Communication and Engagement

Best ways to communicate with students/parents? (Weekly agenda, participation, missed work, )

Best practices for GC (turn off stream? turn off notifications?)

How often to communicate to students/parents?

Private Chats (Zoom - only private chat with instructor vs Google Meet)

Camera

Desktop Monitoring Software

Blocksi - https://teacher.blocksi.net/

Breakout Groups

Engagement?

Google Form -> Daily Check In

Polls

Completion of Assignment

How do you communicate to students (private chat)? (Zoom vs Google Meet)

How can we follow up on students that are not participating in live activities?

(follow up email/phone/call in moment/chat, using Google/Zoom attendance tracking )

Add links to Alludo for basic support:

https://app.alludolearning.com/auth/sign_in

How to get students to participate using video, audio?

Weekly PD by topic on ?? Thursday @2:00 starting Jan 14

Putting email out on each Monday with topic/support materials. Friday - Post meet-up email - Calendar for the month (monthly topic with PD focus).

Need - Pick 3 topics

Monthly Topic - Engagement

1 -> Leah -> How to create engagement through social connections

(Breakout groups, Polls,

How to create a communication channel -> teacher to students and students to students

How can you split your students into groups to be more effective?

(Leah, Groups)

Ideas: Breakout Groups,

2 -> What is your lesson structure? (Kim) -> Organize time to target specific students ->

Pacing, Consistent tools but some variation,

3- Dave - *How to do checks beginning, middle and end

Check-ins, Openers, How to establish communication (live-synchronous), Polls, Activity with Feedback,

How can you track real time participation on assignments? (Dave)

or How to do formative assessments using Google Form, Quizizz and Edupuzzle - Openers

(alternative ways besides a camera ->)