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Episode 8: Metro Nashville Public Schools on Relationship-Building, Family Engagement, and Remote Support During COVID
On this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, we speak with Dr. Keri Randolph, Executive Officer...
Non-Verbal Engagement
Utilize non-verbal feedback (e.g., emojis) to visually show when students are ready, need more time, have questions, or want to convey another reaction. This strategy allows students to quickly communicate in a low-stakes – and even entertaining –...
Reactions in a Zoom Meeting
This video from the Unversity of Queensland shows how instructors can use the reactions feature to engage students during a lesson.
Managing Hand Raising in Zoom
This video shows how to manage the raised hands feature in Zoom to facilitate participation.
Facilitating Student Participation on Zoom
This resource from Boston College’s Center for Teaching Excellence provides an overview of several strategies to facilitate student participation including how to facilitate hand raising.
Quick Hands
To ensure students are not only able to engage in a remote setting – but are able to engage comfortably – it is important to give all students the chance to share, participate, and answer questions in fun ways.
Practitioner Toolkit: Learning Together In Socially Distanced Classrooms
In-person learning with social distancing has many educators wondering how to adjust their teaching strategies. This toolkit offers ideas to incorporate one-on-one, small-group, and collaborative learning while staying six feet apart.
Laurel Springs Social Community
Laurel Springs School has developed a robust social community for students to connect with each other and share interests, talents, and passions. This resource outlines clubs, virtual field trips, and the monthly social community calendar.
ASU Prep Digital Social Activities
ASU Prep Digital offers a variety of social activities for their community, including clubs, family events, special interest groups, and more. This resource shares some examples of various types of activities including movie nights, science fairs,...
My Tech High Student Clubs
My Tech High offers student interest-based clubs led by club advisors and parents, held either by semester or in six-week mini-clubs. This resource offers a closer look at each of these clubs and what they entail for students in grades K-12.
Chalk Art Messages from Families to Welcome Teachers
Peirce School's PTO organized an event where families and students came out to write chalk messages thanking teachers for preparing classrooms and other learning spaces to be safe for the return to in-person instruction.