·         Allow for collaborative problem solving.