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Kelly Booz
Kelly Booz October 8, 2020, 12:48 pm

How's it going with distance learning, hybrid learning, or in-person learning? We hope everyone is off to a good and safe start to the school year in whatever format your school is doing (in-person, hybrid, and remote).

Let us know how it's going.

What's working? What's challenging? Do you have any tips or lessons learned you can share?<br><br>Meanwhile, we put together a list of the top distance learning webinars we've done since March. All are free, on-demand, and offer professional development certificates. https://sharemylesson.com/webinars/distance <br><br>Topics include:<br><br>Distance and Hybrid Learning Models<br>Mental Health and SEL<br>Supporting Special Populations<br>Student Engagement and Classroom Communities<br>Addressing Disrupted Learning<br>Current Events<br><br>Our best,<br>Kelly and the Share My Lesson team

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ccardwel_2895531
ccardwel_2895531 October 31, 2020, 11:08 pm

I teach in a high school in southern West Virginia.

ccardwel_2895531
ccardwel_2895531 October 31, 2020, 11:10 pm

Our governor has created a Covid map that is vastly different from the Harvard map. His “map” makes things seem safer than they are here. Even with his map, we have been out of the classroom for nearly a month because we have been in the red and orange designations. I feel as if we are losing the best part of the school year right now.

Kelly Booz
Kelly Booz November 2, 2020, 10:17 am

Thanks for sharing, @ccardwel...sounds frustrating, indeed!

Stewart_W_3507619
Stewart_W_3507619 November 3, 2020, 10:13 am

I am teaching virtually this year.

There have been challenges but overall it has been a good experience. The main issue is reaching out to the students who are not joining the live lessons or turning in assignments.

drparo
drparo November 3, 2020, 12:20 pm

The struggle is real when, there are students not tuned in to remote learning. Unfortunately, with this our first pandemic and attempting to teach over the internet, with the added inequity of the ability to enforce learning at home. There are communities where it is not accepted as realistic. There are other pressing issues at home. For example, where is the next meal and Uncle Charlie and his family have to move in with us. etc...

Kelly Booz
Kelly Booz March 9, 2020, 3:47 pm

Discussion Thread for High School Educators.

Hilary Martin
Hilary Martin March 19, 2020, 10:02 am

Hi everyone! First of all, thank you for setting up this resource--I'm sure it's going to prove very helpful as we all try to work through this unprecedented situation. I am in a bit of a unique situation. I work as the literacy specialist for a high school, so I spend my days providing both in class and pull out support to small groups or individual students who need interventions for reading and writing. I'm really struggling with how best to support my students remotely, especially knowing that many of them will be having to work much more independently now and likely need my help now more than ever. Any suggestions for ways to provide one on one/small group support while learning/teaching remotely?

mbutler_3443266
mbutler_3443266 March 20, 2020, 10:26 am

Good morning. I am using Google Hangout. We also just added Zoom. I am a special education teacher at our high school and several of us are using both. We create a meeting and push it out to our students and they get online and we then are able to chat and I can read to them or facilitate a lesson. We also have the ability to create lessons for them to listen to. Also if you use Canvas there is a function called Sandbox. If you need any other help I am here. :)

Hilary Martin
Hilary Martin March 20, 2020, 10:36 am

Thank you for the suggestions! I have access to both Google Hangout and Zoom, so I could definitely use one of those.

mbutler_3443266
mbutler_3443266 March 20, 2020, 10:40 am

You are welcome. If you need anything, I am sure I will soon. We are also doing our IEPs on Hangout and we are going into some new training today for more with virtual learning and our special education population. I can let you know once I learn more. my email is mbutler@waynesville.k12.mo.us if that helps also.

mbutler_3443266
mbutler_3443266 March 20, 2020, 10:27 am

Good morning. I am using Google Hangout. We also just added Zoom. I am a special education teacher at our high school and several of us are using both. We create a meeting and push it out to our students and they get online and we then are able to chat and I can read to them or facilitate a lesson. We also have the ability to create lessons for them to listen to. Also if you use Canvas there is a function called Sandbox. If you need any other help I am here. :)

akemistoutjones
akemistoutjones November 5, 2020, 10:22 am

Although virtual learning has been a learning curve for a lot of educators across the nation I believe that it is something that would have had to happen at some point for our educators on a broader scale being that we are entering a new technology age.

For me and my scholars this has been a welcoming experience being that we are able to girls ready feedback constant communication with our parents as well as having a different view a perspective from the student as to how well the content is being taught that’s just for me this is not for everyone but I have really enjoyed the ups and downs and looking forward to seeing how well my students are testing. As for my children it has been a wonderful challenge to see them engage in an online platform differently than they do when they’re playing call of duty and all of the other frivolous games of children play these days in online or virtual environment is interesting to see how they interact with their teachers emailing their teachers and having zoom meetings with their teachers one on one with out there happened to be a classroom conversation for them to generate thoughts about what is actually happening for them or what’s not happening for them it’s been rewarding for our household.

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