When I created my original unit plan for this final project in November, little did I realize how much my unit and the world would change between then and now. I was excited to get back into the classroom and to work with one of my favorite colleague and friend, Alexa Stamatayades in her classroom. …
Covid-19 and the New “Normal” Here in Shanghai, schools are opening back up. It’s a slow process and at our school, with only a few grades at a time. In another week, we will have grades 4-12 on campus. So what’s different? There is definitely a new normal at school and it starts with temperature…
I’m going to start off this post with a mini sidenote: there has been a lot of discussion about caring for mental and emotional health during Covid-19. With that in mind, I’m going to try and remember to be kind to myself and let some things go. Even though I didn’t expand or contribute as…
In my original post about privacy from course 2, I reflected on my personal views student and teacher privacy in regards to their educational technology usage. In short, I didn’t consider much about student privacy as we were confined to a only a few educational websites and Seesaw. I found that almost all of them…
From the Beginning… For many of us that have been thrust into virtual learning, we have had little, if any experience with online teaching and even less preparation. Due to unfortunate timing, our campus only gave us one day to “prepare”. I write that in quotations as preparation was really just giving us time to…