#301 – Birthday Celebrations

Birthday Celebrations

In today’s episode, we’ll explore ways that you can leverage technology for birthday celebrations in the classroom.

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Decorations and Cards

Here are a few tools and products that can be used when preparing decorations and cards for your celebrations:

• Tools:
  • Canva (Tips)
  • Adobe Express
• Products:
  • Banners
  • Cards
  • Bulletin board displays

Communicating

Technology can also be used when communicating birthday wishes through the following formats:

• Teacher messages:
  • Email, with a scheduled send
  • Student information system (SIS) messaging
  • Learning management system (LMS) messaging
• Student messages:
  • Designed and printed cards
  • Class discussion boards
  • Collaborative boards:
    • Padlet (Tips)
    • Figjam (Tips)

Class Activities

Here are a few ideas that you might consider for taking a classroom birthday celebration to the next level with fun and engaging class activities:

• Birthday trivia:
  • Collecting information:
    • Google Forms
    • Interview
  • Trivia game:
    • Kahoot!
    • Quizlet
    • Quizlet Live
    • JeopardyLabs
• Student creations:
  • Book Creator (Tips)
  • Canva (Tips)
  • Adobe Express
  • Video editing software
  • Seesaw (Tips)
  • Google Slides
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
• Student-choice fun time:
  • Choice boards
  • Birthday coupons
  • GoNoodle
  • Virtual field trips
  • 360-degree videos
  • Epic
  • Escape rooms
  • Flippity Virtual Breakout

For more information about this topic, explore the following AVID Open Access article: Recognize Students and Celebrate Together.