Strengthening Online Teaching & Learning
Note to user: Remember your own personalized copies of documents, templates, and items to capture learning are shared within the Google Classroom. If you are not in the Classroom, then please reach out to Aaron Maurer(amaurer@mbaea.org) to learn how to get involved.
Keeping Equity In Mind
Pick at least one of these questions to keep in mind while you process the work
How will you ensure ALL students are engaging in the practice?
How will you know if students are or are not engaging in the practice?
How will you ensure student interest and identity are being incorporated into the lesson?
In what ways will you demonstrate in the lesson an affirming attitude for all students?
In what ways will you understand you own cultural identities and its implications for your practice?
How will you develop constructive ways of centering my students’ lived experiences and sustaining their community practices?
How will you demonstrate appreciation of multiple and diverse perspectives throughout the lesson?
How will you demonstrate your commitment to getting to know your students authentically?
Module 1: Learn and Reflect (60 minutes)
This module assumes you know and can do the following:
Competency
Continually take note of what is or is not working (via student-level data, technology applications, pedagogical strategies, supervisor feedback, etc) and then take action to iteratively improve. (Aurora Institute)
Goals of Learning
Learning Outcomes
Identify role of teacher
Process how to incorporate 3 types of interaction
Figure out what is in your toolbox
What I will DO in this module:
Watch a conversation with Michele Eaton about strengthening our teaching practice.
Reflect on some internal questions about your practice
Engage in dialogue with other educators about the issues you are facing.
Accept and complete the challenge!
Launch
Think Abouts
What are the elements in your online/hybrid teaching you wish to improve?
What are some of the biggest elements you wish to improve in the actual learning online?
What lens of eqiuty are you considering?
Learn
Watch/Listen to the Recording
Featuring Michele Eaton
Questions to Consider
How can we get started with blended learning in this new world of teaching and learning environments?
What is your most important role as an educator when you are "live" with your students?
When designing your lessons are you including the following three types of interaction:
Student to Student
Student to Teacher
Student to Content
How does proximity to learning impact academic honesty?
Where do we start in the lesson plans?
Why can online learning have the potential to be incredibly powerful and personalized?
Why is it important to simpify and use only a few tools?
Capture Ideas and Thoughts
If you listen to the podcast version, then you can try to the Walk and Talk method of learning!
Walk and Talk
For this task & for these new environments of teaching and learning we have the opportunity to avoid the typical "sit and get" approach to learning.
For this learning I am asking you to get up, grab some headphones and walk while you listen and reflect. The podcast is 40 minutes so you can break up into two sessions or knock it out in one session.
If you are in a school you could ask permission to walk the halls during your prep or before/after school.
This idea was adapted from this post
Capture ideas by voice typing into your app of choice, but I would recomend adding to a Google Doc or Google Keep
If you need to learn about voice typing, then here is a newsletter and video guide
Template
Here is a template(if you are in the course please use the version in Google Classroom) to capture your ideas.
Feel free to capture ideas in a mode that best serves you. This is just one way to organize thoughts and perhaps a tool you can use with staff and students.
Share Reflection
Talk About Your Ideas
You have two ways to share your reflection of your learning.
Option 1: Use Flipgrid
Option 2: Google Discussion
Pick one method and share your new learning, thoughts, questions, etc.
Questions to Consider
How can we get started with blended learning in this new world of teaching and learning environments?
What is your most important role as an educator when you are "live" with your students?
When designing your lessons are you including the following three types of interaction:
Student to Student
Student to Teacher
Student to Content
How does proximity to learning impact academic honesty?
Where do we start in the lesson plans?
Why can online learning have the potential to be incredibly powerful and personalized?
Why is it important to simpify and use only a few tools?
Share your answers to the questions above in the watching of the video.
Share your examples, reflections, questions, and resources for this topic in the topic. This discussion is labeled Strength
If you share any resources I will add to the section below.
Share your answers to the questions above in the watching of the video.
Share your examples, reflections, questions, and resources for this topic in the Google Group. This discussion is labeled Rethinking Assessment topic.
If you share any resources I will add to the section below.
Module 2: Create Action Plan (60 minutes)
This module assumes you know and can do the following:
Competency
Continually take note of what is or is not working (via student-level data, technology applications, pedagogical strategies, supervisor feedback, etc) and then take action to iteratively improve. (Aurora Institute)
Launch
Think Abouts
What are the key ideas your learned from the first module?
What are some of the biggest elements you wish to improve in the actual learning online?
What lens of eqiuty are you considering?
Learn: Move Into Action (60 minutes)
Challenge 1
Challenge 1: Take time to create a way to gain feedback with your students about what is working so far? Share what you developed and the results in in the spaces below. Based on this feedback create an action plan to make proper changes. Share your plan on new ideas, how you plan to implement, and results from the changes. Consider using the same feedback tool to compare change in learning.
Share your work in the in the spaces below.
Challenge Option 2
Challenge 2: Create your own toolbox of what you are currently using? Any new "tools" you plan to explore and consider adding to your toolbox? Make a graphic, table, chart, etc. to display your toolbox. Explain how these tools are enhancing your teaching. Provide examples and proof. If you need some guidance explore Core Four by Jeff Utecht.
Share your work in the in the spaces below.
Challenge Option 3
Challenge 3: Evaluate your ratio of the three types interaction and make plan to improve/adjust percentages of interaction
Record or monitor your three types of interaction
Student to Student
Student to Teacher
Student to Content
Create a new plan to make changes to improve where you feel are areas needed. Implement your new lesson and reflect on how the changes impacted instruction, learning, and engagement.
Share your breakdown of interactions, how you made changes, and the results of those changes.
Share your work in the in the spaces below.
Remember Your Equity Focus!
How will you ensure ALL students are engaging in the practice?
How will you know if students are or are not engaging in the practice?
How will you ensure student interest and identity are being incorporated into the lesson?
In what ways will you demonstrate in the lesson an affirming attitude for all students?
In what ways will you understand you own cultural identities and its implications for your practice?
How will you develop constructive ways of centering my students’ lived experiences and sustaining their community practices?
How will you demonstrate appreciation of multiple and diverse perspectives throughout the lesson?
How will you demonstrate your commitment to getting to know your students authentically?
Reflect: Share Your Action Plan, Implementation, and Results
Share your examples, reflections, questions, and resources for this topic in the topic. This discussion is labeled Strength
Share your examples, reflections, questions, and resources for this topic in the Google Group. This discussion is labeled Rethinking Assessment topic.
