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Purpose:
The problems of equity are exacerbated with online learning
Conversation to make sure all students are able to learn, and we have to educate both students and parents
Walk away with more ideas how to incorporate more equity especially with students with accommodations, 
How to combat inequity of unequal internet resources and hardware, and how to blend with hands-on learning

Online Options: Canvas (not much interaction, but does allow for video, very powerful but very complicated to learn; team felt much better than Blackboard), Zoom (allows for interaction), Google Classroom is simple, Seesaw is good if you use a lot of videos (Facebook Plus), Flipgrid. 

Google Slides for each subject… which would include videos, music videos, write newspaper article about what you learned .. EasyAudioRecorder Lite free app

Fundamental skills such as collaboration is also important because the students have lost so much relationship… and choosing roles in the project is helpful because sometimes students struggle with communication

What can we do with the homeless students? Distance learning was obviously very difficult, even if you can provide Chromebooks and parking lot wifi. Making phone calls proved to be helpful to provide social/emotional support for the students

Reading/text/paper is something that we really need to hook kids into … beyond technology

Notes:
Project SEED videos are great for kids of color 
Learning Little People by Erica Jewel Williams
ExplainEverything.com
EasyAudioRecorder Lite free app

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Art show- Google Slides and iMovie- Social/Emotional Topic

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Art show- Google Slides and iMovie- Social/Emotional Topic

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Shelton High School's First Distance Learning Art Show

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Make videos of yourself explaining short concepts. Then you can upload to GClassroom

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Low tech:
Charades
Taboo
Pictionary

High tech:
ed puzzles
kahoot
quizlet
flipgrid

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Google Slides with Audio in Multiple Language

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Google Slides with Audio in Multiple Language

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Create a set of slides for one week for one subject. Color code  slides so that all blue slides have info and all yellow slides are activities. Ask students to select 2 of each, or whatever. Use a Drive folder to dump work into. Then use Flipgrid for kids to comment about what they learned from each other's work in the Drive folder. Use EasyAudioRecorderLite app to record each slide in the languages of your classroom- blue audio for Spanish, green for Haitian Creole, purple for English, etc. Families can help out with this too!

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https://www.erintegration.com/2020/05/16/bitmoji-classroom-scenes-virtual-classroom-backgrounds/?fbclid=IwAR3rYTS4FPo6MvQs6zuArodZ9M6mq--FeNucOdZ9dV-pKSAHWvM698u3GMc

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-Student connectivity asynchronously--how to do: use short videos whenever possible; stay aware of permissions; Nearpod a great source!
-Tips for Canvas--contact David/Sarah
-Group email sarah.renfrow@raypec.org for contact info!

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Great discussion
Questions about the uncertainty of going back makes us feel unsure how we are going to start the year.
We need to have the basics ready for our kids in case we do not go back to our buildings.
These basics are simply providing food and internet to all students.

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Concern over inequity we will encounter in August related to disparities encountered in the Spring.

Concern over lack of accountability for student progress.  (Students hearing on the news that their grades wouldn't count.)  That can't happen in the fall.

Administrator input:  Equity is a two way street.  As a district make sure that we are being equitable to our students the teachers must prioritize the importance of serving their students.  No giving up or teaching in our pjs or giving less than our best

Some teachers felt they had to play more the role of emotional support than instructors.  Awareness that in the fall we need to spend a substantial amount of time building relationship.

