Interaction in class

Work through interaction could motivate students and teachers. Following the examples above, we are going to context our class at 4th of ESO, in a History lesson. 

We are trying to stimulate our students, so we would like to use an interactual methodology, where the classroom could learn because of their work at the class, where the good students could help the others. How could we do this interaction classes?

• Group tasks. Maybe this is the easiest way to start an interaction between students; they could help each other, then explain their work, and evaluate themselves.
•  Debate. History could help students to be critic; they can share their reflections and ask why something happened. Debate could afford them to be more open and make easier to understand history for some students. In this area maybe role plays could be an option, where the students could participate as members of the history, make them act as a politician or a burgess.
• Blog. Not all students learn the same way, or are equal. Many students are shy, well; the blog is a tool where they can share doubts, news about the period we are studying and also a way to interact outside the classroom.
• Brainstorm. Starting a new unit could be easy if you start asking to the students what they think they are going to study next, and the brainstorm could help to separate myths of history.
•  Games. The classroom could be fun too, trivia games of the unit that you are teaching could make them more interactive.

On the one hand, the principal advantage in this list is the promotion of the interaction in class, the students can learn not only as receivers also as teachers, classmates, etc. They could be more independent of the teacher explanations and be more active searching information for the class.

On the other hand, there are disadvantages too. The biggest one could be the schedule, because this activities need time and the curriculum and the time of the classes are subject. Maybe these list could like to students but all depends in the type of class, if they are participative, if they have a good relation between them... Maybe group tasks could be stressful for people who does not like to share time with ther classmates for different reasons, we have to think for who are you teaching/working and adapt to them.