The webinar covers how educators are using digital communities to support each other professionally, socially, and personally during the COVID-19 crisis and examples of powerful communities of practice and how they leverage the collective efficacy of thousands of dedicated professionals to both provide quick access to expert support and advocate for support and resources.
Accommodations, Modifications, and Intervention at a Distance
An article that provides helpful steps schools can take to support students who have IEPs in remote-learning settings through modifications and interventions.
Formatively Assess Students
Included in a website called Teaching with Technology “How do I….?” This section provides digital tools for formative assessment.
Make Formative Assessment More Student-Centered
A website with cheat sheets, video tutorials, apps and websites.
Formative Assessment in Distance Learning
An article that highlights formative resources including: 24 Digital Tools for Formative Assessment (Global Online Academy) and Clear feedback rules (video from High Tech High)
The Necessity of Having High Expectations
An article providing key reflective questions about rigor including–Are we giving accommodations in students’ zone of proximal development or their comfort zone? Do our accommodations empower students to access more content and higher-level thinking or do they remove learning opportunities? Are scaffolds gradually removed as kids approach independence or do the scaffolds anchor them in …
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The Science of Keeping Kids Engaged—Even From Home
An article that provides ready-to-use choice activities such as, giving students the choice to share their work in the form of a podcast, children’s book, 2- to 3-minute video, art installation, or paper.
Language, Culture, and Teaching: Critical Perspectives
A book offering information, insights, and motivation to teach students of diverse cultural, racial, and linguistic backgrounds. Examples are included throughout to illustrate real-life dilemmas about diversity that teachers face in their classrooms; ideas about how language, culture, and teaching are linked; and ways to engage with these ideas through reflection and collaborative inquiry.
Fishbowl: Community Inquiry
A guide to using the fishbowl strategy for organizing medium- to large-group discussions.
The Value of Culturally Responsive Teaching in Distance Learning
An article featuring Zaretta Hammond (author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain) and her three suggestions for implementing culturally responsive teaching in the current situation.