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Nov 2020
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159: Connecting Students in a Disconnect...

JENNIFER GONZALEZ
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Breakout rooms, collaborative projects, games—whatever we do, it's crucial that we do something to get our students talking to each other. In this episode, I'm giving you a huge list of ideas teachers have shared with me for getting students to interact better, both in-person and remotely.

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