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Help combat the growing global inequities in online learning during this global lock down. Access to education, on a healthy and accessible Internet, is a human right denied to many during the COVID-19 crisis. Please endorse this proposal.
Greg McVerryAnyone who has followed my meandering path into the #IndieWeb knows much of what I do gets driven by teaching. Our company ReVIEW Talent Feedback System brings this vision to teacher coaching, evaluation and feedback. Reflection and learning should drive classroom improvement. To that end, we partnered with the Known Open Collective to add learning and refle
Greg McVerryAccra, under lockdown. East Haddam, same. The global Covid-19 pandemic has lead to the cancellation of events across the globe. This Saturday we tried to hold a @wikipedia and @wikidata edit-a-thon as a remote event. We failed....I mean learned. We gave Hangotus a try and Zoom. Even without video, just using audio, network congestion ground us to a screechin
Greg McVerryWant to know the most effective and efficient way to help students succeed in your online class? Just provide a metacognitive checklist. Here is an example from my Southern Connecticut State University class an intro to #edtech https://edu106.jgregorymcverry.com/2020/learn-something-module-checklist Did you read the Maisha Winn article? Did you make a concep
Greg McVerryGoals: Explore methods to make our online classes a caring place where every student know what it takes to succeed. Objectives: Analyze how you applied elements of Community of Inquiry to your first week Explain why intentional hospitality matters in online learning. Read Skim the readings for the salient points. Try to survive this week. I debated just givi
Greg McVerryDid you read the Maisha Winn article? Did you make a concept map, drawing the shape of Winn's piece? How would you visually represent the ideas, organizations, and connections? Did you publish a post describing what you will learn? Did you publish a blog post, meeting our new high standards, reflecting on the readings? Did you bookmark three sources you will
Greg McVerryhttps://media.southernct.edu/media/Covid19+Online+Teaching+Tips/0_u44fz3yf Getting Started https://media.southernct.edu/media/COVID-19+Online+Guide+II/1_4hkmqlx0 (synchronous sessions ) https://media.southernct.edu/media/How+To+Use+Kaltura/1_2exvroex How to use Kaltura and microlecture https://media.southernct.edu/media/Teaching+in+a+Time+of+CrisisA+Instruct
Greg McVerryYour students now take classes 100% online. Our k12 schools have shuttered their doors to promote social distance. What should a teacher candidate do? They came into the semester so excited to do field work or student teach. How can we recreate this learning? Patrick and I want to help. We will waive the $2,000 annual site fee and reduce our per site license
Greg McVerryAs our students will return to campus without setting a foot on campus we need to ensure we approach the week with care and compassion and then build out a space for learning using four better practices: Use Asynchronous Communication Use Simple Predictable Design Focus On Teacher Presence Provide Timely Feedback Make Your Class Asynchronous We have been pro
Greg McVerryLesson Plan For Today's @SCSU Session On Microlectures and Kaltura.
Greg McVerryReflecting as a Group Assignment in an Online Class
Greg McVerryI am creating a 3rd and 6th grade inquiry curriculum where students can choose science or social studies topics. I will make a 2 hour day program with one hour being contact with me and other students on video. The curriculum will align to the Common Core State Standard and will involve building a website to make an argument. The cost is $100 per week. Limit
Greg McVerryPlaying with some fun h-card designs Make Hack Webmaker Professor Teacher Poet coder play learn Tr ou blemaker
Greg McVerryStudents completed a 3-2-1 in reaction to the readings. They had to list three things they learned, two things, they found interesting, and one question they still had. Here are there questions: How can we better educate teachers on how to use different texts with children. For example, what resources are there for teachers to help with selecting text that a
Greg McVerryDon't Worry, We Got This I know many of you may have a bit of anxiety as we move to a fully online classroom. I wwant you to know I will be here for you. I will complete EVERY task that assign to you and create a culture where we support each other. Let's Connect I am here for you. We will meet at our normally scheduled Monday and Wednesday class times. I wi
Greg McVerryHey #EDU506 I want to pull you away from your Purell bath and provide a quick update. You case studies are due 3/13 Friday and many of you are feverishly writing. You will get a short three question survey about your performance and your group member performance. Please answer honestly. I will be launching the next module on dialectical questing today but yo
Greg McVerryTracking My Month of Getting Healthy
Greg McVerryThis is a reply to an editorial : Thank you all for engaging in this important topic, though I do not think the author was suggesting no assessment in student teaching. Violet Jiménez Sims suggested that EdTPA is the WRONG assessment not that all assessment is bad. The author argued for local control based on high quality feedback rather than handing over te
Greg McVerryWe began class with a check-in. Every class begins with an entrance slip where students blog about their writing. I use this technique to take advantage of instructional minutesd but also allow students who have back to back classes across campus make it before we start new material. We then went over expectations of our second module "Learn Something" We fi
Greg McVerryOpen data day was a huge success. We ran programs with three organizations in Accra. What is a community? Building these long term partnership help make your future organizations strong. But remember it only takes 2-3 people meeting regularly to be an organization. That is one major lesson we want people to take away from our program. Do not waste time talki
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