How can you help students close their gaps over the summer break?

We read and hear a lot about concerns that due to students learning from home, being away from school, teachers, friends, and extra-curricular activities, and not having what used to be the normal and familiar routine of going to school, there may be gaps in their learning and development.

If we want to give the same kind of support to all our students, how can we help them close their gaps over the summer break?

Before we begin with nine strategies to support our students over the summer break, let’s define what a “gap” could look like in a student’s 2020-2021 school year education.

Online StrategiesMelanie WiscountMay 29, 2021virtual learning, summer, relationshihpsComment

31 Ways to Encourage Students to Turn on their Cameras in LIVE Classes

So, how do teachers get students to turn on their cameras? I have put together 30 ways teachers can encourage students to turn on their cameras during live virtual classes. Some of these ways are going to make students feel good, like that handshake at the door. Other ways will be linked to our content. And the ways that are left are going to create fun in the classroom, which is an important influencer to getting students to engage.

Online StrategiesMelanie WiscountMay 14, 2021edtech, virtual learning, strategiesComment

Get What IS Working for Students in Virtual Learning to Work for You in your Online Classroom

Virtual learning has brought our students many unforeseen challenges since March 2020, and some of these challenges have either diminished its negative effect as teachers beat these challenges tech-on, while other challenges continue as we enter the last term of the next school year.

However, there are found advantages for students brought on by virtual learning that cannot be dismissed. And, if we as teachers use these advantages to increase student attendance, engagement, participation, and achievement, these virtual learning advantages students are experiencing become a Win-Win in our virtual classrooms.

Online StrategiesMelanie WiscountApril 27, 2021virtual learningComment

New Challenges Teachers Face in Pandemic Times & How Should We Respond to Those Challenges

On April 14, 2021, India Today, published a validating post for most teachers today, Challenges for teachers which never existed before (1). The article discusses the challenges teachers are experiencing as they provide education during Pandemic times and transitions.

With little notice back in the first quarter of 2020, teachers felt the weight of getting instruction and learning to move seamlessly inside a digital environment. Most teachers did not feel the confidence or have the competence in technology to respond with few trials and errors in the process and sometimes, in the midst of high expectations, from administrators, parents, and students.

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