Concurrent and Hybrid Models

Recent articles about Hybrid Learning

If you aren't doing this already, consider recording/posting the main content of your lesson and an agenda ahead of time and posting any work, practice, reading, etc. that is not collaborative ahead of your lessons. This ensures that remote students have what they need for the day, despite anything that might come up in person like tech glitches, drills, anything health related, and other moments that might pull you away from the students who are remote. This workflow also helps when you need a sub at the last minute! Don't forget to use the always handy "schedule" post in Google Classroom for these things to magically appear when you want them to if you are planning ahead.

Please be aware that we simply cannot predict what bandwidth will be like if every teacher in our school along with every student is using Zoom at the same time on Oct 26th and beyond. I'm really hoping for the best but backup plans and having things posted ahead of time to Classroom is your best bet.

If you haven't already, you may consider setting up a backchannel for students at home to communicate with you and other students before, during and after class and as a way to create some community in your in person/remote classroom. Here is a great video on using Google Classroom as your backchannel and another video about using Google Slides as a backchannel (including the Q & A feature).

A few final things to consider:

How will students at home hear me when I'm wearing a mask?
How will students at home see me?
What types of routines can I set up to ensure that my remote and in person learners have access and equity in their learning?
How will students at home feel connected to the students in class?
How can students in person collaborate with students who are at home?

Concurrent Learning Ideas

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