Celebrate Learning: Creating Themed Widgets with BookWidgets

Join Kate in this 1-hour video course to learn how to use BookWidgets to create engaging, themed widgets for holidays and special occasions by integrating festive and event-specific elements into your digital lessons to enhance student engagement and make learning memorable.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Learn the essentials of designing themed widgets that captivate and educate, including tips for visual and content integration.
Explore a variety of themes such as specific holidays and observances (Halloween, Christmas, New Year, September 11, Earth Day, etc.), the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and more, with practical examples of widgets tailored for each.
Understand how to utilize BookWidgets' features to create quizzes, games, interactive webquests, and more that reflect the spirit of various celebrations, observances, and themes.
Gain insights on how to use AI to facilitate the creation process for image and storyline creation and editing
-Share ideas for when to schedule and implement these widgets effectively within your academic calendar to maximize student interest and participation.
Receive guidance on customizing widgets to fit different curricular areas and learning objectives, ensuring that each themed widget is not only fun but also educationally potent.

-- IN THIS VIDEO --
00:00 What is BookWidgets?
03:13 Themed Widget Examples for English Language Arts and Social Studies
18:59 Themed Widget Examples for Math and Science
24:31 Themed Widget Examples for Holidays
31:37 How to add a cover image to widget activities
33:43 Miscellaneous themed widget examples
37:16 What is the purpose of a thematic lesson?
38:27 Extra tips and tricks for designing thematic lessons in BookWidgets
38:39 The best Widgets for a thematic lesson
43:01 Using AI when creating a thematic lesson
46:17 Additional Design Tips, including how to download and upload design configurations in BookWidgets for use with all of your widget activities
53:32 Handy links and resources

REQUIRED BOOKWIDGETS’ KNOWLEDGE:
Participants should be comfortable with basic widget creation and sharing. Advanced widget creation skills are beneficial but not required for this video course.