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How do you predict this course might be valuable to you?

Figuring out how to engage my students most of the time rather than some of the time

Finding ways to communicate those non-verbal skills from the in-person setting to the digital classroom

Focusing on strategies that will benefit my social and emotional well-being, too

What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course?

To gain confidence in the remote learning environment

To gain proficiency with using the digital learning tools

To mitigate my own anxiety and stress about teaching in an online setting, so my students can relax and learn

Submitted by Susan Siena

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1) I believe that this course will be valuable in helping to capitalize on the skills gained throughout my time remote teaching.  I am excited to learn more about best practices online and hopefully learn from peers to see what worked for other teachers during this time.

2) My learning intentions throughout this course include finding more tools for future use that can be applied remotely or in the classroom.  I would love to strengthen my virtual presence when in the classroom, and I look forward to creating a Commitment Statement in this class that speaks to values in an online classroom.  I intend to create values and practices that could move from the classroom to online and back again.  In the event that my school goes remote again, this would allow for a more seamless transition.

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1) How do you predict this course might be valuable to you?  I predict that this course will allow me to not on what I can take away from my time with teaching online during the COVID pandemic, but also learn key elements of effective online teaching so that I can improve in my teaching practice.

2) What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course? My goals for this course are to improve as a teacher overall, but particularly in using online tools to instruct my students. I hope to come away with specific tools and lessons that I can begin using in the fall with my students, and hopefully learn new things that I haven't learned before.

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I think that this course will be incredibily valuable for any educator moving forward. Technology is going to be an integral part of education and has, out of necessity, become much more readily available to students and families. The traditional snow-day is going to be replaced with remote learning days and needing to be able to identify and integrate the most effective tools and methodologies to online learning will be invaluable.

My goal is to be able to be able to not only learn and expand my understanding of online learning, but to be able to share my learning and understanding with others within my department and school.

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My initial intention in going into this course is to support my growth as a teacher.  I do not know what the next year with bring, but I do know that I want to strengthen my mindset about grades and communication with peers, students and families.

My personal, and somewhat selfish, goal is to find some like-minded peers.  I felt a lot of loneliness as a teacher this last year and I was surprised by the loss of my team connections. My healing will come from working with others and supporting their goals.

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How do you predict this course might be valuable to you?  I predict that this course will help me organize my online teaching resources and sort them to help me use them in my every day teaching. I predict I will be able to effectively use 2-3 new technology teaching tools by the end of this course.  What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course? My personal goals for this course are to use online tools, such as Canvas, Padlet, and Slack, learn how to incorporate online collaboration tools for my students' reflection, and create a variety of "exit tickets" which keep the reflection stage of learning fresh for my students.

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I believe this course will help me continue to grow as an educator, both in-person and virtually. I predict that, as a result of this course, I will be more prepared for unexpected shifts in learning that will come up in the future.

My goals for this course are to have some direction and support for reflecting on the challenges and successes of the last school year, to gain new skills, to learn about new tools, and to become more confident when working in the virtual world. I hope to learn from the other educators taking this course, as well as the course materials.

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I think this course will give me knowledge and direction to better reflect on the successes and challenges of last year and remote teaching.  I am looking forward to using those past experiences and new information about effective online teaching practices to support my teachers as they work to incorporate more technology into their classrooms  and/or to teach virtually.

My goals for this course include expanding my understanding of online teaching strategies and platforms, gaining confidence in using technology in a variety of ways and supporting teachers in using technology with their classes, and connecting with other educators and instructional coaches to share experiences and ideas.

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1.    How do you predict this course might be valuable to you?

My hope for this class is to have increased exposure to various platforms and methods to support my students in distant learning and to help bring more technology options into the classroom. This will help prepare students for working with these platforms for when they enter into the adult world that is becoming increasingly digital.

2.    What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course?

My goal is to collaborate with fellow educators and learn from them on what has helped, and what I should avoid in the future. It would be great to see how the stuff we read about in the text is already being implemented, or discuss how to implement it in the future with others.

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1.) I predict this class will act as a way to reflect. We have all experienced this crazy world of remote teaching. This course will provide a platform for us to review where we have been and make a plan for the kind of educator we want to be moving forward.
2.) My goal for this course is to continue to learn from my teaching peers. I have already found it so helpful to read the introductions and find out what other teachers saw as benefits and challenges of remote learning. We can always learn from each other and I am thankful for this opportunity to do so.

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Mary Jones

1.) I predict this class will act as a way to reflect. We have all experienced this crazy world of remote teaching. This course will provide a platform for us to review where we have been and make a plan for the kind of educator we want to be moving forward.
2.) My goal for this course is to continue to learn from my teaching peers. I have already found it so helpful to read the introductions and find out what other teachers saw as benefits and challenges of remote learning. We can always learn from each other and I am thankful for this opportunity to do so.

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Quality Virtual Learning: Predictions and Goals

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Quality Virtual Learning: Predictions and Goals

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I predict that this course will teach me ways to be a better teacher--both in person and virtually. This is valuable to me because I really like teaching, so it's important to me to get better at it. I also dream of becoming more location-independent with my work, so I think I'll learn things that will help me when I realize that dream.

My goals for the course are to learn and try in the coming year: 1 new method to boost student engagement, 1 new method to provide feedback, and 1 new method for fostering student self-regulation.

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I believe this course may be valuable to me because the world of teaching is evolving, and major changes happened this past year. I believe this major changes in education will continue to happen and we will need to continue to adapt to online learning, and be reading to switch on a moments notice. I believe the knowledge gained in this course will allow me to be more successful with remote teaching, but a smoother transition if we need to move from in person back to remote at unexpected times.

