Wisdom from Another
The goal is to let students evaluate their knowledge by sharing their work with a peer after an individual brainstorm. The student gets feedback. The peer will present their partners’ work. Students are often more willing to share the work of fellow students publicly than their own work.
On-campus
This activity takes about 10 – 30 minutes. This could be used as a blended learning activity.
Manual
Supplies needed
- Students could use their own laptop or you could hand out pen and paper
Set-up classroom
Set-up a classroom in a way students can easily work together in pairs.
Step 1. (Preparation)
Prepare a topic/statement/question/problem students need to brainstorm about.
Step 2. (During class)
Let students brainstorm for a certain period of time.
Optional step
Make the activity blended by letting the students brainstorm in advance at home and let them take the results to class.
Step 3. (During class)
Students pair up together with a peer and discuss the results of their brainstorm. It is important to let students provide feedback to their peer, so they evaluate their findings.
Step 4. (During class)
Teacher asks students to present the findings of their partner.
Step 5. (Evaluation)
Students provide feedback/the teacher starts an plenary discussion.
Source
https://www.bookwidgets.com/blog/2018/06/20-interactive-teaching-activities-for-in-the-interactive-classroom
Online
This activity takes about 10 – 30 minutes. This could be used as a blended learning activity.
Manual
Supplies needed
- Microsoft Teams
Set-up classroom
Provide plenty of channels for pairs to have their meeting. Eventually you could ask to call each other personally or use break-out rooms.
Optionally: Using a Virtual Classroom could be suggested, due to its elaborate technical options.
Step 1. (Preparation)
Prepare a topic/statement/question/problem students need to brainstorm about.
Step 2. (During class)
Let students brainstorm for a certain period of time.
Optional step
Make the activity blended by letting the students brainstorm in advance at home and let them take the results to class.
Step 3. (During class)
Students pair up together with a peer and discuss the results of their brainstorm in their designated Teamschannel. It is important for students to get feedback from their peer, so they evaluate their findings.
Step 4. (During class)
Teacher asks students to come back to the main channel and present the findings of their partner.
Step 5. (Evaluation)
Students provide feedback/the teacher starts a plenary discussion.
Tools
Source
https://www.bookwidgets.com/blog/2018/06/20-interactive-teaching-activities-for-in-the-interactive-classroom
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