Distance Learning

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Distance Learning Best Practices & Suggestions

  • Try to not introduce more than one new tool at a time.
  • Having students use a new tech tool? Include a video tutorial (YouTube is a great resource for these).
    • Also, consider having the first thing students create with a new tool being fun and low risk (aka non-academic). This allows them to become familiar with the tools and its features without worrying about a grade, etc.
  • Try to keep any direct instruction videos to 6 minutes or less. Most sites won't host longer videos for free - and most students have difficulty focusing for longer. If your lesson will take more than 5-6 minutes, try to "chunk it up" into smaller pieces and post them together as "Part 1, Part 2", etc. This helps build in breaks for your students, as well.
  • Be sure to pay attention to copyright laws when posting materials online.
    • Don't post materials from district curriculums on platforms that anyone online can access (stick to secure platforms like Google Classroom and Seesaw). Same goes for recording yourself reading aloud a book.


Management & Communication Tools

Classroom communication and organization tool

Digital Learning Notebook & Portfolio

Video Chat Tools

Web-based Video Chat Tool

Direct Instruction Tools

Screen video recording

Interactive Screencasting Whiteboard

Lesson Builder & Formative Assessment

Video discussion platform

Collaborative online word processor

Collaborative presentation builder

Web-based vector drawing tool

View, upload, and share videos

Digital Learning Notebook & Portfolio

Video-based Lesson Builder

Collaboration & Creativity Tools

Video discussion platform

Web-based Video Chat Tool

Collaborative online word processor

Collaborative presentation builder

Web-based vector drawing tool

Web-based Movie Creation Studio

Graphic and animated video builder

Assessment & Feedback Tools

Create surveys, questionnaires, and quizzes

Feedback tool for Google Docs

Digital Assessment Tool

Game-based formative assessment

Digital Learning Notebook & Portfolio

Video discussion platform

Video-based Lesson Builder

If there is another tool in this toolkit that you would like to use to support your Distance Learning plan, please let us know how we can support you.