Pandemic teaching fashion this Monday is mostly me being cranky that I don’t have a solid brown or grey mask on hand, and trying to figure out if I have time to make one before I have to drive in (short answer: I do not). But I do like this outfit otherwise; it’s v. cozy …
I’m sort of glopping together various Zoom guides I see, will keep editing this to make something that works for my classes: During our optional (but likely very helpful) Zoom calls, it’ll help if you stick to the following guidelines: 1. Log on to Zoom at least 5-10 minutes in advance in case of any …
Cut-and-pasted from a local mom group: “This week the US House and Senate will be in major negotiations about the next phase of COVID relief, and stuff on the table includes funding for school COVID safety expenses, continuing the unemployment insurance expansion (currently due to expire 7/31), increasing food assistance, and expanding some tax credits …
Hey, parents. I know you’re not teachers, but I also know that a lot of you are super-frustrated at the dearth of information many districts are providing as they scramble to plan and re-plan their fall semesters. You have decisions to make, and it’s very hard with so much uncertainty. If you’re the kind of …
Organizing classes takes time and executive function, and there is only so much of it I can do. If I were going to offer some online classes in the next month, which of these are you interested in? (mark all that interest you) a) 45-60 minute cooking class (through Maram Makerspace) b) 45-60 minute textile …
So grateful my instructional designer friend Amanda Chablani took the time to write this guidance up for those of us looking at fall semester — parents, teachers, students: ****** “I’m an Instructional Designer in my professional life and a parent to two kids in D97 (one rising K, one rising 4th). I was asked by Carollina Song …
I am more and more seeing parents thinking about alternatives for their kids for the fall, some kind of version of unschooling + remote learning from the school. That won’t work for all kids, but for some, that might be a good option. But it’s all reminding me that the American school system really has …
What should schools do in the fall? Three years ago, I decided to run for office, the smallest of local offices, library board. I almost ran for school board instead, and, not knowing much about either, mostly picked library board because an elected official I talked to told me that the school board meetings sometimes …
So, I’m continuing to think about how we maintain student engagement in a primarily or entirely asynchronous online learning environment. This is going to be long, but hopefully helpful to teachers, students, and parents looking ahead to the fall semester. THE ARGUMENT FOR ASYNCHRONOUS Asynchronous courses are more equitable than synchronous, because they allow students …
Grades are in. Whew. That was…a semester. Not gonna lie, there were times I felt like we were all gonna crawl across that finish line.
