What is Khan Academy’s Refresh?

All of you, as teachers, know that the most difficult task in any period is to get the class started and hold the students attention and get them engaged for a class.  Khan Academy has now come up with a simple tool for you to open the class in a fun way and get the kids excited about the learning ahead.

Refresh is a collection of 5-minute classroom activities that provides a breath of fresh air, and helps students arrive on time, ready to go (online or face to face).

Each prompt experience is an opportunity for kids to have fun, reflect, and be creative. Teachers help students prepare to learn by facilitating a prompt that gets their brains warmed up, hands active or hearts open.

Use these prompts as a warm-up before Khan class starts. You can use these prompts in any setting online or face to face. For teachers who are conducting online classes right now, Refresh will be a great tool to get students to attend. Make sure you start your online class with these activities. If your schools have opened up and you are meeting your students in the class, you can start the class with these activities or close the class on a high note. You can also start your day with students by doing a quick Refresh activity to energize them.

Refresh prompts provide you with  an opportunity to strengthen relationships, by having students select the daily prompt with you, lead the discussion or activity, and share their responses with each other.

We have 3 categories of Refresh prompts: Head, Heart and Hand to address the social emotional needs of the students.

Each prompt experience is an opportunity for kids to have fun, reflect, and be creative.
Teachers help students prepare to learn by giving a prompt to the students that gets their brains warmed up, hands active or hearts open.

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How to use these activities in the classroom?
‍If you are in a classroom set up, you can project the Refresh page and read the prompts to them or if you are in an online set up, you can share your screen so all the students can see the prompts while you read it out to them.

If you’re looking for an easy way to recognize their achievements, use these student certificates—they’re shareable both digitally and in print!

Capture the fun moments with your class in a video or pics. Don’t forget to share it with us. We would love to showcase your stories and fun moments on our social media.

What is Khan Academy Refresh?

Welcome to Refresh, a collection of 5 minute classroom activities that provide a break from standard academic curriculum and a breath of fresh air. Use these prompts as a warm-up before class starts, as a mental stretch between activities or to close a learning session on a high note. Teachers can also use Refresh prompts as an opportunity to build community, by having students select the daily prompt, lead the discussion or reflection, and share their responses with each other.

Each prompt experience is an opportunity for kids to have fun, reflect, and be creative. Teachers help students prepare to learn by facilitating a prompt that gets their brains warmed up, hands active or hearts open.

Prompts can be accessed through either slide or list view. Use the slide view for a quick, easy way to present a random prompt to your class. Use the list view to scan through prompts and select one of your choosing. Refresh prompts have been organized in 3 categories:

How to use Refresh to infuse joy in your classrooms?
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