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Setting Expectations Through Surveys
As students and teachers return to in-person learning, it is important to align on expectations, leverage learnings and students' skills from remote instruction, and design experiences that will support students in effective ways.
10 Ideas For Using Virtual Breakout Rooms During Distance Learning
This article provides ideas for how teachers can use breakout rooms including breaking students up into targeted small groups and putting students into groups to work on projects.
How to Use Breakout Rooms in Zoom for Teaching and Learning
This video from Flipped Classroom Tutorials provides step-by-step directions on how teachers can set up breakout rooms.
Remote Pathways
Just like in an in-person environment, students in remote and hybrid environments can benefit from working in small groups for a variety of reasons including content support and enhanced, personalized working environments.
Digital Equity: Digital Equity in the Classroom
In our urgency to remove barriers to digital equity, conversations often start with the “boxes and wires” of technology itself. However, even if every student (and their family) gains equitable access to powerful devices and high-speed internet,...
Laurel Springs Social Community
Laurel Springs School has developed a robust social community for students to connect with each other and share interests, talents, and passions. This resource outlines clubs, virtual field trips, and the monthly social community calendar.
ASU Prep Digital Social Activities
ASU Prep Digital offers a variety of social activities for their community, including clubs, family events, special interest groups, and more. This resource shares some examples of various types of activities including movie nights, science fairs,...
My Tech High Student Clubs
My Tech High offers student interest-based clubs led by club advisors and parents, held either by semester or in six-week mini-clubs. This resource offers a closer look at each of these clubs and what they entail for students in grades K-12.
Student-Generated Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Check-in List
Students at Taos Academy generate a list of check-in questions and activities, such as “What book character are you feeling like and why?” or “Share a dance move that shows how you are feeling,” to gauge students’ current states. Students then sign...
Laurel Springs School (LSS) Connect
Laurel Springs School built their own in-house private social network where students could connect with each other, have discussions, and post questions/comments asynchronously to continue conversations outside of class and build an online...
Running Partners Goal Tracker
Students at The Forest School Online work with a peer partner each morning to set their daily goals on a tracker and create action plans for their “core skills” block. They hold each other accountable and support each other through daily goal...