I, along with everyone else, am navigating the twists and turns of fall planning. I have concerns, I have frustrations, I feel all the things we’re all feeling collectively. And, as restaurants, bars, gatherings open and people get out and about again, I find myself wondering, “what value do we place on school?” Now, I …
One of the startling (she says, naively) things about this moment is just how comfortable we are with saying, “yes, not all kids are going to be able to access their learning but we have to teach the ones who can.” Kids with disabilities have largely been an afterthought in the pivot online as well. …
Week 3. We are beginning to feel the impact of both the sustained isolation and the spread of the virus. As more and more people are either becoming sick, caring for sick loved ones, or worrying about those who are sick but at a distance, how are we adjusting our pandemic pedagogy? As schools were …
The opportunity to collaborate with and learn with teachers in most states, in rural, suburban, and urban districts, in public, private, and charter schools has truly been eye opening in this pandemic. It’s astonishing how variable states, districts, schools, and individual teachers themselves have responded to this challenge. It feels chaotic, unreasonable, and, frankly, harmful …
As we’re all implementing technology to access our learners, it’s absolutely imperative that we prioritize accessibility. “But, Jen, none of my students have hearing impairments.” “But, Jen, I don’t have any students with visual impairments right now.” **Thinks to self: I can skip this content from Teaching Is Intellectual** But wait! Everybody benefits from captions …
I am teacher without a classroom. It all happened so suddenly. I took a nap one Thursday and woke up to find out our spring break had been extended by two weeks. Fast forward a few days, and the governor closed school buildings for the rest of the school year. There are a lot of …
Let’s do a little Dos and Don’ts for finishing the semester in a global pandemic. Do: Ask your students how they are, what they need, what their challenges are, then listen and adapt accordingly. Don’t: Set inflexible deadlines. Do: Lighten the load. Yes, there is so much we WANT to get accomplished and it’s imperative …
It’s overwhelming, the resources, the links, the technology, the acronyms, the expectations, this is all very overwhelming. I am one small voice but hear my whisper into the tsunami, “keep it simple.” This is not the moment to “redesign education” as the memes and tweets say. This is not the moment to learn MOOCs and …
Like everyone else in higher education, I’m preparing to shift my face to face course to a distance learning model. I’m not calling it an online course because it takes me months to prepare an online course. This will happen in a week and it will be imperfect. This course is required for future early …
