Cyber Sandwiches and the Concurrent Group Project Work Around

Schools around the country are bringing students into schools in a concurrent fashion.  This usually means that some students spend their entire time at home online while other students go in two days a week for in person learning - also in the same class with those who are online.

The difficult issue is that those in person have to face forward and not turn to their neighbor peers.  This makes it hard to do group work.  But there are work arounds.

Obviously if all of your students have smartphones and don't mind sharing numbers, they can text.  Another thought is to open a Google Doc and start a conversation on the upper right side on the icon that looks like a thought bubble. 

But another way to consider it is to make a Cyber Sandwich.  This means that students start the work on their own and then share in a document when they are done and that is where the texting can come through.   This page has a great overview (video below explains it) and a template for the learning.