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Anonymous wrote:Guys you just excuse kids from the stuff they can’t do virtual and make sure there’s plenty they can do virtual. If the class summative is a Socratic, they do a written response if they are out. It isn’t that hard.

You don’t teach second grade, do you?

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Anonymous wrote:Guys you just excuse kids from the stuff they can’t do virtual and make sure there’s plenty they can do virtual. If the class summative is a Socratic, they do a written response if they are out. It isn’t that hard.

It depends on the class, the student, and how the assessment is constructed and scored. An individual written response doesn’t gauge the student’s ability to build on or modify other people’s points, nor does it allow the student to write a critique and evaluation of other groups’ seminars.

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Anonymous wrote:Guys you just excuse kids from the stuff they can’t do virtual and make sure there’s plenty they can do virtual. If the class summative is a Socratic, they do a written response if they are out. It isn’t that hard.

You don’t teach second grade, do you?

No. If I taught second grade this wouldn’t be an issue at all. There’s no grades. They can log into SeeSaw, do their reading on RAZ kids , math in IXL or whatever the math app is this year, etc. High school is when they might miss actual content but you just excuse where you can, modify and adapt for them to independently show mastery on a task that’s appropriate. we do not have to reinvent the wheel here, y’all are gonna drive yourselves crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:Guys you just excuse kids from the stuff they can’t do virtual and make sure there’s plenty they can do virtual. If the class summative is a Socratic, they do a written response if they are out. It isn’t that hard.

You don’t teach second grade, do you?

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Anonymous wrote:Guys you just excuse kids from the stuff they can’t do virtual and make sure there’s plenty they can do virtual. If the class summative is a Socratic, they do a written response if they are out. It isn’t that hard.

It depends on the class, the student, and how the assessment is constructed and scored. An individual written response doesn’t gauge the student’s ability to build on or modify other people’s points, nor does it allow the student to write a critique and evaluation of other groups’ seminars.

Anonymous wrote:Guys you just excuse kids from the stuff they can’t do virtual and make sure there’s plenty they can do virtual. If the class summative is a Socratic, they do a written response if they are out. It isn’t that hard.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to know which school is telling teachers to prepare for any pivot to virtual because mine and nobody else’s I know (I know a lot of teachers in nova) are being told that. It is quite literally full speed ahead on normal plans.

My school isn’t saying that but I’ve had many colleagues say “WHEN” we go virtual while we were prepping this week. Also heard our health aid say we aren’t going to be in past November. Way to be negative and start off on the wrong foot!

Perhaps school specific? That’s not the conversation at our school at all.

Same. I haven’t heard anything like that.

Well, that makes me feel marginally better. Still, isn’t the mandate to maintain assignments and asynchronous work for students on-line a district wide one?

That would be the case if there was no such thing as a pandemic. It’s why we have schoology now and used Google classroom before or vision or whatever LMS we had at any given time. Materials stay there so kids can always access and complete. If they are out for quarantine now that’s what they’ll do as well just like before. That isn’t new because of covid, we have always done that.

Yes, as a organizational guide and calendar. However, I know need to make sure all texts we read are or worksheets and projects we do are readable or do-able online. I am housing more course content in digital mode.

You have this in Schoology now? I don't think anyone on my team has anything in Schoology yet. I haven't had time to give it much attention yet and I'm not sure what I'd put in there anyhow at this point.

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Oh God no. All my stuff is on Google Classroom. I am incredibly pissed off about Schoology… Zoom, too, but only a little bit less so. I teach high school English. I ended up only teaching texts that I could find pdfs for so as not to deprive the virtual kids.. Also, class debates and socratic seminars went out the window with concurrent. I am just wondering how much I can plan in person projects and assessments if there always needs to be a virtul corollary for kids who might be in quarantine.

Hmmmm. I’m just thinking about our elementary school day and there really isn’t much I could just upload to Schoology. A lot of the first few weeks will be setting expectations and procedures such as modeling how to move on and out of Morning Meeting, how to greet during MM, setting up math workshop, etc. Even later in the year I’m not sure how small group lessons, centers, number sense routines and the like will be conveyed through Schoology.

