August 21, 2020

Friday, August 21, 2020

A hosta in my yard.

How are you today?

Lesson Planning

Cooking During the Pandemic

Excerpts from the blog:

Five Tips for Live Online Instruction

Whether you use Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams for online class meetings there are some universal things that you can do to make the experience better for you and your students. The following five tips for live online instruction are an excerpt from my recently published 2020-21 Practical Ed Tech Handbook.

This year's Practical Ed Tech Handbook features a few new sections. This year there is a section about accessibility, a section of time-saving tips, and a section of tips about remote instruction. Those are in addition to the usual sections about making videos, using AR & VR in education, teaching search strategies, digital citizenship, assessment tools and methods, and programming.

You can get your copy of the free 2020-21 Practical Ed Tech Handbook right here.

Teacher Share 

Manal shares this with us:

I heard about a study that found (not surprisingly) that we lose at least 50% communication cues when cameras are off during video conferences. In meetings with clients, it's a no-no; cameras must be on. A friend who deals with procurement & corporate accounts was telling me in her professional development there is a lot of time spent on learning how to cajole clients into turning their cameras on.  She shared this with me--interesting even if we "know" much of  this already.  

What’s Missing From Zoom Reminds Us What It Means to Be Human

 For FUN: 

Educators Turn to Bitmoji to Build Community and Engagement