Webinar 1: Planning For the Possibility of Remote Learning
Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 7PM – 8PM Eastern
Amid COVID-19 fears, many of us in schools are grappling with how to develop plans and prepare for remote learning as a real possibility. We are here to help.
Join the folks at Powerful Learning Practice as they share concrete plans and examples of what other schools and districts are doing in the midst of the panic to ensure learning continues seamlessly.
In this webinar we will:
- share what should be included in both district guidelines and curriculum planning (at both the district and teacher level).
- think about big issues like SPED services, making sure kids have meals, waivers for seat time requirements and more.
- address the equity issue in terms of technology access.
- provide vetted examples of plans already in place to save you time in creating yours.
- share a variety of options for what remote learning could look like so you can determine what model would best fit your district, teachers, and students.
- provide resources and options for organizing and creating content online so you can efficiently plan for standards aligned content for teachers and students.
- discuss establishing schedules and timelines for implementation of remote learning.
Webinar 2: Getting Started with Remote Learning
Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 7PM – 8PM Eastern
With the onset of the Coronavirus threat, schools are being faced with the possibility of providing remote instruction to their students, in many cases, without even knowing where to start. We want to help.
Join the folks at Powerful Learning Practice as they share tips, tricks and strategies from their twelve years of experience with remote teaching and learning. Let us help you enable your educators as empowered learners, teachers, and leaders who are comfortable with facilitating online learning.
In this webinar we will:
- help you prioritize steps to take in preparing for and implementing online learning.
- share options/tools for creating online spaces for teachers and students to collaborate.
- provide best practices for creating and curating content, including creating videos and other step by step facilitation techniques.
- discuss collaboration tips for co-creation of content and digital assessments.
- brainstorm low tech ideas for in-home teaching.
- discuss how to communicate and strategize with parents or those facilitating the learning at home.
- list options for on/off grid learning.
- discuss how to maximize on what already exists by converting in classroom materials into ready made remote lessons.
- discuss schedules and timelines as a means of establishing clear expectations and communication.
Webinar 3: Best Practices For Teaching and Learning Online
Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 at 7PM – 8PM Eastern
With the onset of the Coronavirus threat, schools are being faced with the possibility of providing remote instruction to their students. More times than not the quality of teaching and learning suffers when we try to digitize our face-to-face learning efforts. We want to help.
Join the folks at Powerful Learning Practice as they share tips, tricks and strategies from their twelve years of experience with remote teaching and learning. Let us help you enable your educators as empowered learners, teachers, and leaders who are comfortable with facilitating online learning.
In this webinar we will:
- share what to consider when starting an online community for students, including digital citizenship concepts to support the development of a thriving learning community for your school or classroom.
- discuss effective communication plans to support parents as they facilitate their students learning at home.
- share best practice examples of online lessons and activities that engage and include the students as active learners.
- share best practice examples of live meeting strategies that can be utilized to create engaging and interactive online lessons.
- discuss how to incorporate multiple means of effective course design and how to address differentiation for learners.
- look at different strategies such as PBL, Design Thinking, Genius Hour, and more as a means to organize learning.
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