It is easier to use digital coursework with high school materials. I, too, am focusing on community building exercises and familiarizing students with procedures and expectations the first two weeks. However, after that, there will be parental and administrative pressure to regularly record grades on SIS. If we expect kids to be in and out of quarantine, assignments and assessments that cannot be completed remotely will be considered “inequitable.”

Anonymous wrote:Guys you just excuse kids from the stuff they can’t do virtual and make sure there’s plenty they can do virtual. If the class summative is a Socratic, they do a written response if they are out. It isn’t that hard.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to know which school is telling teachers to prepare for any pivot to virtual because mine and nobody else’s I know (I know a lot of teachers in nova) are being told that. It is quite literally full speed ahead on normal plans.

My school isn’t saying that but I’ve had many colleagues say “WHEN” we go virtual while we were prepping this week. Also heard our health aid say we aren’t going to be in past November. Way to be negative and start off on the wrong foot!

Perhaps school specific? That’s not the conversation at our school at all.

Same. I haven’t heard anything like that.

Well, that makes me feel marginally better. Still, isn’t the mandate to maintain assignments and asynchronous work for students on-line a district wide one?

That would be the case if there was no such thing as a pandemic. It’s why we have schoology now and used Google classroom before or vision or whatever LMS we had at any given time. Materials stay there so kids can always access and complete. If they are out for quarantine now that’s what they’ll do as well just like before. That isn’t new because of covid, we have always done that.

Yes, as a organizational guide and calendar. However, I know need to make sure all texts we read are or worksheets and projects we do are readable or do-able online. I am housing more course content in digital mode.

You have this in Schoology now? I don't think anyone on my team has anything in Schoology yet. I haven't had time to give it much attention yet and I'm not sure what I'd put in there anyhow at this point.

ES Teacher

Oh God no. All my stuff is on Google Classroom. I am incredibly pissed off about Schoology… Zoom, too, but only a little bit less so. I teach high school English. I ended up only teaching texts that I could find pdfs for so as not to deprive the virtual kids.. Also, class debates and socratic seminars went out the window with concurrent. I am just wondering how much I can plan in person projects and assessments if there always needs to be a virtul corollary for kids who might be in quarantine.

Hmmmm. I’m just thinking about our elementary school day and there really isn’t much I could just upload to Schoology. A lot of the first few weeks will be setting expectations and procedures such as modeling how to move on and out of Morning Meeting, how to greet during MM, setting up math workshop, etc. Even later in the year I’m not sure how small group lessons, centers, number sense routines and the like will be conveyed through Schoology.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to know which school is telling teachers to prepare for any pivot to virtual because mine and nobody else’s I know (I know a lot of teachers in nova) are being told that. It is quite literally full speed ahead on normal plans.

My school isn’t saying that but I’ve had many colleagues say “WHEN” we go virtual while we were prepping this week. Also heard our health aid say we aren’t going to be in past November. Way to be negative and start off on the wrong foot!

Perhaps school specific? That’s not the conversation at our school at all.

Same. I haven’t heard anything like that.

Well, that makes me feel marginally better. Still, isn’t the mandate to maintain assignments and asynchronous work for students on-line a district wide one?

That would be the case if there was no such thing as a pandemic. It’s why we have schoology now and used Google classroom before or vision or whatever LMS we had at any given time. Materials stay there so kids can always access and complete. If they are out for quarantine now that’s what they’ll do as well just like before. That isn’t new because of covid, we have always done that.

Yes, as a organizational guide and calendar. However, I know need to make sure all texts we read are or worksheets and projects we do are readable or do-able online. I am housing more course content in digital mode.

You have this in Schoology now? I don't think anyone on my team has anything in Schoology yet. I haven't had time to give it much attention yet and I'm not sure what I'd put in there anyhow at this point.

