‘Hybrid Teaching Is Multitasking to the Umpteenth Degree’is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Four educators offer advice to those of us who are just beginning “concurrent” teaching as we return to the physical classroom. Here are some excerpts:
Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningssuvajit / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : As one Virginia school district prepares to reopen, educators and families balance Covid precautions and normal instruction is from CNN. This Ohio school reduced spacing measures and is open to all, 5 days a week is from CNN. What do we know about #PHLed reopening? Deal almost final, te
My Latest BAM Radio Show Is On the Most Helpful Teaching Advice We’ve Received in Our CareersUnpacking the Most Helpful Teaching Advice We’ve Received in Our Careers is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show. Emily Golightly, Chelonda Seroyer, Jenny Vo, and PJ Caposey joined me in the discussion, and they all have also contributed written commentaries to my Ed Week column. I’m adding it to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions .
What’s The Real Number Of Our Students Who Are Disengaged or Completely Disappeared?geralt / Pixabay I wonder what the real number of students who have become disengaged or disappeared over the past twelve months? I’m defining the word “disengaged” as students who have shown-up very rarely, and done hardly any academic work, but I have had some contact with them this year. I have a total of 138 students in my classes this year. Of that number, eight I would categorize as “diseng
“Strategies for Teaching Students Online & Face to Face at the Same Time”Strategies for Teaching Students Online & Face to Face at the Same Time is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Four educators share how they are teaching students simultaneously online and in the physical classroom. Here are some excerpts:
The Best Face Masks For Teachers In The Classroom (Or, At Least, The Most Comfortable Ones)mohamed_hassan / Pixabay As regular readers know, our district, like many urban districts around the United States, will be returning to our physical classrooms soon. One of my concerns has been finding a face mask that will be comfortable to wear for hours at a time. So, I sent out this tweet today asking for advice: What face masks (w/ links, please) do u recommend for wearing in physical class
Monday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsgeralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : A teacher’s view: What policymakers and the public don’t understand about reopening schools is from CAL Matters. CDC Study Finds Teachers ‘Central’ To COVID Transmission When Distancing, Masks Not Enforced is from The 74. As School Closures Near First Anniversary, a Diverse Parent Moveme
New Video On Teens Fighting School SegregationiCivics just released a new video, Students and the Struggle for School Integration (it’s not embeddable). Here’s how they describe it: In this video, students learn about the activism of teenager Barbara Johns. In 1951, she organized over 400 students to protest in support of better conditions at their segregated high school in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The students’ actions would lead to
Ed Tech DigestTen years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in THE BEST ED TECH RESOURCES OF 2020 – PART TWO , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this we
Video: New Pixar Short, “Float,” Is Good To Show ELLs & Everybody ElseHG-Fotografie / Pixabay Pixar just released this new short, titled “Float.” It would be very accessible to ELLs – and to everybody else – and has a good message on celebrating differences. ELLs could watch and then talk and write about what they saw, including its message.
