Four pillars of flipped classrooms to help teachers with distance learning during COVID-19 Recent mass school closings due to the COVID-19 pandemic have educators everywhere seeking ways to provide meaningful distance learning. In response, some educators are developing instruction around a hybrid model of the flipped classroom. Similar to the traditional model, students in a
Read More… from How to “F-L-I-P” Your Middle Grades Classroom
Supporting students’ need for social interaction while physically distancing When asked about social distancing, Peter Slavin, president of Massachusetts General Hospital, put into words a thought I keep having: “I prefer the term ‘physical distancing,’ it seems we need social connections now more than ever before.” For middle schoolers, with the developmental desire to fit
0
Accepting the challenge of teaching virtually during the global pandemic Middle school teachers must be leaders who demonstrate courage and collaboration (National Middle School Association, 2010). Such leaders are needed today more than ever. But leadership is especially difficult when educators have no compass for the worldwide crisis we are now facing with COVID-19. The changes occurring
Read More… from Leading Conceptual Change in a New “Virtual” Normal
0
Eight ideas to help educators practice self-care and work with students from home
1
How parents and educators can help students cope with social distancing While on a socially distanced walk with my husband today, we heard a cacophony of caw-caws. My husband turned to me to ask, “What do you call a group of crows? A gaggle? A flock?” Without hesitation, I responded, “It’s a murder of crows.”
Read More… from Collectively Speaking while Socially Distancing
0
0