Top Tip No. 3: With the great power of pausing comes great responsibility.

 

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Here’s something I predict you’ll hear more than once this year.

Animated GIF where someone clicks Pause and then GROAN appears.

Because students occasionally become engrossed in their work, please consider two suggestions before you pause their work:

  1. Offer a warning. “I’m going to pause you in 10 seconds” will be received very differently by students than a sudden pause mid-sentence or mid-robot scaling.
  2. Have a purpose for pausing and get straight to it. You’ve just summoned dozens of eyes out of their work and onto you. Let students know there was a reason for your interruption. Share some interesting work. Offer a helpful explanation. Ask a question to push their thinking.

Students will appreciate all the ways you honor their time and attention!

 

Dan & the Desmos Classroom Team

 

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Previous Emails

Top Tip No. 1: Nobody needs to finish everything.
Top Tip No. 2: Catch and release.