


Parents and Guardians as Partners in Connected Learning
We’re about five weeks into virtual learning at our house, we’re all still learning our way and figuring how to make it all work. One thing that is becoming more and more clear though is that the parent/guardian-teacher relationship is shifting. While a...
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?

Breaking Hyflex & Remote Learning Visual Barriers
Help! I can’t see what my students are doing 😢 It’s important to visually see student work, especially this year. I’ll be the first one to admit that I struggled with feeling blind this semester. I’ve cried more than ever (and still have moments where I need to take a...