Getting Through
The Digital Learning Mindset
By: Joey Lehrman. Joey reflects on helping to build a free, fully online distance learning program for adult education students and how to create a digital learning mindset.
Literacy Concerns in the New Mutuality
The recent pandemic is illuminating gaps or deficiencies and Eric discusses how to make sure basic needs are met for the most vulnerable students and not let the literacy gap widen while schools are closed.
How Can Schools Grow from Coronavirus?
By: Ross Wehner and Dr. Kirk Wheeler. There are many silver linings to this unplanned shift to remote teaching and learning. Schools and teachers are seizing the opportunity to adopt new and improved practices around preparation, communication, engagement and personalization.
How to Stay Secure When Teaching Remotely
By: Sam Bocetta. Engaging with new learning systems for distance learning offers huge opportunities but also presents some cybersecurity risks. Here are some practices and tools you can use to keep yourself and your students secure when teaching remote.
SEL in the Era of COVID-19
By: Lori Jackson. During this time of school closure and distance learning, SEL is more important than ever. Everyone—parents, teachers, and students—can practice identifying, understanding, and managing their emotions.
How To Know What Your Teenager Is Doing In School
By: Jamie Steckart. Head of School at THINK Global School shares a simple, yet effective process to use in home to not only build upon the parent-student relationship, but relieve some of the anxiety and stress brought on by the shift to distance learning.
How to Reopen Schools: A 10-Point Plan Putting Equity at the Center
By: Eric Tucker & Tom Vander Ark. Eric and Tom lay out a 10-point plan on how to reopen schools post-pandemic with equity in mind and strengthening systems as the focus.
Adapting Test Design to Make It Work in a Distance Setting
By: Eric Kalenze. The recent adjustment to distance learning has required teachers to manage curriculum differently, redistribute expectations, and plan accordingly under the circumstances. Online testing is no exception.
How to Not “Just Get By” With Remote Learning
By: Chad Dorsey. Chad talks about how distance learning has forced to rethink and reimagine how to engage students in a meaningful way.
Resources to Supplement and Enhance Distance Learning in the Elementary Grades
By: Erin Gohl and Kristen Thorson. In response to the transition to online learning, many individuals, organizations, and institutions are making distance learning resources and opportunities available for pre-school to elementary age students.