"It is easier to be kind than it is to be harsh." Do you agree or disagree?
Using an online classroom app called "Pear Deck", the girls were able to drag a blue dot somewhere on the spectrum between 100% Agree and 100% Disagree. Then, once all girls had answered, I revealed their answers on the screen. In live time, their answers registered. Very quickly we saw that we had a wide range of views on this!
We would never had discovered this if we had had this discussion another way! Using this app, it was safe for the girls to share what they truly thought. They weren't raising their hands in front of their peers or being the only one with a certain view point. By using Pear Deck, they were able to make their own choice, free from peer-influence. THEN we were able to use that as a springboard to have a discussion on why they placed their dot where they did.
Why do you think it is easier for us to be harsh with one another?
What makes it hard for us to be kind?
We ended Facegroup time with each girl drawing a picture (also in Pear Deck!) that represented something 8th graders could do to be more kind to one another.
Pear Deck allowed us to have discussions that would have been very difficult to have otherwise.
Check out this 50 second video that explains what else Pear Deck can do:
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