Today I started the process of learning about distance learning, which is where we are headed for the foreseeable future. Basically, we all need to figure out how to do school in a way that is very different from what we're used to. There will be a learning curve for us all on this but let's jump in.
So today I watched an hour long video from Google on Google Hangouts (it was a banger). Since we are a Google school, this is what we are going to go with. Tomorrow I'm going to play around with it with the one current student that I am not socially distanced from. Then on Saturday, I'd like to connect with 5-10 APUSH students on Hangout. This will not be a lesson, just a chance for me to play around with the features before actually trying to do a lesson. Shoot me a message on Remind if you are interested and I'll contact you about it. Then let's plan on both classes (APUSH/EURO) having a class on hangout on Monday.
I think for me, and probably all of us, this week has been about dealing with the shock of this whole situation. It's going to be a challenge to establish new routines and a new normal. If you've been doing some reading this week and working on your respective guided reading, let's call that an educational win for the week. Next week, we'll kick off the distance learning and go from there. Hang in there.
So today I watched an hour long video from Google on Google Hangouts (it was a banger). Since we are a Google school, this is what we are going to go with. Tomorrow I'm going to play around with it with the one current student that I am not socially distanced from. Then on Saturday, I'd like to connect with 5-10 APUSH students on Hangout. This will not be a lesson, just a chance for me to play around with the features before actually trying to do a lesson. Shoot me a message on Remind if you are interested and I'll contact you about it. Then let's plan on both classes (APUSH/EURO) having a class on hangout on Monday.
I think for me, and probably all of us, this week has been about dealing with the shock of this whole situation. It's going to be a challenge to establish new routines and a new normal. If you've been doing some reading this week and working on your respective guided reading, let's call that an educational win for the week. Next week, we'll kick off the distance learning and go from there. Hang in there.
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