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Teaching online during a time of need featuring Dr. Torrey Trust

Updated: Oct 26, 2022

Edumagicians,


Do you have your coffee, and are you ready to take some notes? Let's jump right in on our conversation about emergency remote teaching. You can find all the resources here: www.sfecich.com/Torrey She shares her six strategies that are valuable for current educators, student teachers, and admins to work through. Friends, you can do this. You can have a fun, informative class with your students using educational technology in meaningful ways. Before we start with the steps, take a deep breath, give yourself grace, and let's get started to enrich the learning experience with your students.



Step 1 - Check in with your students K-higher ed
  • What do your students have access to?

  • How can students connect?

  • How are your students during this time in their life?

  • What tech, access, and skills do they have at home?




Step 2 - Design for variability
  • Use UDL best practices when designing content

  • Think about how you represent the content for your students.

  • Think about reading, listening, watching, etc.

  • How can we give students different ways to learn the content?

  • Think about images, videos, graphics, etc. Keep videos short and simple (no more than 5 minutes!)

  • Add a closed caption, too, through YouTube or Microsoft Stream!

  • Think through how students will engage in the content you are presenting

  • Share their interest and get their curiosity going during your chat.

  • Encourage engagement through intrinsic motivation through student choice

  • Consider a digital choice board, hyperdocs, playlists, and menus

  • Station rotation or (channels) remotely!

  • Make sure that your content is accessible to all

  • How will students show what they know in new ways?

  • Try something flexible for students to create to show what they know

  • Multiple means of expression

Step 3 - Use open education resources

  • Don't recreate the wheel

  • Have students crowd-sourced resources together

  • See what is out there! Find a new favorite resource to share.