Digital Teaching Strategies

Discover, Discuss, Demonstrate: Using Inquiry-Based Learning to Keep Students Engaged | Edutopia | January 25, 2021 - The 3 Ds learning model is designed to facilitate deeper learning and increase student motivation during synchronous or asynchronous teaching/learning.

Food For Thought: Agency in the time of COVID - Here is a thoughtful and engaging blog by Taryn Bond Clegg on agency and remote learning. 

Teaching in the Concurrent Classroom: 4 Strategies to Make It Work | Webinar with Catlin Tucker and A.J. Juliani for helpful tips when teaching Blended & Online Learning. 

Creating an Inviting Virtual Math Classroom [Edutopia] Focusing on connections—both conceptual and interpersonal—helps teachers work well together to create engaging math work for students.

A 5-Step Guide to Making Your Own Instructional Videos [Edutopia] Replacing your lectures with self-made videos can boost students’ engagement and free you up to work with them directly.

Creativity benefits from constraints… [What Ed Said]  One can drown in the ocean of views on remote learning, examples of schedules, suggested activities, tools and platforms, ways of staying connected, tips for being mindful, advice for checking in with children, etc etc. Stepping away from it all gives me time and space to be creative and generate ideas.

How to Support Home Learning in Elementary Grades [Edutopia] A first and second grade teacher shares his home learning plan for his students and how he is engaging their families.

Resources to Deal with School Closures and More [Commonsense.org]

School Leaders’ Online Toolkit [Corwin]

Online Teaching Toolkit [Corwin]

3 Tips for Humanizing Digital Pedagogy [Edutopia] Social Connection: An elementary teacher who has worked for an edtech start-up argues that it’s important now—with teachers and students working separately—to promote reflection and social connection as tools for learning.

Why Learning at Home Should Be More Self-Directed—and Less Structured  Edutopia] Learner Agency: On March 18, 2020, Simone Kern tweeted that simply “recreating schools at home” passes up a golden opportunity to engage kids in authentic, self-directed learning.

Focusing on Student Well-Being in Times of Crisis [Edutopia]  Social Emotional: One teacher recommends supporting student safety through three Cs: communication, consistency, and control.

Using Smartphones to Support Learning in Nature [Edutopia]  Technology: Technology, used appropriately, can be a tool for thoughtful observation, enhancing students' interactions with the natural world.

New Strategies in Special Education as Kids Learn From Home [Edutopia]  Special Education: In special education, teachers say that schedules, sensory supports, and close collaboration with families can help smooth the transition to remote learning during coronavirus.