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It would have been nice to be able to get students in more often to do labs or activities. This would have greatly "split up" our course and provided unique opportunities to connect 1on1 with students. I understand that this is a difficult "sell," especially to some parents, but I think the overall benefit would have been fantastic.

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I enjoyed using one "medium" where students could meet, collaborate, find resources, and submit assignments. I feel like this streamlined the month tremendously. I was also able to do "Exit Interviews" for my students as a summative exam, which worked very well. It is also very useful to call/meet with individual students in Teams if need be.

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Meetings in Teams are simply not (yet) optimized of educational purposes. Watching videos with students is difficult as they are laggy and don't sound very good. Furthermore, the overall quality of meetings depends on your computer and strength of internet connection. This is also important for students, as their computer/internet connection can drastically alter what appears on their end.

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Students need their internet to be working perfectly. Perhaps needing to upgrade

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shows which students are highly engaged and which are not so engaged.

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Class size and composition really matters at Summer Learning. Large and really challenging class compositions make this model somewhat overwhelming.

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Class size and composition really matters at Summer Learning. Large and really challenging class compositions make this model somewhat overwhelming.

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Valid/Accurate assessment.

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Students not participating in group chats or in discussions

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Students not participating in group chats or in discussions

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Getting immediate feedback on student learning/engagement

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Student accessibility (no commute, different ways to communicate/ask questions, working from a comfortable space)

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I feel very disconnected from my students. Reading subtle cues in body language, voice, give me so much insight as to how they are coping/connecting/engaging with the work we are doing. We are not simply educators, we are a caring, compassionate adult in the lives of these kids and I'm sorry but a screen cannot replace that TRUE connection.

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I feel very disconnected from my students. Reading subtle cues in body language, voice, give me so much insight as to how they are coping/connecting/engaging with the work we are doing. We are not simply educators, we are a caring, compassionate adult in the lives of these kids and I'm sorry but a screen cannot replace that TRUE connection.

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less paper (more e-waste though so six of one...)

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less paper (more e-waste though so six of one...)

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so much screen time is not the best for developing brains

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so much screen time is not the best for developing brains

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Filming my demos was pretty handy, plus my demos often end in hilarity so educational and entertaining, whatta combo!

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Filming my demos was pretty handy, plus my demos often end in hilarity so educational and entertaining, whatta combo!

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They have said that they really like being comfy at home!
Students have also said that in this model it feels like they have "more time for homework" and that they sometimes have the option to work at their own pace.
Also students who would not typically participate, are doing so significantly more!
Students are also generally more organized.

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No paper
I get better participation across the board.
I am forced to be innovative which positively develops my practice!
Marking & feedback are pretty easy and nicely organized with teams.

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They feel disconnected from their peers. I find this makes them more anxious to participate in groups or do presentation.
Self-motivation is a big one.
Remembering meetings.
Most do schoolwork in their bedrooms and so finding balance between school/thinking about school and relaxation is difficult.

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Feeling disconnected from students.
Less raising of hands during class time, but also students don't ask as many questions about assignments and content, etc. maybe because they think its too obvious? Or because they don't want to put themselves out there?
Assessment, formative especially, sometimes you just know by looking at a student if they understand or not.
Class composition for sure. I'm doing great with 15 kids in my current class, but when Sept comes it will certainly be more of a challenge.

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I'm very happy with how Summer Learning has been going. However there are some things that could "change" for September. Primarily that all students need training with Office365 and especially Teams. Review how to send a polite email, plagiarism, how to not leave your teacher on "read," practice creating self-motivation strategies or organization skills.

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Kids going on vacation (which should be great because of flexibility) was nightmarish because of poor wifi and distractions.

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Kids going on vacation (which should be great because of flexibility) was nightmarish because of poor wifi and distractions.

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-Perhaps more direct instruction during advance learning sessions on how to successfully teach an online class - practical strategies & tips and tricks.

