We live in a world full of distractions. Email notifications, chat messages, calendar reminders, and news or sports updates inundate us multiple times a day. Society seems to equate busyness with productivity. We focus on “doing” far more often than we consider our state of “being”. As an adult, I have learned the value of […]
This week I had the opportunity to observe an edtech coach teaching digital citizenship lessons for classrooms full of students. While the topic of the learning revolved around the use of technology, not one student utilized a digital device during the lesson. In an age in which students are surrounded by screens throughout the day […]
It is vital that we develop empathy for our students. As a classroom teacher, I often thought back to my days as a child in a classroom – trying to imagine how actions I took as a teacher would have affected me. But in the midst of a global pandemic, I cannot personally relate to […]
Look at All We Have Accomplished in 2020! I admit, I have been feeling relatively unproductive in the last couple of months, particularly in contrast to the rest of the year. Prior to the entrance of COVID19 into the world, I had begun writing my second book. As distance learning began in March of 2020, […]
It can be easy to fall in to a trap of negativity in 2020 – to dwell on the number of students who are not attending video calls or completing asynchronous work, internet connectivity challenges, continuously changing health regulations. These are real struggles in education. And it is vital to continuously seek to find ways […]
I have recently been speaking with administrators and educators who are planning to return to physical classrooms with students present, with social distancing in place. The conversations have been fraught with anxious excitement. Hybrid teaching is not synonymous with pre-2020 teaching. Between classroom setup, schedules, health guidelines, and everything in between – much has changed. […]
I have been working with countless educators over the past few weeks, all of whom are tirelessly learning new skills, tools, and strategies to design learning experiences to students, in this new environment of a distance and/or hybrid context. As educators in Fall 2020, we are all akin to first year teachers – leading learning […]
Last week I was burned out on video calls. While I enjoy my role in supporting educators in implementing distance learning, hours of zoom meetings took a toll on my eyes and energy levels. You may be experiencing something similar. Might our students be “zoomed out” as well? How might we continue to provide quality […]
This is by far the busiest fall I have ever experienced as an educator. My educational technology coaching skills are in high demand as so many districts have shifted to a distance or hybrid model of instruction. There is a need for training in various platforms, nearly all of which are iterating and updating continuously. […]
In spring of 2020 when schools closed their campuses due to a global pandemic, a common concern I heard from educators was lack of student engagement in virtual learning. Video call attendance was sparse, office hours were quiet, and virtual assignments were not viewed. Educators struggled to connect with students, to maintain relationships. Many schools […]
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