Comment on Kimberly Szadek's post: I think your ninth graders will enjoy making their biographies in a tool like FlipGrid. Learners usually are more invested in a learning task when there is a sense of ownership and authentic expression. Getting to know each other builds community in the class. It humanizes and personalizes the learning experience (especially for online learners) when you know that your instructor and peers are real people who live in a real place and have real emotions, feelings, joys, sorrow, hobbies, skills, aspirations, and goals just like you do. :)