-adherence to contract class size and composition language + EA support

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-organization of content, resources, assignments, grades
-quick and easy ways to communicate

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Despite a ton of time and effort, feeling kind of isolated from staff and students - the authentic natural connections are harder to make online. It can be difficult to make quick formative observations to then use to direct support to students

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Moving away from traditional assessment pattern

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validity of the grade as it's hard to invigilate who is actually doing the assessment with what depth of knowledge

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Class Notebook Helped keep kids organized and was a great way to interact with students 

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Class Notebook Helped keep kids organized and was a great way to interact with students 

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Independence Online method empowered students to take ownership of their learning 

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Independence Online method empowered students to take ownership of their learning 

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Jeopardy/Kahoot etc Good ways to get immediate feedback 

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Jeopardy/Kahoot etc Good ways to get immediate feedback 

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Working as a team Having other teachers to work through the course with and bounce ideas off was important 

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Working as a team Having other teachers to work through the course with and bounce ideas off was important 

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Break out groups Dividing up the class lets them work with their peers who are working on the  Can camouflage streaming in groups so students aren’t self-conscious about their level 

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Break out groups Dividing up the class lets them work with their peers who are working on the  Can camouflage streaming in groups so students aren’t self-conscious about their level 

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Daily goal setting/reflections Helps center students and model for them how to track their work Can create individualized to-do lists through Notebook easily 

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Daily goal setting/reflections Helps center students and model for them how to track their work Can create individualized to-do lists through Notebook easily 

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Tech barriers We spent DAYS getting all of the various tech issues sorted before we could get down to math 

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Tech barriers We spent DAYS getting all of the various tech issues sorted before we could get down to math 

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Keeping kids on track and motivated  Students can hide behind their screens more easily than in a classroom Often needed to have students send work with direct chat message to ensure they have done what was asked Without a meaningful relationship with the student, they seem to be less accountable to the teacher Trying to respect the pace different students work at, but also keep on a reasonable schedule can be tough 

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Keeping kids on track and motivated  Students can hide behind their screens more easily than in a classroom Often needed to have students send work with direct chat message to ensure they have done what was asked Without a meaningful relationship with the student, they seem to be less accountable to the teacher Trying to respect the pace different students work at, but also keep on a reasonable schedule can be tough 

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Students will weak executive functioning find it very difficult to keep track of everything 

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Students will weak executive functioning find it very difficult to keep track of everything 

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Knowing our students  Hard to build community in an online environment Kids often will not unmute/ or turn on video  

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Knowing our students  Hard to build community in an online environment Kids often will not unmute/ or turn on video  

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Lack of meaningful communication  Students won’t unmic Chat can be very time consuming Wait time for a response can waste time Tutorials feel very one-sided and don’t have any back and forth Kids don’t ask questions or don’t know how to 

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Lack of meaningful communication  Students won’t unmic Chat can be very time consuming Wait time for a response can waste time Tutorials feel very one-sided and don’t have any back and forth Kids don’t ask questions or don’t know how to 

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Tracking student progress This is time consuming, especially if you don’t have a solid plan for how to do it Multiple platforms need to be checked constantly for engagement – trying to teach and track at the same time is impossible 

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Tracking student progress This is time consuming, especially if you don’t have a solid plan for how to do it Multiple platforms need to be checked constantly for engagement – trying to teach and track at the same time is impossible 

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More clarity for families up front around technology requirements We know they were told, but no follow-up was done to ensure kids had proper access 

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More clarity for families up front around technology requirements We know they were told, but no follow-up was done to ensure kids had proper access 

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Establish Chat Expectations at the start

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Establish Chat Expectations at the start

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More flexibility for kids in terms of synchronicity 

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More flexibility for kids in terms of synchronicity 

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A chance to meet kids in person could help with relationships and accountability 

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A chance to meet kids in person could help with relationships and accountability 

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An introduction of the teaching team to each other early in the process and a clear overview of the course goals would help if there are no returning teachers

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An introduction of the teaching team to each other early in the process and a clear overview of the course goals would help if there are no returning teachers

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The option to record tutorials would make teacher workload much lighter for teachers who are managing multiple classes in the fall 

