Eager to try out breakout rooms but we are not allowed to. So I am trying to find out new ways to make a large group (about 50) more interactive and collaborative. Today I had six students in each class unmute and stay on screen and then every other student turn off their camera's. Then the only ones on screen were those six- because of the sound.
Then we watched a great video about onion tissue and onion cells which showed the cytoplasm steam of vesicles within the cell. I had students make observations and reflect on what they saw and discovered from the short video. Only the six students shared their ideas and collaborative presented their reflections on the video.
It worked really well. Tomorrow I plan on using Google Jam Board and have students get interactive about a model of a cell. There are a lot of awesome tools out there, you just have to ask Twitter friends and investigate. Hoping to make my large classrooms more engaging and fun by using some cool tools.
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