“Students never cease to amaze me with all the ideas that they might have to share in an interactive manner while remote learning.”
I thought this would be a great way to start an online class and get the students warmed up to thinking. When students are learning online from home, it is hard for them to switch from the relaxing home frame of mind to a learning school environment frame of mind. By starting the class off with thought-provoking questions, it would be a great way to engage students as you wait for other students to arrive to class. Or, this question could be used when students finish an assignment early. After everyone is finished, you could allow students to share their answers.
When you are allowing students to answer, I think it is important to limit students to a specific number of answers so that everyone will have time to answer. You might ask them to give one answer and then if you have time, allow the student to go again and give a second answer.
Questions like this could be used for any age and the situation could be adapted to fit your students. For example, you could change the question to:
· If you were stranded on a deserted island, what 3 things would you bring?
· If you were stranded on the moon, what 3 things would you bring?
· If you were stranded in the desert, what 3 things would you bring?
You could also ask different types of questions such as:
· If you could only have 3 kinds of candy, what would they be?
· If you could only have 3 kinds of beverages, what would they be?
· If you could only have 3 kinds of vegetables, what would they be?
· If you could only have 3 toys, what would they be?
· If you could go to 3 places in the world, where would it be?
What other thought-provoking questions can you think of? Please share.
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