Technology has made it easier than ever to keep students hooked to learning, even during vacations. Thanks to digital tools, learning doesn't have to stop when classroom doors close. Tech-enabled homework can make summer learning accessible, engaging, and most importantly, fun!
With Extramarks Smart Class Plus, teachers can easily assign interactive, tech-enabled homework tailored to each student's level. The platform enables teachers to monitor assignments, check completion rates, and offer real-time support to ensure student’s stay actively involved.
Let’s look at four ways to use this to our advantage and turn holiday homework into a fun, skill-building adventure.
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Create Short Explainer Videos Ask students to pick a concept they enjoyed learning during the year and create a short 1-2 minute video explaining it in their own words. They can include visuals, props, or even narrate a story. This exercise boosts clarity, creativity, and presentation skills. Before making their explainer videos, students can explore the topic on the Extramarks Learning App. Its visual-rich content and chapter-wise breakdown will help them simplify complex ideas. Moreover, with animated modules and concept clarity videos, they’ll get a strong grasp of topics, making learning visual, personal, and effective. |
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Flip the Chapter Choose a key chapter from the upcoming syllabus and assign it to small groups in your classroom. Each group can prepare a mini-lesson or quiz for their classmates. This gives students ownership of learning, and makes revision collaborative and peer-led. |
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Integrate Weekly Missions Set up weekly missions using the Extramarks Teaching App to create quizzes, mind maps, or quick recap tests. Students can complete these at their pace, making it interactive and low-pressure, yet effective in retaining key concepts - even while they’re on vacation. |
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Maintain a ‘Skill’ Journal Encourage students to maintain a journal over the summer where they record new skills they pick up - baking, coding, gardening, painting, anything! They reflect weekly on what they learnt and how they felt. It’s a great way to build skills like reflection and self-motivation. |
Holiday homework doesn’t have to be another task - it can be a window into creativity, skills, and self-discovery. Let’s inspire students to keep learning, even beyond textbooks. With a bit of planning and the right tools, we can make summer homework something they’ll actually look forward to.
