Distance Learning Archives - Page 2 of 3 - The Owl Teacher by Tammy DeShaw

DISTANCE LEARNING

As teachers, we have to be flexible, and changing our classrooms from schools to our homes for a virtual environment is no exception. We step up to the plate, research our target, and excel at the unknown. These posts help you explore the world of distance learning and change the unknown to the conquered! You’ve got this!

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Have you heard about Boom Learning Cards, but wasn't exactly sure what they were or how to use them? This post covers everything you need to know to get started in the classroom with Boom Decks and to get started! Save this pin and click through now.

How to Use Boom Learning Cards in Your Classroom

Right now during distance learning or a hybrid teaching approach, families need some social-emotional supports to help them. This post provides a few tips to help you with online teaching and providing those supports.

Social-Emotional Supports for Families During Online Learning

There's a pretty good chance that you'll be using Zoom for class meetings or staff meetings this upcoming school year whether you are distance teaching or using a hybrid approach. Check out this post to learn Zoom tips for teachers and get started right away!

Zoom Tips for Teachers

Whether you are distance learning full-time or using a hybrid approach, chances are you’ll be Zooming! Zoom has been used for class meetings and staff

If you have to teach a hybrid model or teach distance learning, assessment may be a major concern. This post helps you figure out how to assess students online and provides practical tips to get started!

How to Assess Students Online

After distance learning, you may be wondering how you’ll know where your learners are at when it comes to meeting standards. There may be a

When you have to teach online or through distance learning, it can be a challenge. Check out these e-learning tips to help make the best of your school year and make online learning a breeze!

E-Learning Tips to Make the Best of Distance Learning

It’s been a crazy few months as teachers have transitioned from in school learning to e-learning. Most of us had never experienced anything like this

To have a smooth virtual learning school year, you're going to need to help your parents and students with these parent tech tips for online learning! Check out these four tips to make distance learning run more smoothly for your classroom!

Helping Parents with Online Learning

When teachers suddenly went online this year, we weren’t the only ones thrown a learning curve. Our students and parents also had to learn about

Are you trying to figure out how you are going to foster online student engagement this upcoming school year? This post contains a few ideas for teachers who may end up teaching remotely or have to have a hybrid approach! Click through to read now!

How to Foster Online Student Engagement

You may be teaching online this summer or into the fall. During the last few months of school, you probably noticed that it’s harder to

How to Support Students without Internet Access at Home

During this time of distance learning, we have all had to come up with creative ideas to reach our students online. You’ve held Zoom meetings or Google Meets to

With remote learning happening across our classrooms in the fall, we have to figure out new ways to build relationships with students online. This post provides some ideas to help you get to know your students digitally while distance learning! Plus, you can grab a free digital interest inventory!

How to Establish Relationships with Students Online

Many of us have spent the last weeks in remote or virtual learning classrooms. Those strong relationships you established in the classroom don’t stay strong

Seesaw is a fantastic online tool for teachers, parents, and students! This post walks you through how to get started and to use it in your classroom!

Seesaw 101 for Teachers

What a whirlwind the last month has been! Who could have guessed that a temporary closure of schools would turn into school at home for

Are you looking for some STEAM/STEM activities without having to purchase a lot of materials? Check out these activities that use just regular household objects!

STEAM Challenges with Household Objects

Although school buildings are closed, our students are still learning! Even though that means our regular in-class activities are gone this year, you can still

Have you been thinking about using Google Classroom with your elementary students? Check out this post which walks you through getting started and setting it up step-by-step!

Google Classroom for Total Newbies

School closures are happening across the country, and most of us were thrown into online teaching without a lot of time to figure out what

This blog post contains offline and online resources for when your students are not at school, whether that is through remote learning, distance learning, virtual learning, or something else. This also includes preventing the summer slide, providing enrichment or remediation, and much more!

Resources for When Your Students Aren’t at School

The most recent events have caused the majority of the school districts in the United States to close, providing teachers with last-minute notice and students

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