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…
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…
One School’s Journey toward Online Learning Amid a Pandemic Scare I started this blog post a few weeks ago… before virtual learning became a phrase that has dominated my personal and professional conversations. Here is a look at one school’s journey towards virtual learning amid a pandemic scare. What started as an adventurous week-long trip to India for…
Getting started on this project was probably the roughest part of this final but once I started; I really had to reign myself in because I wanted to do so much… maybe even too much, but I was so excited to put everything that I’ve been learning into action! After getting over the initial hump…
This week we look at different ways deep learning could look like and how they could be implemented. Using augmented reality, project-based learning, design thinking, game design, and challenge-based learning are all effective methods for deeper learning. A lot of the methods and articles were geared with older children but I think they can be…
For the last year, COETAIL has been an eye-opening experience for me. Even though I gained pedagogical knowledge when I studied for my Masters in childhood education and gained content knowledge from my experience teaching, the technical knowledge I gained from personal use was helpful but lacking. I didn’t have the synthesized knowledge of all…
This week we continued our reading into the new pedagogy in Rich Seam. This chapter, in particular, focused on the 6 C’s; which is the 4 C’s of the 21st Century Skills with the addition of character education and citizenship. The 6 C’s are: Character Education Citizenship Communication Critical Thinking Collaboration Creativity Originally I thought…
My first lesson of the year is always a lesson on reviewing the “rules” of using an iPad to the K-2 students. This year, I created a kahoots game to review the rules. The kids loved playing the game but had a hard time signing in and were getting upset over getting the wrong answers…
Only a decade ago, having people from all over the world working together would require commitment and lots of money but changing technology has made it so easy to collaborate virtually. This course had a rough start with some technical issues but because of that, we were receiving our information via email. Some of us…