How to Be a Virtual Teacher! Dunno beyond facilitating Engenuity which was an out of the box, super easy tool, but gonna learn now from scratch.
...but if we hold our breath and jump, keep a sense of humor, keep kids with juice away from on our computer, and have amazon account ready for when the dog eats our USB cord, we'll be okay.
Balance is tough. Already, when working from home I'm bouncing between totally obsessed and can't stop typing away, looking at the computer and throwing daggers as I fold laundry, or griping at family to quiet down because I can't focus. I am definitely not there YET. If teaching's any indication, I'll never get "there" but can get better.
Here's the best check-list I've seen for getting started.
How to Be a Successful Virtual Teacher
How to Be More Productive When Working from Home - ADD Resource Center
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Approaches to Learning with Distance Learning
Some Online ATL Resources for Digital and Home-School Learning
Self-Management
Game - teacher directed, collaborate with other students Classcraft Online Management Game
Communication
Online Safety - Video - The Power of Words lesson is also available
Finding Credible News - Common Sense Media
Research
Google Search AWESOME - PPT lessons and daily research challenges - use tomorrow - organized beginner, intermediate, and advanced searchers
https://www.google.com.hk/insidesearch/searcheducation/lessons.html
Social Skills
Zoo U - Online Collaboration Game - Tools to assign and teacher can observe how students work together c
Building Empathy - video with ideas to build empathy in your digital classroom
Links for tools for online collaboration - add your own to the list
Thinking Skills
Finding My Media Balance - Common Sense Media
Self-Management
Game - teacher directed, collaborate with other students Classcraft Online Management Game
Communication
Online Safety - Video - The Power of Words lesson is also available
Finding Credible News - Common Sense Media
Research
Google Search AWESOME - PPT lessons and daily research challenges - use tomorrow - organized beginner, intermediate, and advanced searchers
https://www.google.com.hk/insidesearch/searcheducation/lessons.html
Social Skills
Zoo U - Online Collaboration Game - Tools to assign and teacher can observe how students work together c
Building Empathy - video with ideas to build empathy in your digital classroom
Links for tools for online collaboration - add your own to the list
Thinking Skills
Finding My Media Balance - Common Sense Media
Friday, March 27, 2020
Academic Honesty - This is definitely a test of the emergency broadcast system! Copyright in the time of COVID
This is a not a test. Working from home and moving learning online is our new reality. Let's see how our democratic values of ownership and authority still hold strong in a time of uncertainty and online learning.
Will you still demonstrate being principled and follow copyright laws? It's not going to be easy. Call me out too if I make a mistake too. These are extraodinary times indeed.
Here are updated guidelines and policies for video-taping read-alouds:
https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=publishers-adapt-policies-to-help-educators-coronavirus-covid19
Will you still demonstrate being principled and follow copyright laws? It's not going to be easy. Call me out too if I make a mistake too. These are extraodinary times indeed.
Here are updated guidelines and policies for video-taping read-alouds:
https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=publishers-adapt-policies-to-help-educators-coronavirus-covid19
Thursday, March 26, 2020
FREE Resources for Educators for School Closures
FREE Resources - My awesome principal and resourceful colleagues are sharing amazing resources. So many. As they come I'll post and curate them here for all to use. Keep them coming.
https://www.weareteachers.com/free-online-learning-resources/
https://time.com/tfk-free/?fbclid=IwAR35tK7NPJnGOFciaHtdi3UEWwUVI1CZKXIaI7XlSQdqvLB9lgMbN5sPAxM
Copyright Policy Updates during School Closures - Publishers are allowing copyright use in agreement for following these procedures and policies. Thank you for using academic honesty. The true test is if we as a society will follow academic honesty during difficult times.
CA Council for Social Studies Supporting distance learning in social studies - indexed by grade. Includes financial literacy and civis links.
Teaching Books
130 FREE online resources
Common Sense Media - Best Games for Online Learning, Digital Citizenship Badges, Lessons and More
https://www.weareteachers.com/free-online-learning-resources/
https://time.com/tfk-free/?fbclid=IwAR35tK7NPJnGOFciaHtdi3UEWwUVI1CZKXIaI7XlSQdqvLB9lgMbN5sPAxM
Copyright Policy Updates during School Closures - Publishers are allowing copyright use in agreement for following these procedures and policies. Thank you for using academic honesty. The true test is if we as a society will follow academic honesty during difficult times.
