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 personal settings call for visible social cues and can serve as important relationship-building time, during which it is helpful to be able to see one another.
These are various types of scavenger hunts, designed for a wide range of age levels, that students can complete at home when learning remotely.
This scavenger hunt asks students to find items in nature based on their senses.
This website shows how to implement students’ roles in group work so that each student contributes effectively to the overall work of their group.
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!
These yoga and guided meditation videos for kids share fun and challenging physical activities appropriate for students.
This resource provides sentence stems for accountable talk that students can use for discussions in person, remotely, or in a hybrid model.
This choice board from Seesaw focuses on the 2020 election. Explore the following for additional ideas: Choice Board: Indigenous People of the Pacific Northwest and Choice Board: PNW Folktales & Story Elements.
When implementing a variety of breakout rooms, it is important to be clear and consistent so that students know what to expect. These two slides describe the various Amtrak Car breakout rooms and cover the expectations for specific student actions and opportunities for engagement.
This screenshot shows how one teacher color-codes all of their assignments so that students can quickly scan and find assignments based on the days they were in person, in remote learning, and/or missed class entirely.
NOTE: To ensure accessibility for all students (including those that have difficulties perceiving color), it would be beneficial to assign shapes, alongside colors, to each day.
