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Have students use laptops instead of smartphones for most activities. Certain activities do not format well on small cell phone screens (such as polygraph, matching, and graphing activities).
Encourage the use of one device for two students. This encourages student collaboration and discussion in the classroom.
Plan moments for class discussions and utilize the Pause and Control Pacing options. This is to avoid students falling behind or going so far ahead and missing the main concepts you wished to get across.
When creating your own activities, gradually increase the level of difficulty. Make the first slides easy for all students to begin and last slides more challenging. This will encourage all students to participate and at the same time challenge the top students.