Quality remote instruction uses focused teaching within limits of student on-screen attention and knows when learning requires a student to work offline. Teachers who abuse their time with students will lose their students. Continue reading
Quality Indicators of Remote Ed – Personal and Daily Connections With Every Child
Distance is both spatial and relational. In-school teaching to at-home children is keeps us apart, but we overcome space by personal and daily contacts. Continue reading
Pandemic + Concurrent Teaching + Exhaustion and Fatigue = Change the School Calendar
How many things in our school life that we consider unchangeable will need to change before we survive the pandemic? How we use school time and days as a part of a positive andhealthy pandemic solution is worth considering. Continue reading
Piloting Schools in the Time of COVID
Monolithic thinking in the Time of COVID is unrealistic – it will fail regardless of its premise. Schools need to monitor and adjust programming for health and safety with programming for a quality education for all children. Course corrections are necessary. Continue reading
Non-Academic Skill Sets Required for Remote Learning
Student success in remote education will not be written using old assumptions. Self-motivation, self-direction, time management, focus, and how to ask for assistance are required for success in remote schooling. Continue reading