Introduce teachers, norms, and student goals.
Use this lesson to build community and to connect with your students. Edit the presentation below to include fun facts about each teacher.
Customize the Google Slides "Welcome " presentation below BEFORE class.
Introduce the activity:
[say] Today we welcome you to our Digital Literacy course. We will start by sharing some fun facts about ourselves and then reviewing our class Norms.
Present the Welcome & Norms slideshow [example below]. Lead students through each slide and consider the following to increase engagement.
Ask students to guess what the pictures on your slide might reveal about you.
Explain the difference between Norms and Rules. [Learn more]
Ask students if there is anything missing from the Norms slide. Add student suggestions to empower to student voice and encourage accountability.
Encourage students [if age appropriate] to write their goals for this course in the chat or allow students to share around the grid.
Poll students to see how many have Google accounts, emails address, coding experience. Also, take note of the types of devices students will use during this course. [ex. phone, tablet, Chromebook, laptop, etc]