1. My intentions/goals for this course is to find new and creative ways to implement online learning, including jumping between in person and online learning on a moments notice.

2. I want to gain confidence with a seamless transition.

3.  I am hoping this class will give me a more peace of mind so I will find online teaching less mentally exhausting and stressful.

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I think this course will be helpful to me in that it will help me have a more balance reflection on what worked and what didn’t around remote instruction, and what practices I might want to continue using in a more traditional instructional setting.  I also predict this course will help me better meet the needs of my students who learn in non-traditional ways.  

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I think this course will be helpful to me in that it will help me have a more balance reflection on what worked and what didn’t around remote instruction, and what practices I might want to continue using in a more traditional instructional setting.  I also predict this course will help me better meet the needs of my students who learn in non-traditional ways.  

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1) To gain a better understanding of how to create content that helps my student achieve their learning objectives.

2) To learn some new best practices around how to do middle/high school English classes in a remote instruction setting.

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Predictions and GoalsI predict this course to be of immense value to me because I get very excited and curious to engage in best practices to strengthen my teaching methodologies.  Being a lifelong learner is important to me and I am always searching for the best, "takeaways," to apply to my teaching repertoire.  This course seems like the perfect platform to gain positive insight and reflection for future application.  My intentions and goals for this course are to engage, deeply, in the material while also engaging in feedback from other educators.  Being able to communicate with other professionals is important to me to investigate teaching/learning practices being applied in other classrooms.  

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Predictions and GoalsI predict this course to be of immense value to me because I get very excited and curious to engage in best practices to strengthen my teaching methodologies.  Being a lifelong learner is important to me and I am always searching for the best, "takeaways," to apply to my teaching repertoire.  This course seems like the perfect platform to gain positive insight and reflection for future application.  My intentions and goals for this course are to engage, deeply, in the material while also engaging in feedback from other educators.  Being able to communicate with other professionals is important to me to investigate teaching/learning practices being applied in other classrooms.  

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I think this course will be valuable to hear other people’s perspectives about remote learning. I’m excited to learn from other educators and hear what their experience was like.

My goal for this course is to be better equipped and prepared for remote teaching, should we need to transition to that again. I’m hoping to learn new strategies and tools to implement in remote learning.

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I predict this course to be of immense value to me because I get very excited and curious to engage in best practices to strengthen my teaching methodologies.  Being a lifelong learner is important to me and I am always searching for the best, "takeaways," to apply to my teaching repertoire.  This course seems like the perfect platform to gain positive insight and reflection for future application.
My intentions and goals for this course are to engage, deeply, in the material while also engaging in feedback from other educators.  Being able to communicate with other professionals is important to me to investigate teaching/learning practices being applied in other classrooms.

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I believe that this course will be valuable to me because it will help me incorporate teaching and technology. The use of technology in the classroom is only going to increase as time goes on. The more knowledge I have on how combine the use of technology and teaching the better off my future students will be.
Goals
1.        To better understand remote teaching from a teacher perspective.

2.        Learn how to apply different practices in a remote teaching setting.

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I hope that this course helps me reflect on practices used during remote learning and get some new ideas on how to improve in my teaching.

My goals for this course are to gain ideas and tools to engage the students in my emotional/behavioral classroom. I also hope to collaborate with other teachers on what worked for them and being able to take some ideas to my own classroom

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I hope to reflect on the practices I incorporated during remote learning that were successful. I would like to identify why these things worked, how I can improve my teaching practices for the future, and new methods to utilize in my remote classroom.

One goal for this course is to identify ways to connect with students that are not engaged remotely. Another goal is to collaborate with other teachers to share ideas and strategies for success.

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1.  How do you predict this course might be valuable to you?
I think this course will:

·  help me to provide a better online class for my students

·  help me to consider my well-being and the well-being of my students

·  teach me how to build better relationships with my online students

·  learn how to be a better online (and in-person) teacher

2.  What are your intentions/goals for your learning in this course?

·  To learn how to improve my teaching

·  To build better relationships with students in an online class

·  To help my students become independent learners

·  To create a better classroom management plan

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I hope that this course will remind me of the positive outcomes from virtual learning. By the end of this year I felt more than depleted, but deep down I know that there were some valuable experiences along the way.

My intentions for this course are to be mindful of the fact that virtual learning may become part of the "new normal" for education, and to better prepare myself to make that shift if necessary. This year I felt as though I just needed to get through it, going forward I want to have the tools to feel like I'm thriving in this environment, and provide my students with that same sensation. It is my hope that this course can provide me with those tools.

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I anticipate this course helping to rejuvenate my sense of purpose as an educator as I equip myself with new, fresh practices that are effective for students in distance-learning or in-person settings. This course has already given me the opportunity to connect with other educators through various schools and hear their triumphs and frustrations; it will be a cohort of teachers who want to help their students no matter where the classroom ends up being, and being in the presence of so many changemakers is powerful. I also envision The Distance Learning Playbook to be a vital tool in the process.

My ultimate goal for this course is to find at least three tools or ideas that engage students and establish personalized learning that can be applied in a distance or in-person setting. I then plan to use the remainder of the summer holiday finding ways to enhance the work I’ve already done with my previous students to evolve for my incoming students. I want to be ready for whatever the year will bring so that I can be my personal best for my students, therefore creating a place for them to do the same.