Ask Your Students To Interview Someone Else #antiworksheet

by Kristie Burk, DASD Coordinator of Blended and Cyber Learning

Instead of asking your students to answer questions on a worksheet, why not have them interview someone as part of an assignment?  To make it more interesting, ask the students to record the interview either in audio or video form and post it to Schoology.  (Posting it in a media album would be a great way to share.)

In Jim Smink’s cyber Driver’s Safety Education course at Downingtown East, he created an assignment that asks the students to interview a driver over the age of 21 and to record the interview on video.  The students had to ask at least the following questions:

• What does the driver do to personally reduce risks when driving?
• What does the driver do to keep his or her car in safe condition?
• What does he or she do to anticipate the actions of others?

After the interview, students briefly reflected on the responses. This is a great assignment that allows the teacher to see and hear the student in action (and the assignment becomes fairly cheat-proof).  Try it out!