So this was the first week of mass training instructors how to transition face-to-face courses for remote teaching with #Blackboard and #Yuja and 🤞 it goes smoothly.
If you find out about a nation-threatening pandemic and your first move is to adjust your stock portfolio you should probably not be in a job that serves the public interest.
It would be ashamed if education comes out of this pandemic only to return to status quo. There hasn't been an opportunity for such sweeping changes in education for the last half century.
Less testing
More adaptability
Improved family/school partnership
Let kids learn like kids
Going remote? Make things simple for you and your students – set one consistent day each week as a due date for assignments. It’s easier than trying to remember when everything is due if they’re all on rotating schedules. #Simplify#TemporaryRemoteTeachingTip#remoteteaching
This pandemic has already revealed that:
- schools are so much more than just schools.
- many people now realize how tough it is to be a teacher and that teachers are grossly underpaid.
- teachers are irreplaceable and essential to learning and education.
#homeschooling
Be compassionate to your students and yourself! Spend the 1st week remote checking in, setting up new processes—and take time to review the 1st part of the semester before moving on to new content! #remoteteaching#TemporaryRemoteTeachingTip