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Break Timers
During timed breaks, provide students with suggestions for different activities they can engage in during the break.
Battling the Boss Explanation
This website covers information about Battling the Boss, the teacher who designed the strategy, and artifacts to help with implementation both in-person and remotely!
Virtual Scavenger Hunt
Virtual scavenger hunts are a way for students to engage and move around while learning remotely.
Requiring Cameras Only for 1:1 and Small-Group Time
This video describes the importance of allowing students to keep their cameras off at times during a lesson and then prompting students to turn their cameras back on during one-to-one meetings with the teacher and in small-group settings. These more...
Muted Share-Aloud
To help combat Zoom fatigue, anxiety, and connectivity issues, allow students to be flexible about when they turn on cameras during synchronous lessons.
Expectations Ensure Engagement
Regardless of whether students attend school in person or remotely, being explicit about roles and expectations in small groups is vital to engagement and the effective use of time. In remote settings, expectations may change, so educators must be...
Social-Emotional Learning Small Groups
Create small groups for students to engage in guided and structured social-emotional learning while also building classroom culture and relationships.
Active Activities
Provide students with opportunities to engage in physical activity while learning to support them mentally and physically.
How do I ensure students are engaged with each other and the content in a hybrid and/or remote learning environment?
Struggling with student engagement in your hybrid or remote classroom? This guide shares specific strategies that build student buy-in and participation in online or hybrid learning sessions.
Cedar Rapids: Engaging Students and Teachers in Design
When Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD) began a design process to improve teaching and learning, they started with a set of leaders from their Teaching and Learning team; all were strongly committed to the district’s vision for equity –...
Mastery Charter Schools: Including a Diverse Array of Voices
Mastery Charter Schools began a design process to improve teaching and learning with a team of academic executives. Important among the charter network’s mission and values is the weight they place on equity: “We disrupt systemic racism and the...