Wake Up to the Possibilities and Power of Wakelet!

Purpose & objective

The purpose of the session is to introduce Wakelet as a viable app highly suitable for use in any educational situation. As a result of this session participants will understand:
1. Best practices for using Wakelet as a tool for personal professional development.
2. How to create Wakelets for use with students.
3. Best practices for using Wakelet with students.
4. How to build students' capacity to create their own Wakelets.
5. Ways to help students advance through the SAMR model by using Wakelet.
6. How to use Wakelet's accessibility functions such as Immersive Reader and translate.
7. How to use other integrative tools such as Flipgrid.

Participants will have an opportunity to create an individual and a collaborative Wakelet while attending this session.

Instructional Strategy Employed/Level of Success
I created a Wakelet for my students to use in a virtual learning environment to help them learn a piece of music. The Wakelet included a variety of activities for my students to try which in turn, helped them to successfully perform the piece. In order for my students to understand how to use Wakelet, I created a short video made with Screencastify to explain how to use Wakelet. We were able to present the piece in a virtual concert last spring, and it would have been difficult to perform the piece well without my students having completed the activities that were included in the Wakelet. Students were asked to evaluate the Wakelet that they received by answering questions in a Google Form. Their evaluations were favorable. I will be demonstrating that Wakelet as part of this session. Here is the link to the Wakelet: https://wke.lt/w/s/oE6gZC

Outline

1. Introduce Wakelet and gauge attendees' previous experience with app (use Mentimeter)-5 minutes.
2. Discuss uses of app. Introduce Wakelets that I've created for my students.-5 minutes.
3. Demonstrate how to get started w/app. Demonstrate how to add content (video, text, etc.); how to save Tweets. Discuss slight differences between using Wakelet on computers and mobile devices.-10 minutes.
4. Have attendees create a Wakelet for their own use and add 2 items.-10 minutes.
4. Demonstrate how to share personal Wakelets w/others. 5 minutes
5. Create a collaborative Wakelet with attendees to demonstrate ease of creating group projects. -10 minutes
6. Have attendees try other features of Wakelet such as Immersive Reader. Also have attendees try to incorporate other apps w/Wakelet such as Flipgrid.-5 minutes
7. Answer any attendee questions; poll attendees to determine if there are elements of Wakelet that they might find useful for their teaching situations.

Supporting research

https://blog.wakelet.com/2018/11/13/how-wakelet-can-transform-the-classroom-for-teachers-and-students/
https://learn.wakelet.com/
https://blogs.umass.edu/onlinetools/community-centered-tools/wakelet/
https://www.hollyclark.org/2020/10/18/how-to-use-wakelet-in-the-classroom/