by Laura Head | Nov 6, 2020 | remote learning
A good teacher rule of thumb is to have your classroom rules come from your students. It empowers them to know that they’re the ones who curated the classroom culture, and increases their awareness of how they should behave. In the first week of school every...
by Laura Head | Nov 3, 2020 | remote learning
Getting student buy-in is a fundamental step to uncovering the inspired learner within. The most well-known way to do this is to create a classroom community built upon empowerment, validation, and belonging. In the classroom, there are countless ways to do this:...
by adminhead | Nov 1, 2020 | remote learning
In a traditional classroom setting, we as teachers present a new idea to students, and then send them off to grapple with it so that they can reach their own understanding. This student-centered time may look like a collection of voices finding patterns in common...
by adminhead | Nov 1, 2020 | remote learning
It’s a common practice in remote learning to have students put themselves on mute while a teacher presents the lesson. If learners have an idea or question, they un-mute to share, and then reactivate the default setting. Personally, I’m not a fan. In the classroom...
by Laura Head | Nov 1, 2020 | remote learning
Remote learning means a lot of potential tech noise that interrupts the flow of a lesson. “I can’t find the document!” “How do I zoom in?” and “Where’s the ‘new tab’ button?” are all worries that have come from my kids, and can add up to a lot of time lost on content....
by Laura Head | Oct 30, 2020 | remote learning
Log on. Go to your Drive. I’ll share my screen. Turn on your camera. Chat your answer. A year ago, this kind of language was foreign to the vast majority of students — if it was familiar, it was probably only in the context of TikTok or Minecraft. But today this...
