Brain breaks for your online classroom
Brain Breaks for your online classroom: Photo by Fakurian Design on Unsplash Since starting to teach entirely online last year, at the start of the pandemic, I’ve made many changes to the content and structure of my lessons. Many of these changes have been through necessity. I’ve been thinking recently which of these new ideas have been most successful and which of them would be a useful addition to add to my face to face lessons, when these eventually resume. One of the ideas I experimented with for the first time in online teaching is ‘ Brain Breaks’. If you’re already familiar with brain breaks, I’m sure that you are just as much a fan of them as I am. If you have yet to try brain breaks here is a link to find out all about the theory. What Is a Brain Break? (thoughtco.com) Brain breaks are especially effective for the online situation, as attention spans are short and lessons should be broken down into more bite-sized chunks. To keep their attention, the students shou