Help students share something about themselves, musical tastes, while building community as they speak about their musical choices.

• You could ask students to bring pieces of music that represent particular moods or thoughts, rather than ones they like in general.
• Asynchronous options may include using a Padlet for students to comment on each others’ music choices.
• You could think of ways to refer to the playlist or reuse it throughout the semester if you create it early on.
• A class playlist may also be an ongoing thing done outside class time if you ask students to share some of their favorite music on a space like Slack throughout the semester. For example, “I’m listening to this music as I do this assignment” or “this reading makes me feel like… this song”.
• If you have students who are hard of hearing, perhaps ask students to focus on lyrics they like or poems, rather than music per se.