Evolve Distance Learning
Strategies, samples, and tips for delivering and assessing education in a virtual/online independent school setting.
Strategies, samples, and tips for delivering and assessing education in a virtual/online independent school setting.
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Remote Summer School – Accessible, Flexible, Exceptional
Do you have students needing credit recovery or acceleration, confidence with key skills or enrichment this summer? Our Remote Summer Program offerings continue the level of care, connection, community and neuroscience-informed pedagogy that have been hallmarks of our transition to remote learning and that are foundational to the New Roads human-centered system of education. As […]
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PES Hosts 1st Ever Virtual Curriculum Night for Families and Prospective Families
Palisades Episcopal School hosted their first ever Virtual Family Curriculum Night, where families and prospective families were able to participate in hands-on science activities exploring physics, chemistry and biology, as well as a general science scavenger hunt, all led by our faculty and staff. Students and parents joined a Zoom call and used provided materials […]
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Personal Reflection Blog
Sharing various solutions for distance learning. Specific focus on sparking student curiosity and leveraging student curiosity as a strategic partner in the process.
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Preparing for a Hybrid Learning Program
These are the slides we used during professional development to help our faculty and staff prepare for a hybrid learning program.
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Virtual Youth Plastic Pollution Act-Athon
This is not hosted by WDS but we love the idea and wanted to share it. Beyond Plastics and Green Ivy Schools have teamed up to offer a virtual engagement opportunity led by a stellar team of youth mentors who’ll lead kids ages 7-13 in small team projects aimed at convincing the biggest producers of […]
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Free History and Science Lessons
I’m posting free history and science lessons for students to use during this challenging time (and maybe later too). The latest is a story of a STEM project undertaken by a student at the Bullis School. My published books have won many prizes, doing these lessons is one way of attempting to give back and […]
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Hybrid Learning: Classroom Setup Demo
The end of the school year is near, and we’re already planning for next year. While we don’t know what next school year will look like, we are looking into ways technology hardware and software will help bridge the gap between those on and off campus. This video shows one of a few devices we […]
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PES Students Still Staying Connected for our Field Day & Spirit Week
PES students are still joyfully learning and staying connected, even for our annual Field Day and virtual Spirit Week! Check out this video of our students and families showing their PES pride and spirit by participating in some of the fun Field Day and Spirit Week activities together.
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Climate Is Health: Sessions 1-3
Putney Pre-College and Harvard C-CHANGE Educational Resources on Climate, Health, and COVID-19: This (free) five-part series explores the connections between climate change and public health. Meaningful and action-oriented, the content is designed to help teachers and students engage with these issues, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The series is aimed at high […]
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Sonabai: Another Way of Seeing
An inspiring story about a woman who was forcibly removed from interactions with anyone but her immediate family for over a decade and a half. Always shy and withdrawn, Sonabai created an entirely new artistic expression with no guidance or instruction. Her art was completely different from anything seen in India before — a world […]
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Multisensory Distance Learning: Visual
In addition to regularly using physical and tactile elements to engage students’ senses, teachers at The Siena School use many visual tools: *Color-coding is essential to aid learning. Color-code in a graphic organizer, math/writing assignment or calendar using highlighters or different font colors/styles for emphasis. Collecting highlights under Chrome’s Read & Write helps students transfer […]
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Multisensory Distance Learning: Physical & Tactile
As a school dedicated to serving students with language-based learning differences, Siena puts multisensory instruction is at the core of every lesson for our students who learn differently. However, these strategies are effective for all learners. Students listen, talk, move, create, use technology, and engage with each other every day. The more senses activated in […]