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gboucher
gboucher November 8, 2020, 2:15 pm

I am the grand wizard on the screen.

My school is in-person but I am high risk so I am at home. I am teaching my in-person students with a substitute teaching in the classroom. At the same time I am teaching my distance learners. We are a very small district so there is only one class of TK students. Over most of the school about 1/3 of the students are distance learning but in my class only one stayed on distance learning.

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Hanna Ohana
Hanna Ohana November 3, 2020, 5:40 am

We have been teaching full days in-person and online since September.

It has become difficult keeping track of students who are being quarantined and moving back online. <br>For High school students, I find that having all students connect to Zoom makes it easier for them to work and collaborate with each other.

Diana Horning
Diana Horning November 3, 2020, 5:42 am

We are hybrid with half our students attending every other week and half virtual.

lashawn.dukes_2898809
lashawn.dukes_2898809 November 3, 2020, 5:17 pm

We have face-to-face students and virtual students, and it is very difficult to try to keep them all engaged for a 90 minute class. Then there are the students who will come to school one day and then turn up virtual on the next. I have to consistently tell students to turn on their cameras or try things that make them want to engage in answering questions. I feel so exhausted by the end of the day and wonder how effective a teacher am I being to get students to learn the subject matter.

Kelly Booz
Kelly Booz April 29, 2020, 2:33 pm

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Emi Demir
Emi Demir October 31, 2020, 9:37 am

I teach from home with 100% of my students joining online.

I am struggling with making connections with my students. Students are very reluctant to participate. I am trying a variety of instructional strategies and tools but even the best students are not motivated to participate. It is very hard to gauge to their needs due to lack of their feedback. How is everyone dealing with these issues? What do you do to increase class participation?

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Norma Becerril-Drapikowski 1
Norma Becerril-Drapikowski 1 October 31, 2020, 8:41 pm

My district also uses Google Classroom. While my students are working in on their slides, I tell them that I am going to eavesdrop on their work. I often leave them quick comments and/or emojis.

Emi Demir
Emi Demir November 2, 2020, 1:12 pm

Thank you for your response!

mrGoetz
mrGoetz November 4, 2020, 5:08 pm

This is tough. Minimize lecture. Allow chat. Use Jamboard. Introduce as many ways as possible to communicate with students and for them to communicate with each other. It’s tough. I teach high school audio video.

Emi Demir
Emi Demir November 2, 2020, 7:10 pm

Thank you for your response!

mrGoetz
mrGoetz November 4, 2020, 5:26 pm

We use google classroom. I teach audio video / animation / digital audio at the high school level. "Showing your work" is often communicating something in any media or making something in any media.

Emi Demir
Emi Demir November 5, 2020, 9:28 pm

Thank you! I tried to respond to the math teacher who also commented on my post. Somehow I messed it up. Regardless, I appreciate you sharing. Your subject sounds like one that would make the best out of this digital craze ;)

Nancy_H_3023118
Nancy_H_3023118 November 4, 2020, 9:49 am

We have been hybrid learning with face-to-face since 10/5/2020 and it is going well so far...

mrGoetz
mrGoetz November 4, 2020, 5:30 pm

We went hybrid Mon Oct 19. We had the additional 4 week waiver from TEA. I went on FMLA beginning Mon Oct 19.

Cooksong
Cooksong November 5, 2020, 9:17 am

We started with 3 options for elementary in my school district: parents could choose 100% virtual, 4-day in person (one day is virtual for the entire district), or 50/50 option. It has been so extremely challenging for our teachers (I am a school psychologist and have been trying to support not only the students but the teachers as well). Though the kids and the teachers are resilient, I know many teachers are struggling to "make it work". A couple of weeks ago, our Superintendent did away with the 50/50 option so now class sizes for in-person have increased, causing more worry for teachers. We've had a few cases already at school, with many disruptions to whole classrooms, individual teachers, and buses. While we are all trying to support the students, we must also remember to take care of each other and ourselves.

Stacy_B_3146835
Stacy_B_3146835 October 30, 2020, 5:22 pm

Distance learning here has been a mixed bag.

At the high school level, it's such a steep learning curve to see how to reach every student. <br>At the university level, I've found that break-out rooms are key to getting students engaged. I've also put them in charge of leading discussions, a tactic that was less successful at 12th-grade level.<br>The rooms are hit and miss because the high schoolers don't feel comfortable in these new situations unless they know people.<br><br>Issues regarding English language learning reveal themselves in activities like Kahoot!--this app makes it a little easier to check for understanding and to identify any topical areas that need further explanation.<br><br>Teaching online is incredibly time-consuming because you have to set up everything online and you have to make sure all know how to navigate everything.

melendez_k
melendez_k October 30, 2020, 5:54 pm

I agree with you about the higher level learning. However, in middle school it is a Mixed bag because those who are motivated to learn are actively involved, yet many have too much on their emotional plates and are unable to be focused in virtual classrooms.

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