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Quizziz and Quizlet have free tools

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Social equity before academics.  Students are coming to school with issues we are unaware of so it is important to make them feel welcome.  

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Social equity before academics.  Students are coming to school with issues we are unaware of so it is important to make them feel welcome.  

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Adults are making these rules and don't know what our students need or go through, K-12 grades.

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Understand that this is new and scary for almost everyone.

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Understand that this is new and scary for almost everyone.

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Be patient with parents and students; don't assume that they don't care. It is possible that they are dealing with extra anxiety or even loss right now.

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We discussed our concerns for the Fall and frustration over a lack of concern for health. We wondered what will happen with subs - especially older subs and the health risk. Also, will there be subs? Can they travel from school to school safely?

Curriculum For Distance Learning
CK12 (customize books, integrated lessons for science and math).
- Actively Learn (paid)
-Edpuzzle (free)
-Quizlet/ Quizzes (free)
-Legends of Learning (free)
-Newsela (paid)
- Readworks (free)
- Flocabulary (paid)
- Freckle (paid)

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- Send weekly newsletters/info to parents through Google Forms and have parents click that they read/received the information (Helps with documentation)
- Use Question of the Day to check in with kids, get student input, etc. This is a good way to get kids thinking.

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What is the first question that comes to your mind?

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intros

tools that people used for distance learning:
google classroom
Flipgrid
Kahoot
Screencast
Jaamboaard
Peardeck

Schoolology
Infinite Campus

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Google Classroom allows for teachers to create and grade assignments, post assignments/announcements

Schoology: similar to Google Classroom in terms of being an LMS

If students failed to have strong parental involvement at home, they would be less likely to complete work online during distance learning

Paper packets be done in English & Spanish

Communication with parents/guardians key

Most of us are concerned about what will school look like in the fall? Some schools are thinking about a hybrid model in which students would go to school physically 2 days a week, 2 days distance learning

Apps that integrate with Google Classroom: Flipgrid, EdPuzzle, Kahoot!, Khan Academy

When schools initially closed, students had paper packets to complete in case they didn't access to devices

Try to find videos that explained everything to kids (Especially for students who have IEPs or need accommodations/modifications)

Inifinite Campus: another LMS program that may be integrating with Google Classroom

Concerns about grading policy during distance learning "grace over grades"

Better appreciation for teachers from parents/guardians

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Groupmates: JaimeeLynn Flanders, Stephanie, Li Cheng, Mindy Howard, Johnanna Carter, Laurel Laumann, and Olivia Atchley.

So far, we have begun our discussion with introductions and are focused on the pros and cons of Remote Learning and what our predictions and anxieties are for the fall.

We are concerned about how to keep ourselves and our students safe in the Fall. We are actually talking about the challenges of face to face learning and the pitfalls that we have experienced with RL.

Many of us are concerned about what blended learning/ hybrid models will look like and how effective they will be. We are also concerned about how to teach in person and online fairly, to monitor student progress, and still be able to teach and exist within our contracts while being busy with our own families. ... Each of us has expressed anxiety over how to be our best teaching-selves to best serve our kids with limited resources.

Best practices/ tools:
Canvas (basically, Google Classroom "on steroids")
Google Suite
Quizlet
Kahoot
SeeSaw
*Shake Up Learning (book on engagement and protocols)
Screencastify
*https://minds-in-bloom.com/introduction-to-champs/

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7th B: Helpful Tools for Distance Learning

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7th B: Helpful Tools for Distance Learning

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- Google Forms with student choices
- Google Slides
- FlipGrid (may depend on privacy laws and requirements)
- EdPuzzle
- Screencastify or other screencasting service (Loom, Screen-cast-o-matic) (especially for showing how to do an assignment)
- Book Creator (try to have students work collaboratively)
- NearPod and/or PearDeck (try PearDeck's flash card factory)
- Flocabulary
- IXL (school subscription or personal subscription)
- Common Lit (esp. for literacy/ELA)
- GimKit (premium may cost)
- Check out new Kahoot features

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Most of us consider it highly unlikely that school will return back to completely normal and 100% in person in the fall. The question is: What will the change look like and how will we cope?

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