Dear Ed 590 Ladies,
This is the blog that I have been promising to set up. It is the place for us to go and share thoughts, ideas, and concerns.
Let us begin..................do any of these photos pertain to you and how you are feeling at the moment? Take a minute to share your thoughts with us. How is school going for you at this point in time? Any specific concerns? Any funny stories? Any hardships that you are attempting to conquer? Let us know.
You can respond here first and then respond again if anyone states something with which you would like to agree..........or disagree. Have any questions that you would like to ask your colleagues in this class? Go right ahead, but remember that you, too, need to add some information.
As for me...........I am leading an extremely boring life at the moment. Home....office......home.....office. Forget museums, concerts, March Madness and all of those exciting things I had planned for vacation. Dr. Ries
Hello. I had my first day of online teaching today. Only one student emailed me with questions. I am using Google Classroom to post assignments and also using EdPuzzle for the first time. I was able to change sheets while "teaching" today :) My working day ended at 12:17pm as my school will be running on a half day schedule. Keeping my fingers crossed we can get back to school sooner rather than later. Hope everyone is well!
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon. This is Berkis. Around here everything is ok. I also had my first day of teaching online. For me it has been difficult since I see many classes during the day and for some of them (Upper grades) I have to use google classroom, while for others (lower grades) I use FlipGrid Educator to teach them. I have to be jumping from one App to the other, but by tomorrow I hope to be more used to it.
ReplyDeleteHello. This is Elizabeth. As of right now my experience of online learning has been from the student's perspective since I am not yet teaching my own class. However, last Friday I went into observe and it was hectic preparing first graders for online school. My cooperating teacher was very busy preparing students for the two weeks of at home schooling, and had to make sure she had paper based activities to give them. Not every student in her class has a computer at home, and in general most of her students do not type very well so using the computer to complete their work could be challenging. Students also had the option of posting their work on an app called Seesaw that most of the parents are familiar with using. I helped her prepare handouts and lesson packets, it was an interesting learning experience. That day showed me the importance of using what little time there was in the most productive way. Hope everyone is doing well!
ReplyDeleteIt is wonderful to hear from the three of you and to know that you are well and plugging along. I thought that the life of the college professor was going to be a difficult one during this period of time, but I had forgotten all of the "attention to detail" that has to be taken into consideration when you have those "little guys who cannot even type yet." Do not know who the first "unknown" person is up above, but make sure we know who you are. Your name should come up in the "comment as" box. Are your schools planning to stay closed for only a month? That would be wonderful. Think of how much you are learning about online teaching!!!!!!!! I know that you were not planning to do that, but sometimes some great things come out of disaster. Just want you to know that Caldwell University will be closed for the entire semester. Lots of online "stuff." I am going to use Zoom in a few weeks. Just learning it. We can use it for your presentations, at least. Be well. Dr. Ries
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ReplyDeleteI have had a long week of answering parent concerns, getting them ready for the online tasks of my first graders, collaborating with my team, and really figuring out how we will hold all students accountable to online learning. We are using Web Ex with live lessons daily. I am responsible for teaching word study, science and social studies alternating days. The other teachers in my team will be teaching the other core subjects. I would have to say, this interactive way to teach a lesson is much more than I had realized. I have 87 students on the grade level and to teach them a lesson with interaction and no supervision at times has been hectic to say the least. We have now put in place a norms list for students to follow when entering the live lessons, one of which is to keep your mic on mute until a teacher un-mutes you for a response. I know that we are taking this online learning a bit further than most districts, who are just sending packets to complete. We are actually treating this like a classroom.
I would have to say I have been stressed in all of this and to bring it all together we are using Class Dojo to post assignments to complete.
Although it was hard I feel like teaching from home is pretty nice, I get to eat lunch and do walks when I am not on the computer, and when I want. Being stuck in the house all weekend and not able to see my family is just as hard. There is only so much sitting and watching TV your body can handle....but I am now taking on live lessons for YOGA, so in turn I may benefit.
Over all I am doing great and hope that we all can get through this pandemic strong than ever.
Prayers go out to all. Stay safe!
Christine
Christine, Sounds like your life is pretty busy, but well organized at the moment. Keep on going. Let us know how the Dojo idea works. There is a learning curve in all of this. I am insisting that my family members Zoom with me before I reach out to all of you.
ReplyDeleteBTW.............who is the "unknown person" who signed in above. It is one of three of your........Emily? kathleen? or "Carrie." Please identify yourself in one way or another. Thanks. Dr. Ries