![]() ![]() Indeed, just going beyond the 30-minute mark, past the greeting stages, seemed like a pretty ambitious journey initially. I must confess, that previously, my biggest use for online teaching was in presenting short videos with discussions and quizzes to follow or to end the school year with some kind of big, culminating show on power point or google maps. ![]() So where was my classroom? How could I salvage meaning out of this kind of teaching without a student body in the classroom to build up momentum and chemistry? Suddenly all of us educators were thrown into a world of unknown teaching delivery-that seemed inconceivable when we first considered it-100% remote learning from home, with most of our students needing one-on-one academic assistance, even if their IEP’s technically said differently. I can recall making eye contact with staff who I knew I would probably never see again as they finished up their 2-week notice at home and not with their colleagues.Īlthough it felt like an invisible hurricane was drawing near-most of us still held a very naïve timeline in our heads–thinking we would still return to school in a week, or perhaps two, tops. How do I begin to find words that convey what this journey has been like for a classroom teacher this past year?įor a workaholic, year-round school like APTS, it really was a great shock to suddenly be told to pack up our laptops and go home back on March 13 th. Promoting a sense of place and inter relatedness through technology and online learning Alternative Paths Training School & Programs
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