ES Teacher

Oh God no. All my stuff is on Google Classroom. I am incredibly pissed off about Schoology… Zoom, too, but only a little bit less so. I teach high school English. I ended up only teaching texts that I could find pdfs for so as not to deprive the virtual kids.. Also, class debates and socratic seminars went out the window with concurrent. I am just wondering how much I can plan in person projects and assessments if there always needs to be a virtul corollary for kids who might be in quarantine.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to know which school is telling teachers to prepare for any pivot to virtual because mine and nobody else’s I know (I know a lot of teachers in nova) are being told that. It is quite literally full speed ahead on normal plans.

My school isn’t saying that but I’ve had many colleagues say “WHEN” we go virtual while we were prepping this week. Also heard our health aid say we aren’t going to be in past November. Way to be negative and start off on the wrong foot!

Perhaps school specific? That’s not the conversation at our school at all.

Same. I haven’t heard anything like that.

Well, that makes me feel marginally better. Still, isn’t the mandate to maintain assignments and asynchronous work for students on-line a district wide one?

That would be the case if there was no such thing as a pandemic. It’s why we have schoology now and used Google classroom before or vision or whatever LMS we had at any given time. Materials stay there so kids can always access and complete. If they are out for quarantine now that’s what they’ll do as well just like before. That isn’t new because of covid, we have always done that.

Yes, as a organizational guide and calendar. However, I know need to make sure all texts we read are or worksheets and projects we do are readable or do-able online. I am housing more course content in digital mode.

You have this in Schoology now? I don't think anyone on my team has anything in Schoology yet. I haven't had time to give it much attention yet and I'm not sure what I'd put in there anyhow at this point.

ES Teacher

My Dad's ES teacher has a ton of stuff in Schoology already.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to know which school is telling teachers to prepare for any pivot to virtual because mine and nobody else’s I know (I know a lot of teachers in nova) are being told that. It is quite literally full speed ahead on normal plans.

My school isn’t saying that but I’ve had many colleagues say “WHEN” we go virtual while we were prepping this week. Also heard our health aid say we aren’t going to be in past November. Way to be negative and start off on the wrong foot!

Perhaps school specific? That’s not the conversation at our school at all.

Same. I haven’t heard anything like that.

Well, that makes me feel marginally better. Still, isn’t the mandate to maintain assignments and asynchronous work for students on-line a district wide one?

That would be the case if there was no such thing as a pandemic. It’s why we have schoology now and used Google classroom before or vision or whatever LMS we had at any given time. Materials stay there so kids can always access and complete. If they are out for quarantine now that’s what they’ll do as well just like before. That isn’t new because of covid, we have always done that.

Yes, as a organizational guide and calendar. However, I know need to make sure all texts we read are or worksheets and projects we do are readable or do-able online. I am housing more course content in digital mode.

You have this in Schoology now? I don't think anyone on my team has anything in Schoology yet. I haven't had time to give it much attention yet and I'm not sure what I'd put in there anyhow at this point.

ES Teacher

Because you are spending all the time on DCUM, "ES Teacher"

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to know which school is telling teachers to prepare for any pivot to virtual because mine and nobody else’s I know (I know a lot of teachers in nova) are being told that. It is quite literally full speed ahead on normal plans.

My school isn’t saying that but I’ve had many colleagues say “WHEN” we go virtual while we were prepping this week. Also heard our health aid say we aren’t going to be in past November. Way to be negative and start off on the wrong foot!

Perhaps school specific? That’s not the conversation at our school at all.

Same. I haven’t heard anything like that.

Well, that makes me feel marginally better. Still, isn’t the mandate to maintain assignments and asynchronous work for students on-line a district wide one?

That would be the case if there was no such thing as a pandemic. It’s why we have schoology now and used Google classroom before or vision or whatever LMS we had at any given time. Materials stay there so kids can always access and complete. If they are out for quarantine now that’s what they’ll do as well just like before. That isn’t new because of covid, we have always done that.

Yes, as a organizational guide and calendar. However, I know need to make sure all texts we read are or worksheets and projects we do are readable or do-able online. I am housing more course content in digital mode.

You have this in Schoology now? I don't think anyone on my team has anything in Schoology yet. I haven't had time to give it much attention yet and I'm not sure what I'd put in there anyhow at this point.

ES Teacher