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You’ve created your own Bitmoji Classroom so that your students get to know your personality, but what about them? Lauren Vining with “Teach the World” created this “Design Your Own Virtual Locker” template so that students have their own space to decorate and share. Students can either present their lockers virtually or write a short summary. Teach the World also offers free virtual classrooms with international themes and other teaching resources.
Lunch buddies is an opportunity for teachers to build community in their classrooms and provide students with a structured time for socialization.
Breakout rooms is a feature on zoom and other online communication platforms that allows the host to break up a large group into smaller groups. It gives the host an option to create small groups manually (choosing who goes in each room) or automatically (random students in each room). Breakout rooms are very easy and fast to create.
Submitted by: Edmy Lopez, ASU Preparatory Academy, Downtown Phoenix
Academic sentence frames are "fill in the blank" sentences that include a grammar identifier to help the student respond to questions. Academic sentence frames help students learn and practice academic language.
Submitted by: Erica Earl, Central High School, Phoenix Union High School District
Reflective open ended questions are questions that provide students with the opportunity to think critically when formulating responses.
Submitted by: Guadalupe Diaz, ASU Preparatory Academy, Downtown Campus
Four ways to enhance student responses in your classroom are by: following up with additional questions to correct answers, expecting students to answer questions completely and correctly, breaking student responses down to provide additional opportunities, and not allowing students to opt out.
This article provides seven high impact, evidence based tips for online learning. Below is the list of the tips included:
This article provides a list of five simple questions that can provoke student thought and can be used in any content area.
Concept based instruction engages students in critical thinking and helps them gain a deep understanding of topics.
Pearson Online & Blended Learning K-12 has created an 18-minute interactive video module to support teachers with student engagement in virtual learning. Along with the interactive video module, Pearson offers a list of Strategies to Engage Students which includes 45 engagement strategies.
Accelerated learning places a priority on providing grade-level content without delay. This type of learning sets students up for success for new learning by filling in the most critical gaps at the moment they are needed. Accelerated learning is a proven approach that uses effective strategies and scaffolds to put students on a fast track to grade level.
A digital organization tool helps students create academic goals on a weekly basis. Students can work with their teacher, parents, and other caretakers to track their progress within each class. This tool can be used in all learning environments: digital, hybrid, and in-person.
Submitted by: Erica Brown, ASU Prepartory Digital Academy
Active listening is a technique that enables you to fully concentrate on what others are saying, and to understand their complete message. This infographic provides steps on how to accomplish the skill of active listening.
Socratic Seminars roles include the leader and the participants. The leader will pose an open-ended question with no right or wrong answers and should prompt the participants to cite the text to support their opinions. During the dialogue the leader acts as a facilitator and should be well versed with the text. A successful Socratic Seminar occurs when all students actively listen and participate.
This article from ASCD, by Jeff Zwiers, provides strategies for moving beyond “popcorn” discussions to more substantial and deep dialogues. The purpose of the article is to support teachers and students with classroom discussions by improving use of discussion skills, tools and mindsets. The article provides information for supporting core discussion skills in students; ideas to develop our teacher skills for providing deeper classroom discussions and provides discussion enhancing tools.
The content of this article is based on a webinar presented by Reading Horizons that was followed up with an article by David Clark. The article shares 14 different activities that support the increase of student engagement. The activities are centered around a reading focus, however, many of them can be used in other content areas.
Online writing conferences are meetings setup with students about their writing via a videotelephony program such as zoom. The meeting is designed for the teacher and student to interact regarding the student’s writing piece.
Submitted by: Monica Baldonado Ruiz, Chandler High School, Chandler Unified School District
Interactive digital whiteboards, such as Microsoft Whiteboard and Google Jamboard, are apps that allow you to mimic some of the best collaborative learning strategies in a virtual environment. The digital whiteboard can be used for strategies such as Gallery Walk Stations.
Submitted by: Tiffany Huisman, Metro Tech High School, Phoenix Union High School District
Interactive digital whiteboards, such as Microsoft Whiteboard and Google Jamboard, are apps that allow you to mimic some of the best collaborative learning strategies in a virtual environment. The digital whiteboard can be used for strategies such as Think-Pair-Share.
Submitted by: Tiffany Huisman, Metro Tech High School, Phoenix Union High School District
Reciprocal Teaching (Palinscar & Brown 1984) is a guided reading comprehension strategy that encourages students to develop the skills that effective readers and learners do automatically (summarize, question, clarify, predict and respond to what they are reading).
