Synchronous: Share your story at the beginning of your remote session. It's a nice, low-stakes way to get students engaged.
Asynchronous: Share a selected video or podcast episode for students to review before class.
Synchronous, Video-based: Using Zoom, send students into breakout rooms of 2 or 3 students (Meets is supposed to gain this feature eventually, but isn't there yet).
Synchronous, Text-based: Provide a link to a discussion board (a question assignment in Classroom, a Group discussion thread, or a Blogger post). Ask students to respond to the question, then at least two other classmate's responses. Narrate the responses as they come in.
Asynchronous, Video-based: Have students create responses to the prompt and each other's responses using Loom or Flipgrid.
Asynchronous, Text-based: Provide a link to a discussion board (a question assignment in Classroom, a Group discussion thread, or a Blogger post).Â
Provide students with a condensed version of the standards, like these bookmarks.
Provide students with NSTA's progressions, so they can appreciate the level of complexity you're looking for in their responses.
Encourage students to revisit documentation of previous discussions for participation models.
If necessary, identify small groups that need support with this protocol and meet with them.