Upcoming Webinars

Spend 45 minutes discovering the power of virtual teaching and learning in the Zoom classroom. We will show you the steps and best practices from two points of view: student (downloading the app then joining and participating in the class), and teacher (scheduling, joining, hosting, and in-meeting tools) before wrapping up with live Q&A.

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For the most current listing, check here: https://www.jewishedproject.org/events/distance-learning-webinars

Zoom/GoogleMeet: Grades K-12

You're doing online teaching… so now what?! What tools do the Zoom and GoogleMeet platforms provide? How do you record? How can you run a live lesson remotely with either one?

Date: Thu, March 12, 2020

Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT

Explain Everything: Grades 3-5

Participants will learn about the multi-functionality of Explain Everything. This interactive tool will give teachers many formats to engage their learners - whiteboard, PDFs, videos, text with voice over… while not limitless, the possibilities are enormous!

Date: Thu, March 12, 2020

Time: 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM

Curating and Creating Asynchronous Distance Learning: Grades K-2

In this webinar, participants will delve into theory and practice around how best to engage K-2 students online. What is the balance between live screen-time and asynchronous engagement? What are the best tools and resources out there?

Date: Sun, March 15, 2020

Time: 10:00 AM- 11:00 AM

PlayPosit: Grades 6- 12

In this webinar, participants will learn about different ways to edit video content so that you can embed interactive questions and increase learner engagement in asynchronous learning experiences. Learners will receive feedback on their responses and teachers will receive data on student engagement and knowledge acquisition.

Date: Sun, March 15, 2020

Time: 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM

Explain Everything: Part 2: Grades 3-5

Continue learning about Explain Everything and bring your questions and challenges. We hope that you tried creating your own content between session 1 and session 2, but it is not required in order to join in.

Date: Sun, March 15, 2020

Time: 8:15 PM- 9:15 PM

PlayPosit: Grades K-5

Learn about different ways to edit video content so that you can embed interactive questions and increase learner engagement in asynchronous learning experiences. Learners will receive feedback on their responses and teachers will receive data on student engagement and knowledge acquisition.

Date: Mon, March 16, 2020

Time: 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM

PlayPosit #2: Grades K- 12

Continue learning about PlayPosit and bring your questions and challenges. We hope that you tried creating content between session 1 and session 2, but it is not required in order to join in.

Date: Tues, March 17, 2020

Time: 8:00 PM- 9:00 PM

We're providing free training to teachers on how to teach online - that way in the event of a closure they can already be set up to run video-based classes online over Zoom.

In this live webinar, you'll hear from experienced teachers who have transitioned from in-person to online teaching. We'll go over tips about managing your online classroom, using tools such as a virtual whiteboard, and more.

Can't make it or have more immediate questions? Please join https://www.facebook.com/groups/liveonlineteaching/ to ask our team and discuss with other online teachers.

Outschool.com is a marketplace of live online classes for kids (ages 3-18) taught over live video chat spanning academic and extracurricular topics. Our team and community have more expertise in how to run online group classes over live video than any other US-based organization, having had 80K learners attend over 300K class hours. We’re offering to quickly provide teacher training, webinars and resources on how to continue school online to affected schools and districts. This is not our core business - we want to help and will do this for free.

Each live webinar is 45 minutes long. You will join with your camera and microphone off, and you can submit questions or comments by typing to the panelists.

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