According to a recent EdWeek survey, teacher morale isn’t great in the United States right now — at least not according to us teachers. Take a look: When you look at that, you might be nodding your head. Me too. Not exactly a revelation, right? A pause for perspective: it’s not only us Now listen. […]
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“Cameras On… Please?” Ideas for Turning Empty Squares into Faces
This isn’t going to be me wading into the Great Camera Debate of 2020 but is instead me processing strategies for getting more students to turn their cameras on during whole-class, synchronous instruction. But Dave, why? Way back in the day, I wrote a post describing how humanization is only possible in spaces where we […]
My School Just Went Remote: Here Are Ten Things That Are Helping
The last couple of weeks have seemed like the capstone project for my master’s degree in pandemic pedagogy. (You know, that master’s degree program that we all enrolled in together about eight months ago this Friday?) For nine instructional days, I was on quarantine while my students were (mostly) in class — so I taught kids […]
Dave Creates Webinars for Teachers and Teams Around the World
Periodically, Dave livestreams an hour of professional development on a select topic for his colleagues around the world. His aim in these sessions is to provide world-class professional development that addresses head and heart, research and practice, teacher and student. As Jen Gonzalez said in a recent Cult of Pedagogy piece, “Dave goes deep.” Below, […]
How to Build Strong Relationships with Students if You’re Starting the Year Online: Principles and Practices
So you’re starting the school year as a distance educator and you have no idea how to build strong relationships with students you’ve never met in person. Before the hyperventilation kicks in, let’s center on a few grounding principles. Grounding Principle 1: You know things that work for building relationships in normal circumstances. First, you […]