20 digital bell ringer activities to kickstart class

Quality bell ringers are crucial - quick activities to get students going at the beginning of class, when the bell has just rung. For these first five or ten minutes of class (OK, probably more the five than the ten), we have our students' most attention.

Bell Ringers for Improved Retention and Engagement

If you wish you had an easy way to engage students, the author of Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning by Judy Willis, M.D., offers suggestions for taking every student's attention intake filter into account. Suggestions include influencing the Reticular Activating System (RAS) in our brains, and in today's post, we will explore how brain-based bell ringers can improve retention and engagement.

Five Jamboard Bellringers to Start the School Day

Jamboard is such a good tool for creating quick, interactive activities to warm up students' brains at the beginning of class. I can't think of a better time to jump into a Jamboard than when the morning school bell chimes. Here are five bellringers that you can copy and run with!

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