Not Your Average Research Paper

Tired of writing & reading boring research papers? Try these ideas on for new ways to build researching, writing, editing, collaboration, and presentation skills!

Podcasting

Ask students to create a series of podcasts that allow them to research their interests but give the content of their research a different outlet.

infographics

Ask students to do their research and create an infographic that can be printed or posted online.

Check out this site about infographics by Venngage

Podcasting

• Vocaroo

• Twisted Wave (iOS only)

• Spreaker

• VoiceThread

• Anchor

Video Creation

• Adobe Spark Video

• iMovie (iOS only)

• Explain Everything (app)

• Screencastify

• Powtoon

• QuickTime (iOS only

Infographics

• Adobe Spark Post

• Canva

• Piktochart

• Venngage

• Easel.ly

• Adobe InDesign

Talking Ted-style

Ask students to create a minimalist slide deck and prepare a presentation to be given to your community.

videos

Ask students to compile their research into an easy to view video complete notations, screen casts, and credits.

Here’s a link to a pdf that includes all the links to the resources below.

Slide Shows

• Google Slides / PowerPoint

• Nearpod

• Peardeck

• Keynote (iOS only)

• Prezi

• Slidebean

Website Creation

• Sites

• Adobe Spark Page

• Ucraft

• Strikingly

• Weebly

• Wix

• WordPress

TimeLine Makers

• Top 10 Free Timeline Makers

Building Websites

Ask students to research a topic they are interested in and create a website that will go live to the world to express their ideas & opinions.

creative options

Ask students to review a literary text using a variety of out-of-the-box methods.