The blended classroom in which students have some control over pace and may not all be at the same place should not mean the death of bellwork. An engaging classroom environment should have something for students to do as soon as they enter the room. This is part of a series of posts that offers suggestions for how bellwork can be used in a blended classroom by engaging students in something interesting that develops their skills in a key area while taking the burden off of the teacher to produce something novel on a daily basis.
Tool: A Google a Day
Description: Google a Day presents 3 new internet search challenges on a daily basis. Users are awarded points based on getting the right answer and how quickly they are able to find the correct answer by using good search practices.
Key Skill Development: Students engage in a daily reinforcement of good internet search practices. In most classrooms, search skill are taught once at the beginning of the year or along with a project that may require them. While students are expected to retain the skills taught in a lesson or two, those skills typically are not revisited for the rest of the year. Using Google a Day for bellwork would allow students to practice and develop these skills on a daily basis.
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