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9 Ways Online Teaching Should be Different from Face-to-Face

…sharing this article. I agree that good teaching is good teaching regardless of the teaching environment. It is important to remember that as we implement online teaching there are some practices that occur in face-to-face teaching that should stay the same in online teaching. Shoni Pittman This article really made me feel better about what I was doing in my virtual classroom (Padlet, using one platform for communication, Remind, and more) and gave me great suggestions on what to add. Thank You 😊 Sheila C Geyer I really enjoyed this article. As teachers, there is always something we can improve…

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Episode 149: Nine Ways Online Teaching Should Be Different from Face-to-Face

…most of online learning? To find out, I sought the help of Melanie Kitchen, a Coordinator of Instructional Technology and Staff Development serving 19 school districts in Western New York state. Melanie has years of experience working with teachers on developing blended learning and has now shifted to helping teachers develop best practices for remote learning.  I asked Melanie to share some ways online teaching should be different from face-to-face teaching. She came up with nine: three that are specific to community building and communication, and six that focus on instructional design. Along with these differences, she also shared a…

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What Advice Would You Give a Student Teacher?

…teacher in your building to share the experience with, find someone else in your program and set up some kind of regular check-in. If that’s not an option, look around online for a community. Find someone who gets you, someone who has a similar amount of pressure on them, and schedule time to hang out. You’ll be glad you did. 3. Observe Like Crazy The best way to learn what good teaching looks like, and what not-so-good teaching looks like, is to observe LOTS of teachers. Chances are your program is going to require you to do a certain number…

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Episode 152: Creating Moments of Genuine Connection Online

…one of many teachers who will be starting the school year online, or if you end up returning to online instruction at some point during the year, making those connections will be more challenging than in a face-to-face classroom.  To help you navigate this change, I’ve invited Dave Stuart Jr. to join me today. Dave is a high school English teacher who also does a lot of the same things I do, helping teachers do their work better through his website, books, and online courses for teachers on student motivation, time management, and classroom management. His newest offering is a…

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Distance Learning: A Gently Curated Collection of Resources for Teachers

Online Learning: This group, open only to educators, was created “to support educators who are planning distance or online learning due to school closures for COV19.” Dealing with Educational Inequities in Distance/Online Learning: This group was created “in response to the growing list of resources and practices during the COVID-19 shutdown that further increase the educational divide as it relates to accessibility; race; socio-economic status; gender; and other marginalized communities. We want to demonstrate real solutions in distance/online learning that can provide solutions for all learners.” PART 2: THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF ONLINE LEARNING Online learning has so many…

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Episode 65: Five Ways College Teachers Can Improve Their Instruction

The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast, Episode 65 Transcript Jennifer Gonzalez, host     I’ve always been really bothered by the fact that at the college level, where students are often paying far more money for their education, the people who do the teaching have little to no training in teaching methodology. When it comes to hiring faculty, colleges and universities place a high premium on a person’s academic background in terms of knowing their subject area, having a specialty, and this is important, but by and large, they require no teaching experience and no formal preparation in pedagogy. Despite this,…

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Creating Moments of Genuine Connection Online

…the woods.  If you’re one of many teachers who will be starting the school year online, or if you end up returning to online instruction at some point during the year, making those connections will be more challenging than in a face-to-face classroom.  To help you navigate this change, I invited Dave Stuart Jr. to share one of his most effective strategies for connecting with students. Stuart is a high school English teacher who helps teachers do their work better through his website, books, and online courses for teachers on student motivation, time management, and classroom management. His newest offering…

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Blended Learning: 4 Models that Work

…the need to leave the classroom to get online, hence the name change. Ideally, the whole group rotation model gives students more control over the path of their learning during the online learning portions of the lesson. The goal of the whole group rotation is to pair each learning activity with the best learning landscape and mode for that activity — online or offline, individual or collaborative. It allows for some whole-group instruction (e.g., mini-lessons) while making it possible to differentiate and personalize elements of the lesson by pulling small groups for additional instruction and support during the online learning…

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The Big List of Class Discussion Strategies

…way through college, students can benefit from explicit instruction in the skills of summarizing another person’s argument before presenting an alternate view, asking clarifying questions, and expressing agreement or partial agreement with the stance of another participant. Talk moves can be incorporated into any of the other discussion formats listed here. Teach-OK > Whole Brain Teaching is a set of teaching and classroom management methods that has grown in popularity over the past 10 years. One of WBT’s foundational techniques is Teach-OK, a peer teaching strategy that begins with the teacher spending a few minutes introducing a concept to the class. Next, the teacher…

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