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During the 2020 school break, we hosted a professional development virtual learning series that featured a mixture of presentation, group work, and individual exploration. See below for Padlet resources, webinar recordings, and international educator-compiled resources.

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Virtual Learning While the shift to virtual learning was abrupt for some, educators in international schools will constantly be faced with new situations and need to be adept at navigating on-campus, virtual, or blended learning environments. Sign Up For Updates Teaching & Learning Curriculum & Instruction DEIJ Assessment & Feedback Social & Emotional Learning All [...]

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Tips for Designing an Online Learning Experience Using the 5Es Instructional Model - Dr. Catlin Tucker

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Covid 19 has educators and educational institutions worried about and preparing for possible school closures. What happens if students have to stay home for days or even weeks? How can we keep them learning remotely? What strategies and technology tools can teachers use to take traditional classes online?

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Our team of educators created a library of templates to support learning objectives typically found at the beginning, middle, and end of a class. Think: bell ringers, checks for understanding, exit tickets, and more. Simply drop in one of these templates for instant engagement and watch your class transform.

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With the Pear Deck Add-on, you can leave audio instructions, descriptions, or examples for your students to hear while they read the prompts and respond to Interactive Questions in your Pear Deck Slides presentations. Make a new recording instantly or upload one from your computer. The recordings you insert will play in the Student View of your live presentation Sessions, so it's perfect for any remote learning lesson!

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Start your presentation and students will join your Session from any device with a web browser. As you advance your slides, students will be prompted to answer your questions! Students' answers can be displayed anonymously on the classroom projector, so instead of worrying about getting the right answer and feeling silly in front of peers, your students are putting ideas out there in a safe, anonymous way, discussing, and learning from each other.

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As an instructor, you can quickly see what each individual thinks on the Teacher Dashboard. Noticing a lot of wrong answers? Adapt! Take a pause, back up, re-explain. But don't forget to help the learners help each other: Why did some people choose this while others chose that? How can we find out the right answer? What else do we need to know?

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This feature enables teachers using Pear Deck Premium to share Session controls and valuable student insight with other designated educators, including student teachers, special educators, co-teachers, or even substitutes. With a real-time view of individual student work and the ability to guide and provide direct feedback, educators teaching together can better support the diverse needs of learners everywhere!

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We express ourselves in different ways. On Flip, you can use our simple and fun built-in camera to record your thoughts, add effects and share within your Flip group as video, audio only or text in your web browser or mobile app.

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Flip is a video discussion and sharing app, free from Microsoft.

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Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a video discussion and video sharing app, free from Microsoft, built for classrooms and beyond. Learn more.

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Online manipulatives bring all of the learning and fun without the mess. Our math virtual manipulatives help students grasp abstract concepts through modeling. Literacy virtual manipulatives create a fun space for practicing spelling, rhyming, and more!

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Virtual Manipulatives | Mathematical Modelling | Toy Theater

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Original teaching tools aimed at supporting teachers in the elementary school classroom. Two color counters, 3D dice, probability spinners, graph builders, fraction bars, base ten blocks, and more!

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How to Explain Social Distancing to Kids

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ISB Virtual School was developed - and is maintained - as a contingency plan should the school need to be closed for an extended period of time.

Our virtual school is developed as a framework, providing guidelines that teachers, students, and parents can use when engaging within an online learning environment.

Teachers build upon this framework, creating appropriate learning activities and collaborative interactions that best meet their students' needs.

Learning objectives are the same regardless of what the platform is, ISB's content standards and high expectations guide the planning of online learning just like they do for face to face classroom learning.

We are fortunate to be a technology rich school with the ability to provide a range of engaging resources, platforms and experiences.

Our students are used to utilizing resources such as Google Classroom, SeeSaw, Zoom, YouTube, Google Meet, and PowerLearning regularly throughout their school day. This creates a seamless transition to a virtual school environment.

In addition to these collaborative resources, students access a wide variety of learning websites that are directly related to the learning goals.

Every Middle School and High School student is issued with a Macbook Air to use wherever they are in the world.

Teachers

International School Bangkok teachers work to create learning environments online that are organized, stimulating and designed to move learning forward. They are in frequent contact with students and parents to provide feedback, support and learning resources.

The ISB curriculum for each subject area and grade level remains the same in Virtual School and we adhere to the same standards and benchmarks.

Much like in-class learning, virtual learning is successful where there is a strong partnership between parents, teachers and students.

We have a number of helpful FAQs and resources to support parents and students as they embrace the world of online learning.

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ISB Virtual School | Online Learning | International School Bangkok

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Last updated on February 14, 2022 by Not So Wimpy Teacher

Many teachers are now using platforms such as Zoom and Google Meet to reach their students. While many teachers use this platform to teach or review standards with their students, many are also using it for socialization during these times and there are lots of great distance learning activities you can use to engage your students.

