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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of a rising first grader here. My son's K teacher didn't do a morning meeting, but I wish she had. It would have been a nice way to set a routine and help with the transition into "school time". I agree with others that small groups where the teacher calls on each student worked well. My son didn't really participate if it was up to him to raise his hand in Blackboard (though he would have in a real classroom). But he was happy to share something he had written down or drawn if she called on each student one by one. When the students were given a few minutes to work on something on their own during a live session, she played music. I thought that was a nice touch. The kids knew that when the music stopped it was time to stop working and share what they had done.

I also think videos filmed by the teacher are better than ones pulled off YouTube, etc. Some third party videos are fine, but a big part of successful online courses is teacher presence. My son liked watching videos filmed by the teachers in his grade, but got bored of Jack Hartman, Go Noodle, etc. His K teacher relied too heavily on those. The videos don't need to be high tech as long as the lighting and audio are good.[/quote]

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