Recently, I wrote that perhaps our wisest approach to distance learning for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year is enrichment only. My earnest and amicable argument here is that if we try a continuation approach to distance learning, we’ll end up with fewer engaged students now and larger gaps when we return than if […]
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Example of an Emergency Remote Teaching Enrichment Activity: Nature Study (Biology, Art, ELA, Gr 4-12)
Recently, I wrote that perhaps our wisest approach to distance learning for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year is enrichment only. My earnest and amicable argument here is that if we try a continuation approach to distance learning, we’ll end up with fewer engaged students now and larger gaps when we return than if […]
Here’s an Example of a Distance Learning Enrichment Activity: 20 for 20 (Social Studies or ELA, Gr 4-12)
Recently, I wrote that perhaps our wisest approach to distance learning for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year is enrichment only. My earnest and amicable argument here is that if we try a continuation approach to distance learning, we’ll end up with fewer engaged students now and larger gaps when we return than if […]
The Good News, the Bad News, and the Start of A Solution for Keeping Distance Learning Simple
It looks like a lot of us are going to be distance teaching for a while. I’ve been thinking and reading and reflecting on what this means and how we’d be wisest to approach it. Before I begin, let me be transparent: I’ve been paralyzed at the keyboard on this topic — far more so, […]
It Turns Out that Knowledge Really Is Power: So, What’s In Your Portfolio?
There are lots of differences between South Korea and the United States, but the most important one today is probably this: the South Koreans have tested the majority of their (much smaller) population for coronavirus, and this knowledge enables them to enact precise public health measures aimed at containment. Meanwhile, the United States has tested […]