Classroom Activities for the Beginning of School

Edtech ThrowdownEpisode 196: Classroom Activities for the Beginning of School

Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown. This is Episode 196: Classroom Activities for the Beginning of School. In this episode, we will share 8 new and improved ideas for starting off the school year in the most fun, positive and student centered way possible. This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out.

Segment 1: September is coming… back to school is approaching!

Segment 2: Back to School Activities

Guise:

1. Team Challenges
2. Design, Build, Retrieve, Complete
3. Class Relay
4. QR Scavenger Hunt
5. Minute to Win it Puzzles
6. Successful completion in under a minute gets their team a piece of the puzzle
7. Escape Room
8. Survey the class before the start of the year
9. Animated Avatar Design with Canva and https://sketch.metademolab.com/
10. Silent line-up (extreme): Students have to line up by birth date, ABC order etc, but with built in challenges unique to your classroom like half of the people are blindfolded or an extremely short time limit
11. Survival Scenario: choose ten items from a large list

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