Unusual Circumstances

This week I was using a schedule to help keep myself on track with my assignment planning. I was starting to feel a little more comfortable with my planning but now my cooperating center as well as many other schools in the country has closed and is moving to remote instruction for their students.


Outside of my scheduled online classes, I don't have much experience with this learning format. I know that this method of education is a bit more student-driven as while the teacher provides the material the students must decide when and for how long they are going to work on it. Two students could put completely different amounts of time into the same project to get the same result.


Learning how to effectively teach remotely will be another challenge that I am willing to take on. This will also be a good lesson for future use if a school that I am teaching at ever has to shift to a remote learning system for any length of time. Having a plan in place for this scenario would be very beneficial no matter where you are teaching.


I know that all schools in Pennsylvania are currently closed for two weeks as well as schools in other states. If you are a teacher in one of these places how does this affect you? How might your current planning system need to change to continue teaching remotely?

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  1. AnonymousMarch 16, 2020 at 5:23 AM

    This will be a unique experience in your journey as an educator. This is new territory for myself as well. We are a one to one district but I do not teach any all online classes. I like your statement of "Two students could put completely different amounts of time into the same project to get the same result." I believe this will challenge us as educators to create meaningful and purpose content with clear expectations and rubrics. In not experiencing this before, what I am telling myself is to think practical and realistic and purposeful. I am excited to see what you come up with!

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