CA Council for Social Studies Supporting distance learning in social studies - indexed by grade. Includes financial literacy and civis links.
Teaching Books
130 FREE online resources
Common Sense Media - Best Games for Online Learning, Digital Citizenship Badges, Lessons and More
Relevant Learning - Perfect time to collect oral histories
Help our students stay in touch with relatives and friends by collecting oral histories. Boost writing, listening and speaking strategies.
Oral History Project from UC Berkeley History Social Science Project
Tell Us How it Was: Students Interview Their Elders - What Can Kids Do
Oral History Project - Teaching Tolerance
Oral Interviews - Teaching Tolerance
Oral Histories - National Council for Social Studies
Oral History Upper Elementary Lesson Plan (grade 4/5)- great ideas to have our students interview each other and publish their experiences of Sheltering in Place. -Tenement Museum
How do I Engage Students in Oral History Projects? - Oral History Association
Interviewing Veterans - Library of Congress
Story Corps - Interviewing Tips
Story Corps DIY - getting your students started
How to use primary resources in your online teaching:
National Archives
Oral History Project from UC Berkeley History Social Science Project
Tell Us How it Was: Students Interview Their Elders - What Can Kids Do
Oral History Project - Teaching Tolerance
Oral Interviews - Teaching Tolerance
Oral Histories - National Council for Social Studies
Oral History Upper Elementary Lesson Plan (grade 4/5)- great ideas to have our students interview each other and publish their experiences of Sheltering in Place. -Tenement Museum
How do I Engage Students in Oral History Projects? - Oral History Association
Interviewing Veterans - Library of Congress
Story Corps - Interviewing Tips
Story Corps DIY - getting your students started
How to use primary resources in your online teaching:
National Archives
Dive Deep - Our Oceans
What is the greatest source of ocean pollution? What kelp-based products do you use/eat everyday? Do you know the value of the global ocean economy? Can you name one marine-related career? Curate your marine related curriculum to inspire students to explore and take action.
Did you know Soymilk and Toothpaste are made with seaweed?
Kelp Forest Digital Teachers Guide - AWESOME resources including a game from Monterey Bay Aquarium
Watersheds, Flooding, and Pollution - educator's resources from NOAA because all streets and all streams lead to the ocean
Cigarette Butts the Worlds Greatest Source of Ocean Pollution - inspire your students to take action
Stuck inside and can't get to the beach for spring break? Put on your snorkel and fins and dive deep with these online underwater resources:
All ages Ocean Education - National Geographic
Be sure to sign-up for FREE Mysteryscience.com teacher account!
California State Parks PORTS is also free right now. Search it up and have your families join in for a free video-conference at a state park
K-8 - BrainPop Oceans - Learn about oceans with animated video, quizzes, and related topics (sign-up for FREE teacher account)
K-8 - NEWSELA ocean-related articles FREE for online teachers - Sign-up now!
Did you know the value of the global ocean economy is estimated to grow from $1.5 Trillion (2010) to $3.0 Trillion by 2030 - "The Ocean Economy in 2030," OECD (April 2016)
grade 10+ The Maritime Alliance ocean-related companies (the movers and the shakers), click on links to research these blue-tech innovators
grade 8+ NASA links for ocean problem sets using Pi
grade 7+ The Maritime Alliance Ocean Report US Ocean Enterprise - one of the fastest and most lucrative economies is ocean-related economies, check-out what jobs and careers will be needed
grade 7+ The Martitime Alliance Blue Stem Career videos - there are so many more ocean-related jobs than one might think
grade 6+ Elephant Seals articles from California State Parks (cam is available when parks are open)
grade 6+ Experiencing Marine Protected Areas - how to keep MPA's safe (plan ahead for when you are out and about again)
grade 6+ Ocean Facts from NOAA with links to 100+ ocean-related video
grade 6+ - virtual adventure - FREE teacher membership required - Find a Vent online exploration with American History Museum https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/find-a-vent
grade 6+ - article - "Oceanography" Scholastic Article
grade 4+ - article - 11 Ocean-friendly companies like Patagonia and Adidas are removing plastic from our seas and transforming it into cool new products - Business Insider
grade 2 - video - Why is the ocean salty?
