Guide for Creating Online Instruction

-It must be standards based

-Video per power standard

-work product/task

-Guided Notes/Graphic Organizer

-You don't have to create all original content. Search the web, find a good resource, and use it.

-Canvas is a good place to start. You can, however, use Google Classroom.

Resources for Teachers making the transition from classroom to online learning:

• Resources to Effectively Transition to Remote Work and Learning (Links to an external site.)

Resources to help you work remotely and transition to a more digital workplace or academic environment.

Teaching Remotely for Grades K - 12 | Free Resources and Strategies (Links to an external site.)

Even when schools are closed, you can keep the learning going with these special cross-curricular journeys. Every day includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Kids can do them on their own, with their families, or with their teachers. Just find your grade level and let the learning begin!

-The Editors of Scholastic Classroom Magazines.

NCDPI Remote Learning Resources (Links to an external site.)

Interacting Online

"Provide a supportive, engaging environment – lots of feedback!"

• Continue to provide and post learning targets for each lesson.
• Organize each topic into Modules comprised of individual lessons.
• Organize lessons sequentially in sections or segments.
• Provide video content and downloadable script or notes to support objective(s).
• Video content should be short and based on only 1 topic/step at a time, approximately 2 min. (Provide large explanations in segments or chunks so that students can revisit content easily.)
• Students work commonly in isolation online – provide constant feedback. Provide a working Q and A section or document for all to read and see.
• Grade items or provide feedback as soon as possible so that student learning and understanding can continue with clarity while limiting confusion.
• See "How to hold a Google and Canvas Meeting" below.

Online=More Visuals

"Provide more examples and strategies for your diverse population"

• Provide video content with downloadable scripts or notes to support objective(s) in short sections or segments, based on only 1 topic/step at a time, approximately 2 min. in length. (Providing large explanations in segments or chunks allows students to easily revisit content.)
• There are many online tools, apps and programs that allow you to make video recordings. You can include a webcam of you, your desktop, a program; as well as, only audio files. These will be discussed later in this presentation.
• Provide multiple handouts or links to documents (Google Docs) that further explain or enhance the content that you would teach face-to-face. There is never too much!
• Remind students about the tools that CMS has to assist with reading content online aloud or managing other accessibility features: Read Write for Google and Microsoft Immersive Reader tools. These will be discussed later in this presentation.

Frequently Asked Questions about Online Learning

"Issues arise for both teachers and students, think ahead"

• Students work commonly in isolation online – provide constant feedback. You cannot see your student’s faces to determine confusion online. Provide a working Q and A section or documentation area for all to read and see. Include video explanations to answers as well.
• Share lots of examples in multiple formats (audio, video, written, etc.).
• Provide rubrics for all content and grading of assignments.
• Scaffold Learning – In person lessons are linear, based on building from one concept to another. Online learning is the same; however, needs to be displayed visually in that same sequential order and must be able to be easily followed by the students without getting lost.
• Teachers can still provide differentiated instruction. However, by providing this to the entire class, no one student is singled out. Assignment completion through choice boards can still be used effectively online.
• Grade items or provide feedback, as soon as possible, so that student learning and understanding can continue with clarity, limiting confusion.

How to Record in Active Inspire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx0GkDcWanc