I searched our teacher Facebook groups for some creative distance learning activities to engage your students during these times.

Games

Have you tried playing games with your students on Zoom or Google Meet? You might be surprised how easy it can be!

Charades- Private message one student with the word card. This student then pantomimes this clue while the other students guess the answer. You can mute students and have them raise their hand when they have a guess.

Pictionary- You can use the whiteboard feature to play this game. Private message a student the word, and then allow that student to draw the clues on the whiteboard feature.

4 Corners- Have students use a personal dry-erase board or a piece of paper and a marker for this game. Students choose a number (1-4 or 1-6), write it on their board, and hold it up for everyone to see. The teacher then rolls a dice and the number she rolls is the number that is out. If the teacher rolls a 4, every student holding up a number 4 will be considered out of that game. Continue until you only have one player left.

Simon Says- Play this just like the original game! The teacher will give the action directions, while the students participate. If students miss the action cue "Simon says," then they are out. Keep going until you have a winner!

Bingo- Students can draw a 4×5 grid on a piece of paper. Direct your students to fill each square in with words that fit your category. You can make it an academic game and have them fill numbers from 1-50 (or any number of your choice), then the teacher can call out the multiplication facts as you play. Another idea is to have your students list items that might be found in a kitchen, classroom, or playground. Students randomly put in the words in their squares (don't forget the middle free square!), and then the teacher calls out the words to play.

I Spy- Use your students' backgrounds for this game to play. Pick an item that can easily be seen by all students and share a clue. Students can raise their hand when they have a guess.

Conversation Activities

You may likely have some students who are shy on camera, and may not speak up as quickly in your meetings. You can use these distance learning activities to encourage conversation from them.

Show & Tell- Have students take turns sharing something special to them.

Two Truths & a Lie- Students can take turns sharing 2 truths about themselves and one lie. Students then guess what the lie is.

Would You Rather...- You can grab some "Would You Rather" questions online and ask these in your group call. Have students take turns sharing their responses.

Pet Parade- Students can bring their pet (real or stuffed) to your meeting and share some interesting facts about their pet when it is their turn.

Mad Libs- Grab some student Mad Libs online and have your students grab personal dry-erase boards or scratch paper. Call out the part of speech, have students write their choice on their board, and pick a student to share their answer. Read the Mad Lib story to your class when it's filled in! You are sneaking in some grammar review with this activity, and students love the silly stories!

LEGO Challenge- Instruct your students to build something overnight and bring it to your meeting the next day. Students can take turns showing their models and sharing what they like best about it. Some LEGO challenges I've seen include building a boat that floats, build a model of your room, build a marble run, build a pyramid, etc.

Art Show- Students can create their own piece of artwork (or two) and share with their classmates!

Snack & Chat- If your students just want to chat and socialize, encourage them to join you for a virtual lunch or snack time. Use some of the ideas in this category to keep the conversations going, or just let your students share what they have been up to!

Movement Activities

Students need brain breaks throughout their day still! Try some distance learning activities that incorporate movement while on your Zoom or Google Meet call.

Go Noodle- Pull up your students' favorite Go Noodle songs and share your screen. Students can get up and dance away!

Dance and Freeze- Play some music, encourage students to get up and dance, then students must freeze when the music stops. Your students will love the silly motions they are frozen in!

Scavenger Hunts- Our Facebook groups are full of fun scavenger hunt ideas! You can play this game live, or send your students off to do this overnight. You can gather a list easily online, but some ideas I have seen include looking for particular shapes, colors, items that are a certain length, or items that start with a particular sound.

Fun Fridays

It is always fun to end the week with a special activity. You could use these distance learning activities on Fridays, or any day if you need to mix-it up!

Funny Friday- Have students come to your meeting with some jokes to share!

Spirit Day- Pick a theme and have students come dressed to participate. Some fun themes include hat day, crazy hair day, mismatch day, sports-theme day, or school spirit day.

Field Trip Friday- Teachers all over the country are taking their students on virtual field trips. Use the share-screen feature to share a virtual location with your students. You can visit a zoos, aquariums, museums, national parks, or even theme parks. Check out THIS list for some ideas to get started.

Flashlight Friday- Have your students build a fort and grab a flashlight! They can get comfy and listen to you read a story during Flashlight Friday.

Friday Drawings- Directed drawings are a fun brain break! Pull up your favorite directed drawing YouTube video and share your screen with your students. You can also get creative and walk your students through the drawings yourself. Art Hub for Kids is a great place to start.

Zoom and Google Meet have made it easy to see our students during school closures. Your meetings can also be a healthy brain break for your students by using the ideas above! Thank you for bringing your students together during these times and taking the time to engage them in distance learning activities. Your students are lucky to have you!

Read about more ways to make virtual learning more fun.

Have a Not So Wimpy day,

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