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platform becomes overwhelmed if several people post at once, can take a while to update

might become hard to monitor

requires an element of digital literacy that not every student will have

overall concerns about privacy if not formatted correctly

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story map feature that allows you to connect ideas could be really helpful as a graphic organizer tool for students

varying ways to link online tools like music, hyperlink, gifs, videos, etc.

students can easily comment on each other's ideas

ability to approve comments and filter out profanity

fairly easy interface to use (the 5th graders in my student teaching placement mastered it in a few days)

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This is an area that I feel really challenged by because so many of the assessments that are required in scripted curriculum are dehumanizing and assume there is only one correct answer. How do I incorporate humanizing assessments when my environment prioritizes assessments that are dehumanizing?

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Resource that assists students in summarizing a text; I can see this being EXTREMELY helpful for ELLs or assignments when students need to review a large amount of text or materials.

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SMMRY - Summarize articles, text, websites, essays and documents

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Summarize articles, text, websites, essays and documents for free with SMMRY

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Offers a kid friendly "town hall" that explains COVID to younger students.

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entire sesame street coronavirus town hall: the abc's of covid-19 - cnn video

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Entire Sesame Street coronavirus town hall: The ABC's of Covid-19 - CNN Video

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CNN partnered with Sesame Street for "The ABC's of Covid-19: A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall For Families," their fifth town hall to show families how to stay healthy during the holidays -- while still having fun -- during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Helps educators and students create less intimidating assignment trackers that maintains due dates and grades.

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The best way to manage homework | ClassTrak Homework App

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ClassTrak is the easiest way for teachers to help their students keep track of homework and upcoming tests. Save time and ensure better communication with your students and their parents.

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Provides a skeleton for students to use to create comics and pre-filled elements (dialogue, actions, etc).

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Create Your Own Comic Strips Online with MakeBeliefsComix

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We Offer Support and Resources.

From Richard Byrne, editor of Practical Ed Tech Tip of the Week -- ''Creating Comics for Comfort'' -- Living in Maine and father of two school-age children, Richard wrote the following item for teachers and students dealing with the terrible tragedy of the recent mass shootings in that state. He thought this an appropriate time to review and use Social and Emotional Learning resources, such as those offered by MakeBeliefsComix.com.

Make Beliefs Comix offers a library of fantastic, free ebooks for SEL. The library hosted by Make Beliefs Comix contains fillable PDFs that you can download for free. The latest addition to that library is 50+ Ways to Talk to Yourself and Find Healing. And for something a bit lighter, take a look at Pet Words: Conversations With Your Animal Friends.

"Here's a video overview of the Make Beliefs Comix ebooks and here's one about how to create comic strips on the Make Beliefs Comix website."

For many LGBTQ+ kids, especially when they're figuring things out, finding accepting spaces online can sometimes feel safer. Seek out creative opportunities and modes of self-expression, with this section in Make Beliefs Comix.

READ ABOUT US IN THE NEW YORK TIMES!

ARTICLE #1: (click on the link below)
MakeBeliefsComix encourages students to create their own visual pandemic diary.

ARTICLE #2: (click on the link below)
One easy way to start playing with ideas is through the free, online tool at MakeBeliefsComix.com.

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Create Comics Online, it's Fun & Free at MakeBeliefsComix!

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Create comics online at MakeBeliefsComix. A fun way educators & parents can empower students to express ideas and stories in comix!

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Major takeaways:

it is extremely important that our online learning spaces meet all of the unique needs of students including those who have 504s and IEPs (-> connect and communicate frequently with SPED educators and other school resources)

online learning is so much more complex than I realized

online teachers should are responsible for creating the same safe, inviting, and equitable classroom space that in person teachers are expected to

elements like consistent communication, relationship building actions, and moments to connect individually with classroom communities can really benefit an online learning space.

"Unconventional" uses of online learning that can benefit students:

amplifying diverse voices of authority

instructing students who are absent

bringing in more qualified teachers

helping students become digitally literate

PD for teachers

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Resisting Dehumanizing Assessments: Critical Humanizing Pedagogies in Online Teacher Education
Allows for teachers to fairly and equitably get an understanding of their student’s learning. In these types of assessments, it is important to define and strive for the overall purpose of the assignment, connecting to students’ unique contexts, and have an element of multimodality

Favorite quote: “Quizzes, tests, assignments, or activities that assume one single correct answer, fail to connect with students’ lived realities, or expect students to respond in a “cookie cutter” format do not address the socio-cultural, embodied, relational, and affective nature of teaching and learning" (p. 125)

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Emergency Remote Teaching vs. Online Learning 

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Emergency Remote Teaching vs. Online Learning 

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Online Learning:

"Results from careful instructional design and planning, using a systematic model for design and development" (p.3)

Looks differently depending on the context and needs of students

Fully online vs. blended vs. web-enabled F2F

Pedagogies:

Expository

Practice

Exploratory

Collaborative

Effectiveness changes based on what the larger goal of the course is and the variability in students

Emergency Remote Teaching:

The last minute shift that occurred in March of 2020  when teachers were forced last minute to teach students online due to the pandemic

Many students were taught through asynchronously (independent) assignments with occasional check-ins with teachers.

In this emergency context, we should first put the needs of our students and teachers first -> how can we support our community during this emergency?

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Here are the Pandemic Teaching Resources that I'm going to add to my teaching toolbox 

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Here are the Pandemic Teaching Resources that I'm going to add to my teaching toolbox 

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Interpretations and Synthesis of Course Readings

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Interpretations and Synthesis of Course Readings