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

…when you take a course from ISTE U. These flexible online courses put pedagogy first, and they’re built to help educators, librarians, tech coaches and leaders develop digital competencies and advance their careers by exploring critical topics in education like project-based learning, game-based learning, the learning sciences, and ensuring equity and inclusion in online learning. Choose the topic and time commitment that fit your needs. Learn more at iste.org/cult. Now, here’s my interview with Melanie Kitchen. GONZALEZ: I would like to welcome Melanie Kitchen to the podcast. Melanie, thank you so much for joining me. KITCHEN: Thank you so much…

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

…to make the 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. Melanie Kitchen 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…

Does Your School Need a Literacy Check-Up?

…orchestrate. There is less writing (especially at the secondary level). There is more cutting, coloring, and pasting (mostly at the elementary level). There’s a good bit of clapping and singing beyond the preschool years. Teachers are showing a lot of YouTube videos without discussing them. There are more worksheet packets than I’ve ever seen. And, tragically, there is too much passive screen time. I see many classes where the kids might as well be back at their kitchen tables during lockdown because they’re doing the exact same kind of work—having the teacher and classmates nearby is not part of the…

12 Ways to Upgrade Your Classroom Design

…classrooms are often the humanities classrooms– are the living rooms of our our lives while my science classroom is the kitchen, often with dishes in the sink. I’d love to see examples of “updated” middle school science classrooms, where the space is multipurpose for both table top labs and lessons. Thanks, Jessica Melanie Taylor What clear, concise advice! Also, having the class create spaces or centers through changing formations, for example, moving desks or tables to create areas for art centers or collaboration or literary teams. When the allotted instructional time is completed during the class period–return the furniture to…