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7 Time Saving Tips for Classroom Set Up

7 Time-Saving Tips for Classroom Setup

7 Time-Saving Tips for Remotely Setting Up Your Classroom It is mid-summer and you are on the BEACH or sitting by the POOL enjoying your time with friends and family and then the inevitable happens…you start thinking about your CLASSROOM SET UP! Has this happened to YOU? Even worse…are you

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Screencasting in the Classroom for Student Reading Fluency

Screencasting for Oral Reading Fluency Growth Teachers, have you ever asked for volunteers to read in class and experienced a painful silence…finally one student sighs and says… “I will do it”…like they are the martyr saving their fellow classmates from a fate worse than death?  Been there! The truth is

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Canva for Educational Leaders

Educational leaders can use Canva, a graphic design tool, for a variety of purposes, including creating visually appealing presentations, reports, flyers, social media posts, and other communication materials.  Here are some ways educational leaders can use Canva: 1. Creating Presentations: Educational leaders can use Canva to create visually engaging presentations

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How to build relationships with remote students

How to Build Relationships with Remote Students

Building relationships with remote students can be challenging, but it is important to establish a positive and supportive learning environment.  Here are some strategies to build relationships with remote students: 1. Create a welcoming online classroom:  Creating  a virtual space that is welcoming and easy to navigate for your students

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meet the teacher video

How To Make A Meet The Teacher Video

How to Make a Meet the Teacher Video Video Can Help Build Relationships A Meet the Teacher or Welcome Video is the # 1 way to start building a relationship of “know”, “like”, and “trust” with your students online or in a blended learning classroom.  Your welcome video does not

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Help students Transition back to school with YouTube Content

Help Students Transition Back To School With YouTube

How to use YouTube to Make Student Transition Back to School Easier Many students across the country are returning to school after being at home for a long period of time. Although, students, parents, and teachers are looking forward to getting back to some sense of normalic at school.  Change

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Parent-Teacher Conferences Online

Online Parent-Teacher Conferences and Communication

Parent-teacher conferences are always hectic, but this year even more so, since most districts have conferences online through Zoom or Google Meet. 💻I have been teaching hybrid since August and although I teach live online Monday through Friday with my students, I was still a little nervous about parent/ teacher

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Engaging Students Online

Connecting with Students Virtually Online

Connecting with your students virtually while distance teaching can be challenging. Engaging and emotionally connecting with students online can be very different than connecting with them face-to-face in the classroom. Human interaction online can challenge our brain’s primal sense of human communication. Video calls can challenge the brain’s ability to

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asynchronous vs. synchronous learning

Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Learning: Which is Better?

If you have been wondering what the phrases “asynchronous” and “synchronous” learning mean when it comes to online teaching and learning then you are NOT alone! Say WHAT?! The first time I heard of “asynchronous” & “synchronous” learning I was talking to a techie teacher friend who rattled them off

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Tips for Setting up your virtual classroom online

3 Must Haves for Setting Up Your Online Classroom

Building a virtual classroom online can be a daunting task! 💻Building your virtual classroom does not have to be DAUNTING! You just need a PLAN for building your virtual classroom framework. There can be A LOT to think about when shifting from a brick-and-mortar classroom to an online virtual classroom.

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Students working from home

Distance Learning: 7 Ways to Help Students Work from Home

Distance Learning: 7 ways to help students work from home. Nationwide schools have closed to help flatten the curve of the Corona virus and keep citizens healthy. This sudden shift from students going to school to students working from home on schoolwork has left parents and teachers scrambling to create

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