Need to spend the summer figuring out how they can do it differently in the fall to encourage more interaction

Computer literacy needed - teaching students how to manage their remote learning. Importance of all teachers using the same platform if possible. Easier for students and families

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Resources to engage students in distance learning:
-Pear Deck
-EdPuzzle
-Nearpod
-TedEd
-Flipgrid
-Storyboard That
-Screencastify
-Loom
-Talk and Comment
-Bitmoji Craze
-Bitmoji Facebook Group
-Bitmoji Virtual Classroom in Google Slides
-Google Slides - closed caption
-Desmos, classroom builder activity
-Science and data on contemporary science and tech broken down at a student’s reading level https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/
-Identify Fake news https://newslit.org/educators/checkology/

*Connections before Content
*Building Relationships
-shared Google Slide deck to create a culture and build relationships
-Google Forms for check-ins

Culturally Responsive Teaching
-Common Sense Media webinar
-NCTE conversation RSVP
-Unit with anchor text, Behold the Dreamers, by Imbolo Mbue
-Desmos, graphing and data resources (math) collaborate with English teacher
-CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEDAGOGY IN MATHEMATICS: A CRITICAL NEED | Shelly Jones
-For showing the personal diverse stories of scientists and anthropologists I have my students browse the explorer bios posted by National Geographic

-bring in youth culture relevant to curriculum, *What do the students want to share with us?*Student Voice
-Esmeralda Santiago, "When I Was Puerto Rican"
-Conversations & Webinars https://ctserc.org/
-project where students had to speak up for another race and culture that they didn't related to. It required research and much listening to others.

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- Express empathy and understanding; be a safe space for students.  Being there for them is paramount.  "I may not understand, but I am here for you."
- "Connections over content."

-  How do you keep high school students engaged in the online environment?
- Open-ended projects; using whatever medium they decide.
- "Ditch that textbook" website.  They have remote learning 101; 2 hour self-paced course.
- Apple learning services are free right now: webinars.
- Apple Learning Series (additional link)
- Hyperdocs
- Combat cheating through creativity.  Give them an authentic learning experience.
- Ask the students
- Know Power, Know Responsibility by Kevin Miller.  About kids taking responsibility for their own learning.
- Adapt to the students' individual needs.  Let them submit in a format that is suitable for their individual learning needs.
-  Help the students become more organized - teach them how to schedule themselves. Students have a hard time managing that.  Do this on the front-end so that students have the ability to this on their own moving forward.
- Keep a folder inside your online course that gives students direction on how to do simple things like navigation.  It's helpful for parents as well.
- Parents should be included in the conversation regarding the online learning plan.  They have valid insights on their student.
- Any sort of suggestions for incorporating culture into a mathematics classroom?
- Hidden figures; data driven conversations.

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Summary:
Surprisingly despite geographical, economic, and student population differences; the teachers in this breakout room shared similar concerns about what the future will look like.  Beyond the larger policy and institutional issues that are not under our control, we tried to focus on providing practical and pragmatic advice for the future.
Question about the fall:
1.  Will distance learning continue?
2.  How to deal with discipline specific difficulties with distance learning?
-Network with other teachers online (Facebook Groups, Twitter).
3.  How to deal with not having daily lessons?
4.  How to develop relationships with new students in the fall?
-scavenger hunt
-sending a personal letter via snail mail not email
-asking to join last class session of this year's teacher to introduce yourself.
-set up Remind
-Bitmoji interactive boards
-Join Facebook groups
-Ask administrators for class lists and send out emails
-Flipgrid (Students develop a voice)
-PearDeck
5. How do we deal with the technology gap and getting students technology and wi-fi?
-set up a hot spot in the community (parking lot)
-Verizon, Spectrum, Optimum for free of wi-fi
-Our district partnered with Human IT and people can get hotspots at a reasonable rates. California only though
https://www.human-i-t.org/request-internet
6.  If we are going to hold students accountable in the fall versus the current "'do no harm" model, what will that look like?  Especially when there are other pressing concerns meals, loss of family jobs, etc.
7.  What does assessment look like or how does it shift in a online teaching model?
8.  How  do we trim down the curriculum?

9.  What resources are there for less diverse schools?

RSOURCES:
https://support.google.com/meet/thread/29678248?hl=en
Google Meet version of breakout

Courageous Conversations About Race by Glenn E. Singleton
And Curtis Linton

Multiplication Is For White People by Lisa Delpt

White Fragility by Robin DiANg
White Kids by Margaret Hagerman