Taking Brain Breaks During Rigorous Classwork

Details

Discover the power of brain breaks in this course, designed to help you re-energize your students and enhance their focus with intentional, short pauses during lessons. You will learn about various brain break activities and techniques and how to implement them effectively in your classroom. This course includes a downloadable PDF of the content, including examples of brain break ideas, and a planning template that will guide you in implementing these breaks as part of your daily lessons. This training also comes with a BOOST planning template that helps you plan for implementation by keeping in mind the break activity type, your course objective, optimal scheduling, set-up and support, and time.

Enrollment Options:

Instructor-Led
6 Weeks Access Course Code: T14901
Start Dates* Sep 17 | Oct 15 | Nov 19 | Dec 17
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$50.00

USD

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Syllabus

  1. Brain Breaks Course Content
    1. The video and article will provide you with examples of brain breaks and ideas for implementing them throughout your lessons. The course also includes some "Reflect or Discuss" prompts to help you connect with the course content and ends with a "Try This Task" to guide you explicitly on how you might implement the ideas into the classroom.
  2. Quiz
    1. You will answer questions related to brain breaks in your classroom activities. Quizzes are automatically scored and provide feedback on answer choice rationale.
  3. Implementation Reflection
    1. The reflection prompt requires you to plan for use of the "try this task" by either reflecting on the content yourself or discussing them with the colleague. You will then discuss a new concept you can attempt to implement in the future based on something you learned in the course.
  4. Considerations for Implementation
    1. This short statement helps you reflect on your ideas and assess whether you might be successful in your implementation.
  5. Videos and Further Reading
    1. Additional content suggestions are provided to enhance and expand your understanding of brain breaks, when they should be used, and how they can be incorporated into your regular lesson activities.

Requirements

Hardware Requirements:

  • This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.

Software Requirements:

  • PC: Windows 8 or newer.
  • Mac: OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 or later.
  • Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.

Other:

  • Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to take this course.

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