COOL OCEAN CAMS - IF YOU CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON
LIVE Scripps Pier Cam (La Jolla Shores, San Diego)
Kelp Cam - Birch Aquarium
Coral Reef Cam - Monterey Bay Aquarium
All Monterey Bay Aquarium Cams including penguins, sharks, and Monterey Bay - Monterey Bay Aquarium
National Aquarium Cams are recorded during COVID but click here to find animals in their ocean environment - National Aquarium
Shark Tracker - National Conservation
Channel Islands LIVE Kelp cam - California Channel Islands
Ocean cams at explore.org
Did you know Soymilk and Toothpaste are made with seaweed?
Kelp Forest Digital Teachers Guide - AWESOME resources including a game from Monterey Bay Aquarium
Watersheds, Flooding, and Pollution - educator's resources from NOAA because all streets and all streams lead to the ocean
Cigarette Butts the Worlds Greatest Source of Ocean Pollution - inspire your students to take action
Stuck inside and can't get to the beach for spring break? Put on your snorkel and fins and dive deep with these online underwater resources:
All ages Ocean Education - National Geographic
Be sure to sign-up for FREE Mysteryscience.com teacher account!
California State Parks PORTS is also free right now. Search it up and have your families join in for a free video-conference at a state park
K-8 - BrainPop Oceans - Learn about oceans with animated video, quizzes, and related topics (sign-up for FREE teacher account)
K-8 - NEWSELA ocean-related articles FREE for online teachers - Sign-up now!
Did you know the value of the global ocean economy is estimated to grow from $1.5 Trillion (2010) to $3.0 Trillion by 2030 - "The Ocean Economy in 2030," OECD (April 2016)
grade 10+ The Maritime Alliance ocean-related companies (the movers and the shakers), click on links to research these blue-tech innovators
grade 8+ NASA links for ocean problem sets using Pi
grade 7+ The Maritime Alliance Ocean Report US Ocean Enterprise - one of the fastest and most lucrative economies is ocean-related economies, check-out what jobs and careers will be needed
grade 7+ The Martitime Alliance Blue Stem Career videos - there are so many more ocean-related jobs than one might think
grade 6+ Elephant Seals articles from California State Parks (cam is available when parks are open)
grade 6+ Experiencing Marine Protected Areas - how to keep MPA's safe (plan ahead for when you are out and about again)
grade 6+ Ocean Facts from NOAA with links to 100+ ocean-related video
grade 6+ - virtual adventure - FREE teacher membership required - Find a Vent online exploration with American History Museum https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/find-a-vent
grade 6+ - article - "Oceanography" Scholastic Article
grade 4+ - article - 11 Ocean-friendly companies like Patagonia and Adidas are removing plastic from our seas and transforming it into cool new products - Business Insider
grade 2 - video - Why is the ocean salty?
COOL OCEAN CAMS - IF YOU CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON
LIVE Scripps Pier Cam (La Jolla Shores, San Diego)
Kelp Cam - Birch Aquarium
Coral Reef Cam - Monterey Bay Aquarium
All Monterey Bay Aquarium Cams including penguins, sharks, and Monterey Bay - Monterey Bay Aquarium
National Aquarium Cams are recorded during COVID but click here to find animals in their ocean environment - National Aquarium
Shark Tracker - National Conservation
Channel Islands LIVE Kelp cam - California Channel Islands
Ocean cams at explore.org
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Ooops - Persian New Year
Thank you Lisa Adeli from University of Arizona for this "good stuff!" and reminding us that a Happy New Day can, and is being celebrated, even when inside trying to quell the COVID virus.
Please forgive this late posting...Happy Nowruz to families celebrating around the world.
