from the podcast: 9 Ways Online Teaching Should be Different from Face-to-Face
Goal
Teachers will identify best practices related to planning synchronous and asynchronous lessons.
Content
The following podcast features an engaging conversation between Jennifer Gonzalez, of The Cult of Pedagogy,and Melanie Kitchen, a Coordinator of Instructional Technology and Staff Development serving 19 school districts in Western New York state.
As you listen, think about how you will best engage your students so that they will want to come back and learn more.
Dig into the resources on the Best Practices Guide, specifically the sections entitledBlended Learning: Section 1: the Launch (Engaging with a Challenging Problem or Question) andSection 2: Build Knowledge Understanding and Skills (Active Learning through Engagement Strategies)
**consider examining the resources under the other planning steps, too.
Use a graphic organizer identifying effective strategies for synchronous vs. asynchronous learning.
Use the organizer to select one or more strategies to either revise an existing plan or to craft a new plan that could be used during the first few weeks of school .
Continue to reference the organizer when planning engaging lessons throughout the school year.
Share a link to, or screenshot of, your graphic organizer on your Individual Professional Learning Plan.
Special thanks to Stacy Alexander (Broad Street) and Kathy Healey (Kindergarten Academy) for creating this module.