Instructional Resources

GENERAL TIPS FOR AT-HOME LEARNING

• Keep it simple, use systems that are familiar to you and your students

• Workload and deadlines should be adjusted to reflect at-home learning

• Less is more, assignments can take twice as long to complete at home due to a number of factors

• Give explicit instructions and specify expectations

• Communicate consistently through one platform

• Be online for "office hours" to provide support, answer questions, or clarify confusion

• Use tools that are accessible on a cell phone for students who have limited internet access at home

• Use Video, video is a great way to communicate short lessons with your students.

  1. Loom You can also use tools like Loom to create screencasts, which are recordings of your screens with your voice narration. Screencasts are a great way to explain content using video and audio.

  2. Google Hangouts

  3. FlipGrid (student video responses)

  4. EdPuzzle has free premium access to schools impacted by Coronavirus, this is a great tool for adding accountability to youtube video content, more information here.