My blog published on Edutopia today…
Taking attendance shows which students are physically present, but asking an attendance question stretches students’ minds toward actively learning as part of a classroom community.
Source: Building Community With Attendance Questions
Moving Paradigms 
I love this! I totally doing this starting tomorrow in my science classes. Do you have a list of questions you pull from throughout the year?
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No, I don’t have a list. I just make them up as I go. Yesterday’s one was : What is the most beautiful sound in the world?
The big idea is to try to see the world through the eyes of the person answering the question. We all walk around experiencing the world differently and if we are curious about what other people see, our own view of the world is enhanced and that in turn will lead to being able to put ourselves in other people’s shoes.
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