Strategies For Using BioInteractive Resources Online
Want to use your favorite BioInteractive resources in an online setting? Paulina Trigo has taught in a variety of contexts, including distance education for nontraditional students. We’ve compiled her tips for adapting our resources for online use into the graphics below.
As you read through each of the following graphics, consider how you might use one or more of the techniques described in your online teaching. We’ve included a few reflection and discussion questions for each, and we encourage you to join the conversation in our Facebook group.

Consider a BioInteractive video you currently use or are interested in using.
- How might you adapt this video to an online setting?
- What are the opportunities to assess what students know and are able to do using that video?
- What barriers or challenges do you anticipate in using that video online with students?
- If you have experience using videos in your online teaching, pay it forward by sharing what worked, what you need more support with, and how other educators might use something similar in our Facebook group.
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Consider a BioInteractive activity or interactive resource you currently use or are interested in using.
- How might you adapt this resource to an online setting?
- What are the opportunities to assess what students know and are able to do using that resource?
- What barriers or challenges do you anticipate in using that resource online with students?
- If you have experience using activities or interactive media in your online teaching, pay it forward by sharing what worked, what you need more support with, and how other educators might use something similar in our Facebook group.
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Consider a BioInteractive card activity you currently use or are interested in using.
- How might you adapt this card activity to an online setting?
- What are the opportunities to assess what students know and are able to do using that card activity?
- What barriers or challenges do you anticipate in using that card activity online with students?
- If you have experience using card activities in your online teaching, pay it forward by sharing what worked, what you need more support with, and how other educators might use something similar in our Facebook group.
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Consider how you are currently collaborating or would like to collaborate with other educators.
- What does it look like to effectively collaborate with other educators in an online setting?
- What are your goals or outcomes you’d like to see when collaborating with other educators?
- What concerns do you have about collaborating with other educators online?
- Please share your experience collaborating with other educators online in our Facebook group! We’d like to hear what worked, what you need more support with, and how other educators might do something similar.
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Paulina Trigo has been a high school biology and health teacher at Tecnológico de Monterrey, State of Mexico Campus, for more than nine years. Paulina has taught online biology and health high school courses as part of a program to provide cheap and accessible schooling to communities in need with adult students. She’s also conducted online workshops for professional development regarding online course development and tools. Her favorite hobbies are reading, traveling, and having good conversations.