Distance Learning Engagement Lessons
Overview
This resource includes links to three editable Google slide shows that support the facilitation of two lessons on engagement in a distance learning environment:
- Distance Learning: Overall Engagement
- Breakout Room Collaboration
Suitable for grades 6-12 as is, and for younger students with some modification.
Lesson 1: Engagement in the Virtual Classroom
Use these slides to engage students in a discussion about what engagement looks like in a distance learning environment. Students compare distance learning to face to face engagement, and generate examples of what different levels of engagement look like and sound like, using Fisher, Frey and Hattie's Continuum of Engagement from The Distance Learning Playbook. Finally, students create a table to self-assess and monitor their engagement over time.
To edit the slides, choose "make a copy" from the File dropdown menu in Google. Slides include the option of recorded narration.
Title Image by Hatice EROL from Pixabay
Lesson 2: Breakout Room Engagement
Use these slides to facilitate a discussion with students about how to collaborate effectively in breakout rooms. Students generate ideas for agreements or expectations when participating in breakout rooms and discuss various roles to help breakout rooms run smoothly. Students then put these ideas into action by creating a "Best of" slide in a small group to then share with the rest of the class (Make a copy of the Best of the Best Breakout Room Activity slides). Finally, students self-assess their Breakout Room participation, reflect and set goals, individually or as a class.
To edit the slides, choose "make a copy" from the File dropdown menu in Google. Slides include the option of recorded narration.