Taking Brain Breaks During Rigorous Classwork
Brain breaks are intentional, short pauses from academic content when a mental break may be needed. Brain breaks can be effective for re-engaging students in the lesson content and provide a momentary mental respite from complex tasks.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this course will teach you about the different types of brain breaks you can introduce to your students and help you build an implementation plan for brain breaks in classroom. Model...
Taking Brain Breaks During Rigorous Classwork
Details + Objectives
Course code: T14901
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.
What you will learn
- Understand the importance of brain breaks
- Analyze what brain breaks can look like in the classroom
- Evaluate ideas for planning and implementing brain breaks into your lessons
How you will benefit
- Empower your students to become more engaged with challenging lesson topics
- Improve your classroom culture and relationship with your students
- Create a more orderly and focused classroom as students learn a structured way to renew their energy by taking a mental break
How the course is taught
- Self-Guided, online course
- 3 Months access
- 1 course hours
Instructors & Support
Requirements
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites to take this course.
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.