| GET MOVING! ENERGY RECHARGERS FOR VIRTUAL TRAINING Energy rechargers are a participatory professional development strategy used to keep trainees involved and ready to learn. Rechargers are particularly important during virtual trainings which can degenerate into a “sit and git” for participants. When trainers are not creative and planful, participants may become bored, distracted, and disengaged. In virtual training, rechargers may be mental or physical, and may or may not relate to the content. Rechargers that are unrelated to the content should be quick! Consider trying one of these physical strategies. Air Writing: Ask trainees to stand and write a key vocabulary term or a short phrase in the air using their whole arm. Repeat with a foot. Stand if True: Ask learners to stand for true statements and remain seated if the statement is false. Read a short series of content-related statements–all of which are true–so that participants stand up and sit back down several times. Touch Three Walls: Give participants 30 seconds to go touch three walls of the room and return to their seats. Remember to do the recharger yourself. Bob Pike writes that “Learning is directly proportional to the amount of fun you have.” These rechargers are fun, provide a change of pace, and give virtual participants a quick boost of energy to continue learning. View as Webpage |
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