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2nd week #distancelearning mid-week adjustments:
1. Ask if students are using district supported Chromebooks and not personal devices when problems logging in to platforms occur.
2. TRIPLE check answer keys for self-grading platforms like @kahoot, @gimkit, @quizizz.
1. Ask if students are using district supported Chromebooks and not personal devices when problems logging in to platforms occur.
2. TRIPLE check answer keys for self-grading platforms like @kahoot, @gimkit, @quizizz.
2nd week #distancelearning mid-week adjustments:
3. When student wifi is lagging, ask them to turn off video. Duh, but I forget at times...
4. (N ÷ 2) = correct length of time your lesson should be. Even if you'd take longer in person, find a way to ½ it online.
5. Breathe.
3. When student wifi is lagging, ask them to turn off video. Duh, but I forget at times...
4. (N ÷ 2) = correct length of time your lesson should be. Even if you'd take longer in person, find a way to ½ it online.
5. Breathe.
2nd week #distancelearning mid-week adjustments:
6. Share a countdown timer on your screen during breaks/lunch.
7. Don't work during breaks. You need to stretch, too.
8. Do something fun to start/after breaks to incentive promptness. Example:
6. Share a countdown timer on your screen during breaks/lunch.
7. Don't work during breaks. You need to stretch, too.
8. Do something fun to start/after breaks to incentive promptness. Example:
2nd week #distancelearning mid-week adjustments:
9. Log scores frequently to show completion. Make them count toward letter grades infrequently.
Point: FEEDBACK > score/grade
10. Use @Flipgrid for verbal responses. Written responses can be authored by anyone.
9. Log scores frequently to show completion. Make them count toward letter grades infrequently.
Point: FEEDBACK > score/grade
10. Use @Flipgrid for verbal responses. Written responses can be authored by anyone.
2nd week #distancelearning mid-week adjustments:
11. Buy more produce. Stress eating too much fruit or a box of Cheez-Its is not sustainable.
12. Be patient when students seem distracted. They are. Parents and siblings at home and all their favorite things...it's hard to focus
11. Buy more produce. Stress eating too much fruit or a box of Cheez-Its is not sustainable.
12. Be patient when students seem distracted. They are. Parents and siblings at home and all their favorite things...it's hard to focus
2nd week #distancelearning mid-week adjustments:
13. Get more sleep. Two days in a row up at 4:30 am...today up at 6:00 am. I'm happier today. And behind schedule but cool with it.
14. Vary your proximity to camera. Stationary head on screen is boring. Wide. Medium. Tight.
13. Get more sleep. Two days in a row up at 4:30 am...today up at 6:00 am. I'm happier today. And behind schedule but cool with it.
14. Vary your proximity to camera. Stationary head on screen is boring. Wide. Medium. Tight.
2nd week #distancelearning mid-week adjustments:
15. READ PICTURE BOOKS! Taught mini-lesson on cause & effect using @IXLLearning, followed w/David Shannon's The Rain Came Down, then read novel. https://www.amazon.com/Rain-Came-Down-David-Shannon/dp/0439050219
16. Seriously. Walk away from your screen at day's end. Ciao
15. READ PICTURE BOOKS! Taught mini-lesson on cause & effect using @IXLLearning, followed w/David Shannon's The Rain Came Down, then read novel. https://www.amazon.com/Rain-Came-Down-David-Shannon/dp/0439050219
16. Seriously. Walk away from your screen at day's end. Ciao
