https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f Click the "+" symbol in the circle in the lower right corner of your screen to add your thoughts! Title your post with your first name and last initial, and then share your successes and insights from remote teaching these last 3 months. en-us 2020-06-23 12:50:07 UTC 2020-06-24 13:26:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638689945 During the quarantine, teaching remotely, really helped push the teacher replication in the area of screencasts.   I knew it was a great tool, but never took the time to learn how to actually implement it.   During quarantine, it quickly became the backbone of my instruction because, so many kids did not "tune in" for direct teaching for a variety of reasons.   

I also learned many ways to use google classroom to stream line my feedback to students using rubrics.  

I spent a lot of time working with my team of teachers to come up with a plan to work with struggling students, come up with a reasonable work load for students.    The first month in particular was a calibration period where many ideas were shifting daily and we had to constantly adjust.    

Lastly...I spent a lot of time during the first 2 months helping other teachers get their tech together especially for the 6 grade teams.   Once a teacher grabbed hold of technology they really excelled with it.   
  ]]> 2020-06-24 12:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638689945 https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638712052 As the opening video suggested, shifting into remote teaching from using LATI was smooth. My classes were working very independently already. 

One of my personal growth areas was creating and using youtube videos to assist student learning and to maintain personal connection with my students. It was fun to build a collection of videos that I can reuse next year. I had my kids reenact some scenes from one of the books and filmed it as a video, thinking that would be fun for students to see. I didn't quite finish that project, but it helped me see how far I could go and how far students could go using video as a communication and expression tool.

I played around with some other screencastify options like the beta version in which students could send audio recordings. I want to use more video and audio recording options for expression and discussion.


]]> 2020-06-24 13:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638712052 https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638714721 I agree with Nicole and Steve that the use of LATI strategies, such as screencasting and activity lists, really made the transition to remote learning much easier. I was really happy to be able to use Zoom for our debate project and Screencastify for the students' human rights speeches.

Once the Schoology site overcame some initial problems, I found it to be very conducive to managing my ALUs, especially because of its organizational functions. I'm interested in learning more about using Schoology effectively for assessment and grading. 

Finally, I appreciated the availability of IDE PD support for applying advanced features on Zoom and Google Forms. I would like to learn more about recording YouTube videos. I look forward to learning more this week and supporting my colleagues in hybrid learning.]]> 2020-06-24 13:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638714721 https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638715126 Remote learning has been an opportunity to get back to the roots of teaching and find a balance between the art and science of teaching.  The lesson design process was about thinking through what I wanted/needed students to learn and anticipating any roadblocks that they might encounter.  It took so much more planning and editing to create lesson videos than it did to teach a lesson in the classroom because, in the classroom, the communication and collaboration between students helped to move thinking and in our remote learning environment, I could not guarantee that students would be available for live sessions, so I relied heavily on screencasts, powtoons, and other videos to help offer instruction. 

My focus this year was to help my students build executive functioning, and I am so glad that I had spent time purposefully teaching the lessons from Dr. Sulla’s book because it aided in the students’ transition.  I was so proud of how well the majority of my students worked during the last trimester. I think that had I not spent time building habits of learners, they would not have been successful. 

I also spent a lot of time facilitating workshops for teachers on using technology and creating lessons.  Many teachers felt overwhelmed initially because they saw the tech as a barrier that they did not know how to tackle.  After some time and a few trainings, many began to feel more comfortable and even started to become more creative.  ]]> 2020-06-24 13:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638715126 sfyffe https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638717076 LATI certainly made the transition from in-classroom teaching to remote teaching relatively smooth. I found most of the students were comfortable managing their time and accessing resources. I found myself with more time to give better feedback as well, which translated to higher quality work from the students. I also found that some students felt more comfortable reaching out to me through email when they had questions.]]> 2020-06-24 13:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638717076 jfrechette https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638717166 Initially, I had to set up a lot of screencasts to explain directions, tasks/activities, and to stimulate direct instruction. Kids really responded to this because it kept our relationships going, and they would respond to the videos through either Google Classroom private message or Google Hangouts. As a team, we noticed that kids were struggling with executive functions (time management, cognitive flexibility) so as a team we created a Distance Learning Google Classroom where we would post a schedule were a student could access all 4 core subjects specific assignments/activities for that day. This was invaluable to both parents and students. ]]> 2020-06-24 13:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638717166 https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638732481 2020-06-24 13:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638732481 tschumacher1 https://padlet.com/nkoch1/90nt8mb5aubpib0f/wish/638733657 The remote year got off to a crazy start.  To be honest, I was disappoint that the initial response was to fall back on a very traditional lock-step approach to teaching and learning.  The first few weeks felt very uncomfortable because it was very different from what I had worked to develop during the past few years.  My students felt the same way.  It felt flat and not engaging.  When we were given the opportunity to move forward on our own, things began to feel more comfortable.  We brought back activity lists, choice, etc. and the kids were immediately more engaged.  The most fun we had was a mini-ALU at the end of the school year.  I feel that because of this, we ended on a high note.


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