just gonna throw it out there: any educators on cohost? How do you get class discussions going? I can't get my kids to say a fucking thing. We're talking several minutes of silence. Even from simple questions.
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in reply to @robinthebun's post:
This is probably insulting simple, but do you try to incorporate their interests into the subject matter?
No, that's something I should do. They're just so closed up, even when I try to talk to them about things outside of class subject matter. Gives me an idea, though.
Not in the field, but do the kids interact with each other outside of discussions?
maybe some icebreakers where everyone can chime in (class size dependent)? and then from there with tension being eased seguing into discussion? Could also try breakout groups and have a lead for each group that shares what they discussed?
I start every class with a sort of icebreaker question and for my online class, breakout sessions are mixed bag
😔 dang, that's all I got then. Wishing you all the luck, and someone who has a solid solution!
it sounds kinda silly, but one thing that kids in a 5th grade class i worked in really liked was daily riddles/puzzles. like not even as something they have to do right then and there, but like having it up at the start of snack time, and then giving them time to solve it while eating
sometimes i'd put harder ones on at the beginning of the day, and even kept track of kids who participated and/or solved challenges, and kids liked seeing their sticker count go up, and sometimes that helped with incentives
the puzzles were more that they could tell you the answer privately/write it down, but towards the end of snack they had time to deliberate and try solving stuff all together