Tech Tools to Engage Your Audience
Are you leading a meeting, Bible
study, Sunday School, adult education, or precept? Tired of no one sharing,
people surfing the web during meetings, and utter boredom? These tools will
increase participation, engagement, and learning.
1. Padlet: A collaborative online space for sharing information and offering
feedback.
Rather than posing a
question to a large group, where people might have a hard time reading the
room/don't feel comfortable sharing out try posing the question on Padlet and
have people either anonymously or with their names share their thoughts. Folks
can then read each other's comments and add their own thoughts, 'like it', rate
it on a scale, or grade it.
Click [here] for an example.
Click [here] to start your own.
2. FlipGrid: A tool for interactive video sharing and responding.
During a group
meeting, it's hard for there to be dialogue or multiple people conversing at
the same time. Additionally, there can be fear or anxiety in sharing out in
front of others. Therefore, FlipGrid allows folks to create a video response
and others can view it, respond (either in a video or written), and
educators/leaders can even grade it.
Click [here] for an example.
Click [here] to start your own.
3. Mentimeter: An online presentation software for
real-time polling.
Want to innately make your
presentation more interactive and gain some feedback from participants? This is
a slide deck that allows you to include polls and free responses, with live
feedback.
Click [here] for an example.
Click [here] to start your own.
4. Kahoot: A gamified tool for individual or collaborative content review.
If you're looking
for a way to check for understanding with audience members, increase energy, or
review expectations (When is our presentation due? How many stones did David
have when about to fight Goliath?) try out Kahoot. You can create multiple choice
questions and folks can play individually or in teams (need to be physically
near).
Click [here] for an example.
Click [here] to start your own.
5. Wakelet: A collaborative multimedia feed.
If you'd like a
collaborative, common space to house multiple forms of media: PDF's, YouTube
videos, Twitter feeds, photos, etc. You can have multiple people working on it
together.
Click [here] for an example.
Click [here] to start your own.
6. Nearpod: The MVP in creating interactive slide decks.
The ideal,
comprehensive slide deck for engagement. The presenter can control what slide
the entire audience is on. The interactive features include adding YouTube
videos, virtual reality field trips, drawing, polls, free response. It's easy
to share out participant work to all folks in the audience.
Click [here] for an example.
Click [here] to start your own.