Class Jobs in Live Classrooms to Create a Connected Classroom Culture

Class Jobs in Live Classrooms to Create a Connected Classroom Culture

It is 9:00 AM and the first virtual class of the day has started. Students begin to join some with video and some without and a few students talk to each other so several conversations are going at once while others are silent. The lesson begins and it feels to the teacher that they are the only one engaged in the lesson. It is quiet and at times silent when the teacher asks questions. How might we develop structures for all students to be active in their live online classroom?

My Teaching Channel Adventure: Connected Coaching, Social Media & Some Serendipity

My Teaching Channel Adventure: Connected Coaching, Social Media & Some Serendipity

Have you heard of the Teaching Channel? Neither had I until a talented video producer gave me a call and asked if I would be willing to serve as a pedagogical expert in a short professional development video. My task: Coach a first-year social studies teacher through...