Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

04.23.20 Quick Thought re Online Learning: Signal ‘Purposeful’ From the Start

Watched a few synchronous online lessons today and was struck by how lacking in purposefulness the first few minutes were in several of them. Teachers seemed agenda-less. There was no clear starting point. Or there was a clear starting point but only after 6 or 7 minutes of idle chatter. There was insufficient clarity about what…