The Gold Standard for Remote Learning

[Anonymous]

This article talks about a book that contains strategies for teaching remotely - highly recommend!!!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/remote-learning-gold-standard/2021/01/10/da2fd0b6-4f64-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html

[Anonymous]

Teachers have started online communities in places like Facebook to share what is working best. They are amazing resources full of real time information. I'm a member of one called Kindergarten Online (I think) that has been phenomenally useful.

That's great that these teachers have already produced a book but I'd point out that it is very likely NONE of them have done distance teaching any longer than any other teachers currently doing this work. We all have about the same amount of experience.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for sharing, OP.

I don’t know these particular teachers, PP, but it is not accurate to assume that the authors have the same amount or type of DL experience as a teacher in a brick and mortar school. Some teachers were teaching online either part or full time before the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for sharing, OP.

I don’t know these particular teachers, PP, but it is not accurate to assume that the authors have the same amount or type of DL experience as a teacher in a brick and mortar school. Some teachers were teaching online either part or full time before the pandemic.

Teaching kindergarten remotely? I suppose anything is possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for sharing, OP.

I don’t know these particular teachers, PP, but it is not accurate to assume that the authors have the same amount or type of DL experience as a teacher in a brick and mortar school. Some teachers were teaching online either part or full time before the pandemic.

The lead authors haven't been in the classroom for ten years. The others were all in person teachers who had to make the change right along with the rest of us to distance teaching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teachers have started online communities in places like Facebook to share what is working best. They are amazing resources full of real time information. I'm a member of one called Kindergarten Online (I think) that has been phenomenally useful.

That's great that these teachers have already produced a book but I'd point out that it is very likely NONE of them have done distance teaching any longer than any other teachers currently doing this work. We all have about the same amount of experience.

This! I have joined google classroom/apps communities, secondary math online communities, and several where people are sharing resources and structures freely. I don’t like much about this pandemic, but teachers have really rallied to support each other and share their successes and lessons learned. Way more valuable to me than a book by people who haven’t taught in years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers have started online communities in places like Facebook to share what is working best. They are amazing resources full of real time information. I'm a member of one called Kindergarten Online (I think) that has been phenomenally useful.

That's great that these teachers have already produced a book but I'd point out that it is very likely NONE of them have done distance teaching any longer than any other teachers currently doing this work. We all have about the same amount of experience.

This! I have joined google classroom/apps communities, secondary math online communities, and several where people are sharing resources and structures freely. I don’t like much about this pandemic, but teachers have really rallied to support each other and share their successes and lessons learned. Way more valuable to me than a book by people who haven’t taught in years.

This. I especially value input from people in my district teaching my students’ peers (special program). Even when we teach different courses or disciplines, it is helpful to see what I can access that engaged similar learners. Too many times I sat is a district PD and learned techniques for a different audience than I teach. Worse, I have paid OOP for trainings for my population that use technology my district won’t allow.