Having communication in your classroom helps your students grow so much! This week I read the “Communicators” section through Perusal’s Sail the 7 C’s. It is so important to create a safe space for your students, it will help them want to participate. Every child wants to be heard, some are just too nervous to raise their hand and share. Students want something they enjoy, that is a HUGE part in the willingness to participate. Using videos, articles, group work, and more can hook your students in, they will like learning this way, and it will help with comprehension. With the improvement in comprehension the student will feel safer to participate, knowing they have a full understanding of the material. Then, there is using games with an in-chat feature, which can help students who usually stay quiet want to talk in chat form. The students who may not talk out loud but want to be heard can use gaming chats to get out what they want to say! Educators can even use Microsoft to connect with their students, reports can now be sent out showing the student how they are doing on that task. Again, it is communication without being singled out or told in front of the class. This is a private progress report given by your teacher, which again can aid in the comfortability the student feels with their teacher. Finally, there is using Microsoft Forms to gather a “weekly review”, again done in a private form between the student and teacher. The teacher may ask questions such as how they would rate the week, how things can improve next week, the teacher can ask the student if they need any help, and what the best way to assist them is, there are so many questions and prompts you can add in these Forms. It is just another helpful way to form a relationship with their student and communicate with one another to better themselves!