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The option to record tutorials would make teacher workload much lighter for teachers who are managing multiple classes in the fall 

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Look at the amount of time for this course it takes for the teachers when doing online vs in the classroom Staff: student ratio Less kids would make course more meaningful or more staff would help us support students better More support for students with IEP’s Teachers could be paid for more than half a day if it stayed the same 

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Look at the amount of time for this course it takes for the teachers when doing online vs in the classroom Staff: student ratio Less kids would make course more meaningful or more staff would help us support students better More support for students with IEP’s Teachers could be paid for more than half a day if it stayed the same 

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More tech tutorials for teachers who are not comfortable with the program during staff meetings 

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More tech tutorials for teachers who are not comfortable with the program during staff meetings 

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More clarity around expectations of teacher working days up front 

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More clarity around expectations of teacher working days up front 

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More clarity of expectations for Foundations courses within Summer Learning 100% attendance policy not very student centered and clarity on exceptions would be helpful for new teachers 

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More clarity of expectations for Foundations courses within Summer Learning 100% attendance policy not very student centered and clarity on exceptions would be helpful for new teachers 

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They were able to access the assignments prior to class time
There was more choice and individualized learning

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Feeling disconnected
There wasn’t any class community
It was hard to get feeling of understanding

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 students are learning how to effectively communicate ideas and display learning using many different technological tools

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 students are learning how to effectively communicate ideas and display learning using many different technological tools

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some difficultly getting valid results from unsupervised quizzes

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some difficultly getting valid results from unsupervised quizzes

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Feedback can be instantaneous.
Microsoft teams makes it very easy to see who has been engaged as well as analyze trends in grades and on time assignments. Organization is done for the students - they do not need to create a binder, nor will they ever lose any notes or assignments. This model is also very green, there was no need to print out multitudes of notes/quizzes/assignments. It was easy for students to get in touch with me if they had questions. It was also easy to answer their questions with screen sharing. Meetings with students were easy to set up outside of class time.

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Having educational assistants would be very helpful, especially for students with IEPs and that have difficulty handing work in on time.

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Scaling this model to multiple classes would be very challenging considering the amount of additional work required to give useful feedback. Having some students hand work in on time required additional support from their parents, which will not always be viable. Some online tools are free, but have limits on how much you can use them (i.e. padlet).

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Students’ perspective (these responses are taken from a student survey I created):

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Students’ perspective (these responses are taken from a student survey I created):

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·      technology complications (like links failing, computers dying, lagging, etc.

·      less one on one on one help from teachers and so forth less individual guidance

·      you can’t always learn what you don’t understand quickly or easily because you can’t have a face to face with someone who can explain it to you in a way you understand

·      no face to face conversations, no questions can be asked while watching the tutorial videos

·      Occasionally Team's freezes and I can't type, turn on my mic, or leave a meeting

·      Not as much one on one help, not as much interactions with peers which makes it less enjoyable, not enough explanations for work, it ends up being a lot of self-learning.

·      it is harder to ask questions since we aren't in a classroom and it’s easier to get distracted from home.

·      Staying on task, because you can do many things on your computer during lessons without your teacher knowing

·      I wish the collabs were longer as I struggled to just work things out on my own.

·      a lot of work, short times to study for a lesson, and more projects weekly

·      I don't get motivated a lot in home

·      Being inside most of the day and sometimes there’s more distractions at your house

·      Having to ask the teacher or a student a question through a device is a lot harder than asking in real life and getting an answer/response explained in person.

·      technological challenges, hard to stay focused or ask questions.

·      Less interaction with others, eg. the teacher for help, and other students for group collab work.

Teacher's Perspective:
·      The time spent in preparing lessons and content, marking quizzes and projects online, answering questions to students after class, and creating the video tutorials was a lot.

·      Summer Learning is already a fast pace when taught face-to-face and some students struggled with the fast pace plus the online component.

·      Adapting lesson and work content for students with IEPs

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·      OneNote is an amazing learning management tool that works well with MS Teams, for both teachers and students

·      Collaborating with colleagues and having four of us teaching the same course to bounce ideas off each other was crucial to the success of teaching this course 100% online.

