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[quote=Anonymous]I agree that 26 kids is too many for a live session. Even in the classroom you tend to do a group lesson then break into groups and float around them. So for distance learning you post a short video for the full class lesson, plus asynchronous assignments, then have shorter, smaller live meets with preset groups at preset time slots within the class period. Every student is expected to watch the video before their live slot, do the assignment on their own, and to be on time for the live session or be locked out. If they don't, it is their loss. Test on Friday ;)

One example for a single subject teacher with multiple classes of the same subject: If a class is normally Thursday from 9-9:45, a 5-7 minute video (or other on line lesson) with assignment is available after 5 on Wednesday, must be viewed before the live session. If you have groups of 13, the Honeybees go live from 9:10-9:25 and the Zoros go from 9:30-9:45 [if you need to work with smaller groups, they get less time, just like in school]. Independent assignments must be turned in by 5:00. If you are a middle school teacher and see 4-5 class periods with the same course, you are posting one short video per day and hosting the same-topic 15 minute live chat 8 to 10 times, with 5 minutes between chats to set up and 20 minutes between classes, plus whatever your normal breaks were during the school year, minus lunch and playground duty (you could make one of those office hours). If you are a student, you could do all the videos and assignments as homework, or you could keep to your normal class schedule (my preference), and watch the video when class starts, attend the live session, do the assignment (or reversed), move on to next class.

Schools with single classroom teachers may need to move to single subject teachers. That's what my kids have had since second grade anyway.
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