Category Archives: ONLINE LEARNING

ONLINE LEARNING: FREE Independent Reading Access for ALL!

Posted on June 23, 2020 by theliteracycookbook

Although most schools are now closed for the summer, it is not too late to reach out to your students and tell them about Libby.  If you’ve never heard of it, Libby is a FREE app that enables people to … Continue reading →

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ONLINE LEARNING: Open-source Resources

Posted on June 14, 2020 by theliteracycookbook

As we near the finish line of this unusual school year, we are already looking ahead to the next one. For anyone trying to figure out how to run a hybrid instructional model—partly in person, partly online—here are just a … Continue reading →

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ONLINE LEARNING: Three Zoom Tips to Increase Engagement

Posted on May 22, 2020 by theliteracycookbook

As we continue to learn about how various online tools work, here are three Zoom tips that can increase student engagement: Show students how to create a virtual background. Some students might be uncomfortable with their real-life setting; showing them how … Continue reading →

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ONLINE LEARNING: SEL Resources from Princeton-Blairstown Center

Posted on May 9, 2020 by theliteracycookbook

As we all wrestle with how to support students dealing with trauma during this pandemic, one of the challenges is how to do so virtually.  Following is a guest post by Meredith Murray, Director of Development & Communications at Princeton-Blairstown … Continue reading →

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ONLINE LEARNING: How to Teach Writing with Zoom and Jamboard

Posted on May 3, 2020 by theliteracycookbook

Let’s say you’re teaching online with Zoom and you want to help students improve their writing. Let’s say you have 25 students—7th graders—who are reading Frederick Douglass’s 1845 memoir, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, and … Continue reading →

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ONLINE LEARNING: How to Engage Students Using Zoom

Posted on April 8, 2020 by theliteracycookbook

Let’s say you’ve read my previous post and are now able to run secure Zoom meetings: so, no more crazy people Zoom-bombing your students.  Good. The next challenge is how not to bore the participants.  You don’t want to talktalktalk … Continue reading →

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ONLINE LEARNING: Zoom Problems and Solutions (Week 1)

Posted on April 4, 2020 by theliteracycookbook

In this brave new world of online instruction, many of us have turned to Zoom as a communications platform for meetings and classes.  Although Zoom can be super-helpful, it’s also problematic. This past week, the middle schools I work with … Continue reading →

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ONLINE LEARNING: Now What?

Posted on March 21, 2020 by theliteracycookbook

If you work in a school, you completely understand this title.  For many of us, our schools closed very abruptly.  Although we were not oblivious to the news about COVID-19, we did not have time to plan much.  We did … Continue reading →

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