·      We tried Flipped Learning and produced/compiled video tutorials for the whole course. If I were to teach this course, I would have a good amount of online teaching resources.

Students’ perspective (these responses are taken from a student survey I created):

·      you are able to be more independent

·      it's more comfortable for introverts

·      There is more time to understand each new lesson at your own pace

·      makes people work in small groups of two or three, and learn to work with strangers.

·      I find it easy to use Microsoft Teams. It's good to have everything in one place, on one app.

·      sometimes it makes it less stressful than going to school and seeing everybody in person

·      we can manage ourselves in the ways that we prefer and set our own fluid schedules that work depending on our activities

·      we are at home so we don't have to wake up as early and we have all our supplies with us so we can't forget anything

·      Communicating with my teacher

·      it allows students to gain more knowledge of the course and understanding the concepts

·      when working by yourself you will not get distracted by the lesson the teacher is teaching

·      it gives you an opportunity to be more independent and learn how to manage your time as well as work around problems and try different things

·      More flexible work times, easier to create break times when needed.

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Students’ perspective (these responses are taken from a student survey I created):

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Students’ perspective (these responses are taken from a student survey I created):

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·      more individual studying time during class

·      Maybe the class could use cameras, so the teacher can tell if someone is distracted or not

·      I think it was well set up/organized

Teachers
·      Right now, I’m still digesting what we’ve done in the past month. However, I feel that I’ve learned a lot when it comes to online teaching and learning. I feel comfortable teaching online and I can help my colleagues within my department if we are to teach online again.

·      If I were to do Flipped Learning again, I would find a way to keep track  of students watching the video tutorials. Also, I would add questions throughout the  video tutorials to check for understanding and keep track of that as well.

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I come from a heavy project focus but do see value in some summative tests. online, it is quite challenging to do effectively. Tests are still useful in balance.

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Student attendance on paper is very good. students do not have to travel to go to school.

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Students can use much of their time as it suits where they are at in their learning. They can practice problems, seek help, work on a project etc.

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We are our senses. For some students and teachers, not being in the same physical space is challenging and unnatural for them.

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More streamlined approach to workbook distribution

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More streamlined approach to workbook distribution

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Excellent opportunities for collaboration among teachers. It’s easier to support multiple students at once, even beyond your own class. In Math 10, we have rotated weeks of being the lead teacher. Among other things, the lead teacher ran activities for all four classes in the “Monster” Team.

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Excellent opportunities for collaboration among teachers. It’s easier to support multiple students at once, even beyond your own class. In Math 10, we have rotated weeks of being the lead teacher. Among other things, the lead teacher ran activities for all four classes in the “Monster” Team.

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Work/Life balance. Having the Teams app on my phone makes it hard to shut work off for the night/weekend. Some students are not very skilled at asking questions in text-only format. 

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Work/Life balance. Having the Teams app on my phone makes it hard to shut work off for the night/weekend. Some students are not very skilled at asking questions in text-only format. 

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Ways to encourage group collegiality amongst students, I need ideas!  It is so much harder online when you have never met them!

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Ways to encourage group collegiality amongst students, I need ideas!  It is so much harder online when you have never met them!

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Private help, students don't feel hesitant to ask in front of peers

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Private help, students don't feel hesitant to ask in front of peers

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Tech is easier to integrate when they all have computers! DESMOS graphing, etc.

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Tech is easier to integrate when they all have computers! DESMOS graphing, etc.

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Colleague contact is easy and fast!  Sharing is quick too!

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Colleague contact is easy and fast!  Sharing is quick too!

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All info/resources/chats/marks are in one place!

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All info/resources/chats/marks are in one place!

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Engagement.  Students signing in then going to sleep, etc.

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Engagement.  Students signing in then going to sleep, etc.

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Time for prep is sooooo much greater than any other year.

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Time for prep is sooooo much greater than any other year.

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Academic dishonesty is so prevalent and hard to see/confirm.

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Academic dishonesty is so prevalent and hard to see/confirm.