Zen Guide for K-5 Back to Virtual School
Got to go back, back, back to virtual school again… Remote learning and virtual classrooms are officially inevitable for most of the country. But it’s OK. We got this💪 We’re pros at dealing with this…
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Spanning the Whole- EdTech for Everyone
When it comes to edtech, there is truly a tool for everything that an educator could ever need. The trick is in finding the tool that best suits the purpose of the learning. Edtech tools…
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Social & Emotional Learning- Keeping it Prevalent
In all of my years in education, I have never had a time where I was so consumed by the emotional welfare of the students, and families, whom I serve. That is not to say…
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History & Geography Virtual Tools
As with all content areas, there are certain aspects of instruction that feel most natural when delivered in person and others that lend themselves well to virtual instruction. Once upon a time, when I taught…
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Language & Culture- Exploring the World From Home
If I think back to my high school Latin class, I distinctly recall the contagious excitement as Mrs. Giovanni* led the class through a rousing chorus of the conjugation jingle, “Porto, portas, portat, portamus, portatis,…
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Assessing Learning From a Distance
One of the biggest challenges facing educators right now, especially those who work with primary grade children, is assessment. How do we deliver assessment in an entirely digital learning environment? How do I decide what…
Students (& Teachers) As Producers Through Video Creation Tools
As a teacher, are you finding yourself challenged with how to present new learning to your students in a way that is both consistent for every child and repetitive for those who need it to…
Being Educationally Distanced in an Otherwise Connected World
As an elementary school principal, who also serves as a Director of Technology & Innovation, the biggest challenge among the COVID-19 Virtual Learning response does not lie within the technology itself. The technology has, and…