I’m happy to post another really useful example of a video with some good ideas for online instruction. This one comes from Chloe Hykin and her colleagues at Marine Academy Plymouth, in Plymouth, England. The opening of Chloe’s asynchronous lesson is a really well executed example of some things we’ve been describing on this blog: Warm,…
I’ve just finished reading Daisy Christodoulou’s new book Teachers vs Tech: The Case for an Ed Tech Revolution. It is, as everything Daisy writes seems to be, outstanding: clear in untangling complex issues; profound in unexpected ways; grounded in logic and research. Here are three ideas I found profoundly useful from it: 1: To understand how…
Our TLAC Online modules just moved to a new home and we think this represents a significant upgrade…at just the right time. As many of you know, we’ve been experimenting with how to bring our teacher training content to an online setting for several years —a lucky head start given the sudden urgency of online training…
Just finished watching footage of Joshua Humphrey, who teaches math at KIPP St. Louis High School. Joshua’s lesson was full of great moves that I thought others would benefit from watching as much as I did. Background: The footage I’m sharing is of an asynchronous lesson. Joshua’s students watch two short asynchronous lessons per day and…
By now most people are familiar with the terms synchronous and asynchronous… and with the benefits and limitations of each type of online teaching. Synchronous teaching lets us check for understanding, build habits of engagement and accountability, and gives us the chance to build connections with students. But it’s limited in the depth of the work…