Muted Share-Aloud Video Explanation
This video describes how students read synchronously while on video, but muted, to show their engagement and silently celebrate their successes.
December 11, 2020
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Battling the Boss Explanation
This website covers information about Battling the Boss, the teacher who designed the strategy, and artifacts to help with implementation both in-person and remotely!
December 3, 2020
Discussion Sentence Stems
This resource provides sentence stems for accountable talk that students can use for discussions in person, remotely, or in a hybrid model.
December 2, 2020
Explanation of Wait Questions
This video gives additional information and framing around Wait Questions, along with two other types of questions you can use with remote synchronous instruction: Speed Questions and Verbal Questions. These same techniques can be used in person as well as when implementing hybrid learning.
December 2, 2020
Visual Virtual Classroom Background
This slide deck shares various virtual classroom backgrounds used for an elementary, bilingual classroom. It also includes a “star student” slide that the teacher uses as a background once a week to announce and celebrate their classroom’s exemplary student.
December 2, 2020
Color-Coded Google Assignments
This screenshot shows how one teacher color-codes all of their assignments so that students can quickly scan and find assignments based on the days they were in person, in remote learning, and/or missed class entirely.
- Monday: Red
- Tuesday: Orange
- Wednesday: Green
- Thursday: Blue
- Friday: Purple
NOTE: To ensure accessibility for all students (including those that have difficulties perceiving color), it would be beneficial to assign shapes, alongside colors, to each day.
December 2, 2020
Daily Agendas
These fifth-grade daily agendas are clear, have an image to catch students’ attention, and are very detailed so that students know exactly what they should be doing and when. This is especially important when working in the virtual space, or when having some students working asynchronously while others work synchronously.
December 2, 2020
Weekly Curriculum Plan
This weekly plan for high school students is detailed with hyperlinks and objectives for each day. Educators should be clear and consistent with the design, ensuring all students know what to expect for the day, helping all students stay on the same page, which is especially important when transitioning between in-person and remote learning within a hybrid model.
December 2, 2020
Digital Notebook
This is an example of a digital notebook that a high school science teacher builds for their students every unit. Their students participate in a hybrid model in which they are both in-person and remote throughout the week. By having everything in one place, students are able to engage more easily when switching between learning experiences, catch up if they miss class, review content, and show their understanding in various ways. By creating a Google Doc, students are also able to quickly tag their teacher when they need additional support or help.
December 2, 2020
Virtual Oral Assessment Student Work Samples
These work samples were produced by students for a virtual oral math assessment. Students shared this work with their teacher virtually and explained their thinking orally to demonstrate mastery.
December 2, 2020