#student interaction

"@context": "https://schema.org",

"@type": "Article",

"headline": "",

"description": "",

"articleSection": "education",

"keywords": "\"10 Proven Strategies for Enhancing Student Engagement in Online Learning Environments\"",

"datePublished": "2026-02-01T15:59:03.640974",

"dateModified": "2026-02-01T15:59:03.640974"

My coworkers and I all hosted learn at lunches to promote kindness (check out my blog post on the benefits of kindness). I did one called “Sprinkle Kindness”, involving donuts and sprinkles!

Students filled out paper “sprinkles” with acts of kindness they committed to doing, while I talked with them about why kindness is important and how it can help your mental health. And I gave out timbits, because food is always a great way to get students to interact!

Students reading the board

Sprinkling the donut with kindness

The school’s leadership group also had students write messages of kindness on a whiteboard, which has been kept up in the main hall since. Getting students to think more positively and look for ways to be kind can go a long way in influencing the culture of your school. Especially during stressful times like right before a break or during exams, taking a moment to be kind brings such a welcome relief.

This activity was similar to the Light Up the World with Kindness activity I have on Teachers Pay Teachers. I did this one at Christmas last year to promote kindness. Instead of sprinkles, students write on coloured light bulbs, which get strung over a globe. After the learn at lunch, I turned it into a bulletin board so that students could see how their peers were being kind. If you’re interested in running this activity, the package includes all the printables you need to create a display, as well as a program proposal that references the 40 Developmental Assets for Adolescence.

How do you promote kindness in your school? What do you do to get your students thinking about how they can help others? Share your ideas below and let us know!

Original Post from Student 2:

One topic that came up today in Assessment class was the idea of Exit Cards. At the end of each class a student would write a card to pass in to the teacher including one thing they learned and one thing they didn’t understand. I thought this was a great idea and I feel that it could open more ideas on ways to interact with students. 

One thing a previous art teacher (in College) did was have a class “drawing jam” blog where students would post their drawing assignments onto the blog under different themed posts. We would post our work there as a place to see each other’s work and used it as motivation to create illustration content for our portfolios.

This is a true story, I was thrilled to receive this comment from one of my students during class on Friday.  It needs to be put into context, because I would argue strongly that it wasn't true.   We had a session of preparation for class speeches, which included modelling of the format and talking about the judging and the criteria.  At the end of the session one of the students put his hand up and said "Mr Webb you've just been talking non-stop for twenty five minutes..."

I thought that it was extremely positive that the students were able to give me feedback about the instructional time from their perspective.  We've discussed the TAI indirectly with students (including the purpose of the survey of their understanding_ and looking at utilising Google Drive with the instructions pre-loaded to minimise the instructions.