5 ideas for a #connected humanities #k12 classroom

I would like to con­nect my stu­dents with stu­dents in anoth­er coun­try. Maybe it does­n’t have to be very time-con­­sum­ing, if you start with very small assign­­ments- and then see what hap­pens. First, one should ask the stu­dents, what online social ice­break­er activ­i­ties to start with, when you meet new peo­ple online — maybe there should be … Con­tin­ue read­ing “5 ideas for a #con­nect­ed human­i­ties #k12 classroom”

Synthesis activities in the 21st century classroom

(This blog is inspired by a blog­post of my hon­oured tribe­mate Starr Sack­stein — you should real­ly go fol­low her) When you have worked your way through a nov­el with a class for weeks it is great to fin­ish off with some syn­the­sis activ­i­ties and pre­sen­ta­tions to real­ly let the sto­ry sink in. If you can find … Con­tin­ue read­ing “Syn­the­sis activ­i­ties in the 21st cen­tu­ry classroom”