If you use this particular option for Would You Rather, you might want to ensure that you have at least one adult in each of the two rooms to facilitate conversation and keep the kids on track. You can choose to ask a spokesperson from each room to summarize their discussions. The zoo owners will be together in a room to discuss reasons for their choice and likewise the theme park owners will be in another room.Īfter a few minutes you will want to recall the students back to the main presentation area. In this example, we will use the following question: Would you rather have your own zoo or have your own theme park? Instead of typing their names on the screen, they will select from 2 different breakout rooms and immediately join the room. Zoom has an option where students/participants can select which breakout room that they want to join. We have previously examined some great ways to use breakout rooms during virtual lessons. Sort students into breakout rooms for small group discussion. It is great for the kids to get to know these people in a fun context. Invite administrators, counselors, therapists, and other faculty members to join your class during activities like Would You Rather. I’m willing to bet that many of you would choose the latter. Would you rather have your principal pop into your virtual class to observe you or would you rather the principal join in an activity with your students? I have a Would You Rather Question for you: It will do your class good to hear some grownups explain their responses. I’m not proposing that parents should sit in front of the camera for all of your lessons, but there are benefits to bringing a couple of moms and dads on board for a few rounds of Would You Rather.Īdults bring different perspectives. They may want to get involved, but don’t know how. But, what better way to get parent engagement than to bring them into the lesson?Ī lot of parents are lingering off camera. I recognize that this might be an easier proposition for elementary teachers than secondary teachers. We don’t want students to lose interest and check out of the lesson. Be sure to give multiple students an opportunity to respond, but don’t wait too long before moving on to a new question. The newly selected peer will explain his/her choice and then draw a line to another peer.Īs the teacher or facilitator, you will know when this activity has run its course. Next, the student who answered gets to enable their Annotation Tools, select the Draw Tool, and draw a line on the screen from their name to a peer’s name. This strategy works well with student and adult audiences, alike.Īfter everyone has made a choice by typing their name on the screen, you will need to call on one student to unmute their microphone and explain why they gave a particular answer. Here is one of my favorite ways to enhance games of virtual Would You Rather. Use Annotation Tools to let students choose. There is another option one that will allow the students to decide which of their peers will share: This method ensures that students don’t feel put on the spot, but some of your more reserved kids may never speak up. Unless you have a very small class, it is probably not wise to call on every single student to explain their response for every Would You Rather question. The teacher learns a lot about the students’ thought processes and background knowledge. Peers benefit from hearing different view points. This simple question accomplishes so many things: The student gets to work on communication and reasoning skills. It is fun for students to make their choices, but the real educational value comes into play when we ask them to tell us why they made a particular choice. Below you will find a number of ideas for taking your virtual Would You Rather games to the next level.Įncourage students to follow up their choices by explaining why. Think of this article as an extension piece.
#WOULD YOU RATHER ADULT FREE#
Visionary Teaching is pleased to offer readers a FREE pre-loaded slide deck that you can use to play Would You Rather virtually.
#WOULD YOU RATHER ADULT HOW TO#
We have previously offered step-by-step instructions detailing how to play Would You Rather virtually with your students. Would You Rather is such a popular classroom game that many teachers are seeking ideas for how to play it online with their virtual learners.
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