Last week was a blur getting children and household settled for "sheltering in place" in California. Now that we are settling into a routine I'm finally working my way through 200+ emails. A friend of ours is from Iran and practices Zoroastrian religion here in San Diego so when I saw this post I was so happy to learn more about his religion and tonight we will have Shah Toot jam on our ice-cream as a nod to his wonderful family and all that they graciously share with our family. Every year we are invited to their home to help harvest Shah Toot berries from the beautiful trees in their back yard. He brought the cuttings from Iran years ago. Over the years we have learned more about the berries and realized what a special treat they are not only to us, but to other middle-eastern families. According to our friend an berry cultivator...Shah means King or Leader and Toot means berries so he says they are the King's Berries. They are the most delicious berry I have ever tasted and to me taste as the color purple would taste if it were food. Hard to explain. They are also known as Persian Red Mulberries and are found in few places in the United States but if you can try them, please do. The darker the better. http://www.mypersiankitchen.com/shahtoot-persian-red-mulberries/
The Persian New Year is the biggest holiday in Iran, Kurdish lands, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and other places - and it's being celebrated now (the first day of the spring equinox, calculated to the minute!). It's a 5,000-year-old secular holiday (since its roots are in the ancient Zoroastrian religion, which isn't very widely practiced today), which combines some features of Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving all rolled into one. If you want to teach about it, here's a very short intro that young people can read: https://cmes.arizona.edu/sites/cmes.arizona.edu/files/Nowruz%20explanation_1.pdf AND you can check out a great website at: https://surfiran.com/nowruz-2020-iranian-new-year-2020/
Short videos - compare different celebrations in different countries:
BBC intro to Nowruz (2 min., 19 sec.)
Silk Road Dance Company (3 min., 14 sec.)
Nowruz in Iran (2 min., 11 sec.)
Nowruz in Azerbaijan (4 minutes, 22 sec.)
Nowruz in Iraqi Kurdistan (2 minute, 8 sec.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGsCx1nx9-Q and (1 min., 34 sec.)
Nowruz in Uzbekistan (4 min., 53 sec.)
Nowruz in Tajikistan (3 min., 27 sec.)
Nowruz in Afghanistan (3 min., 16 sec.) --Lisa Adeli, University of Arizona
Listserv: Be sure to visit the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at University of Arizona and sign-up for their newsletter. They don't fill-up your inbox and the resources are timely, unique and quality.
Book List: good list to buy for your school library so everyone has FREE access to read and enjoy...
http://www.middleeastpdx.org/resources/original/recommended-books-for-elementary-school/
Please forgive this late posting...Happy Nowruz to families celebrating around the world.
Last week was a blur getting children and household settled for "sheltering in place" in California. Now that we are settling into a routine I'm finally working my way through 200+ emails. A friend of ours is from Iran and practices Zoroastrian religion here in San Diego so when I saw this post I was so happy to learn more about his religion and tonight we will have Shah Toot jam on our ice-cream as a nod to his wonderful family and all that they graciously share with our family. Every year we are invited to their home to help harvest Shah Toot berries from the beautiful trees in their back yard. He brought the cuttings from Iran years ago. Over the years we have learned more about the berries and realized what a special treat they are not only to us, but to other middle-eastern families. According to our friend an berry cultivator...Shah means King or Leader and Toot means berries so he says they are the King's Berries. They are the most delicious berry I have ever tasted and to me taste as the color purple would taste if it were food. Hard to explain. They are also known as Persian Red Mulberries and are found in few places in the United States but if you can try them, please do. The darker the better. http://www.mypersiankitchen.com/shahtoot-persian-red-mulberries/
The Persian New Year is the biggest holiday in Iran, Kurdish lands, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and other places - and it's being celebrated now (the first day of the spring equinox, calculated to the minute!). It's a 5,000-year-old secular holiday (since its roots are in the ancient Zoroastrian religion, which isn't very widely practiced today), which combines some features of Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving all rolled into one. If you want to teach about it, here's a very short intro that young people can read: https://cmes.arizona.edu/sites/cmes.arizona.edu/files/Nowruz%20explanation_1.pdf AND you can check out a great website at: https://surfiran.com/nowruz-2020-iranian-new-year-2020/
Short videos - compare different celebrations in different countries:
BBC intro to Nowruz (2 min., 19 sec.)
Silk Road Dance Company (3 min., 14 sec.)
Nowruz in Iran (2 min., 11 sec.)
Nowruz in Azerbaijan (4 minutes, 22 sec.)
Nowruz in Iraqi Kurdistan (2 minute, 8 sec.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGsCx1nx9-Q and (1 min., 34 sec.)
Nowruz in Uzbekistan (4 min., 53 sec.)
Nowruz in Tajikistan (3 min., 27 sec.)
Nowruz in Afghanistan (3 min., 16 sec.) --Lisa Adeli, University of Arizona
Listserv: Be sure to visit the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at University of Arizona and sign-up for their newsletter. They don't fill-up your inbox and the resources are timely, unique and quality.
Book List: good list to buy for your school library so everyone has FREE access to read and enjoy...
http://www.middleeastpdx.org/resources/original/recommended-books-for-elementary-school/
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