We are all in this together! Let's try to teach our students, without overwhelming them or ourselves any more than we have to. Keep things simplified and remember, you will need to adjust your teaching style, methods, and materials accordingly.
I hope this graphic will help with any questions you have.
Remember, do your best! Show your students you care and connect with them. Be consistent.
Using my 1-2-3 Remote Learning Choice Board.
Rather than focusing on the tech tools, focus on the steps to teach your concept.
Step 1: Learn!
Allow students to read or watch a video on the concept.
Step 2: Do!
Allow students to demonstrate what they know. Have them complete an assessment or have them create to show their work.
Step 3: Meet!
Conference with your students to get feedback. Meet in whole group or small groups, reteach concepts, supports community and relationships.
Step 4: Evaluate
Get your resources into Google Drive.
You can upload your files individually or by the folder. If they are in a different format, such as Word, or Powerpoint, I would not recommend converting them over into Google format until you need them.
Sync your Chrome Browser
Sign into the Chrome browser and sync so that all of your bookmarks and Chrome extensions will be available on your device.
Google Classroom for STUDENTS
Be sure you create a Google Classroom for each of your classes
Share the code with your students and have them join your class
Create assignments using TOPICS to organize your Classwork page
Create daily date topic ie: 3/13/2020
Create a check-in assignment for the day for attendance. Instruct students to mark it done.
MS/HS - Create assignments using a numbering scheme and assignment title "#001 Algebra chap 10" tag it to the date topic.
Elementary -
Topic 3/13/2020
#001 Check in
#002 History
#003 Math
#004 Science
#005 ELA
Due dates are optional
Use the grade book feature
Use the Google Meet integration within Google Classroom
Digital Etiquette and Expectations
Go over digital etiquette and expectations with students!
Create a document with your expectations and make it an assignment. Have students review it and mark it as done. Afterwards, keep the document pinned to the top of the Classwork page as a material post.
Allow students to explore Google's Be Internet Awesome
Google Classroom for TEACHERS
I recommend creating a Google Classroom to collaborate with your team and/or peers.
You can collaborate, share resources, and ideas within this platform to help get through any hurdles.
YouTube Channel
Inquire about YouTube being being enabled. This will allow you to upload videos to your channel.
Create playlists to keep your videos organized.
Daily or Weekly options:
Synchronous vs asynchronous learning
schedule online meetings to teach multiple students live
record videos and lessons and have students review on their own
Teachers should be online hours available for LIVE student interactions
Due dates are optional. Consider weekly or bi-weekly due dates.
Encourage students to use their Google Calendar to keep track of important information and reminders.
Paper options:
Give students the option to complete assignments using paper and have them capture it using a camera.
Scheduling options:
Instructional time will be different. Don't expect it to be the same time frame or schedule as in person in the classroom. For example, if you teach ELA in 60 minute lesson may now be 20-30 minutes, depending upon the grade level.
Consider a schedule where students complete a 30 minutes of work for each subject.
Consider a time schedule where students complete for a specific time period.