edTech Facilitators

As you develop lessons and materials for distance learning you can make them more engaging by including photos, videos, music, and sound effects. This is a  Webmix  made with Symbaloo . A Webmix provides a kid-friendly way to organize links to resources and activities. Using aWebmix button to open another Webmix provides many options for organization.

SUMMER LEARNING ACADEMY 2020 This three-week PD program features synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities about online teaching and learning, including four ISTE U Microcourses, 12+ live webinars with your peer experts including ISTE authors and ISTE Certified Educators, access to a personal learning forum and fun weekly prizes! Best of all just $20

Opening schools seems likely to require social distancing. It is unlikely that class loads will be reduced for teachers. The physical classroom will provide a place for face to face (F-2-F) instruction by the teacher. The challenge will be to provide a high-quality learning environment for the students who are not F-2-F with the teacher. Likely this will be half of the students at home at any given time. If the students are at home, flipped learning would seem to be a likely solution.

I have been deeply involved with K-12 education for 45 years as a teacher, administrator, adjunct professor of education, and consultant. I have observed a common pattern in the implementation of new programs like the Common Core State Standards and Technology Integration. The professional development provided prior to implementation generally does a good job of informing teachers about the program being implemented. Teachers are then expected to develop units and lessons to implement the program in the classroom. There is usually a problem at this point. The teachers don’t generally have the necessary knowledge, and time to find the resources that would make their units and lessons more effective and engaging.   Throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s, one of my responsibilities was to align available technology-based resources to specific curriculum standards in order to facilitate the production of high-quality units and lessons.  I plan to use this blog to provide teachers w...