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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Environmental Distance Learning – Virtual Film Festival
This was not created by our school but we wanted to share as a resource with others who might benefit. Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit org at Bennington College, just launched a distance-learning opportunity in the form of a virtual film series on plastic pollution. People can watch online at their convenience and some films include […]
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Virtual Choir Performance
Our Director of Choral Music Scott Sexton incorporated an app that allows choir members’ performances to be strung together. The particular app he chose was Acapella, but there are other methods (such as recording a Zoom meeting) that performers may use during this time for practice and for fun.
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New Free Online Course “Continuity in Crisis – Phase II: Prepare for the Remainder of the Academic Year to Be Online for Teachers”
New free online course for faculty… The goal of this course is to help teachers manage teaching and learning online for the last quarter of school. By the end of this course, teachers will consider the value of a live meetings with students (class meetings and one-on-one); identify tools they can use to get students […]
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Cheshire Academy Remote Learning Plan
This is the Remote Learning Plan that we developed over our spring break, before bringing the faculty back for a four-day training week and the students back for a one-day online orientation. The remote learning plan outlines an approach to maintaining instruction, learning, assessment, and feedback using digital and online resources in the event of […]
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Cheshire Academy’s Remote Learning Weekly Academic Schedule
This is the schedule by which we are operating remote learning at Cheshire Academy, with synchronous classes during a four-hour period each day and the remainder of the day turned over to asycnronous/independent work.
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Designing Asynchronous Work
This resource was written for our faculty to wrap their heads around designing asynchronous work for students.
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Remote Learning at WCDS
On Friday, March 13, 2020, our school was abruptly closed, as were all other schools in the states of West Virginia and Ohio. Thankfully, we had just returned from Spring Break, and before that the NAISAC in Philadelphia, so we had been discussing the ramifications of COVID-19 for weeks leading up to the closure. Upon […]
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Online Lesson Idea
Our school decided to use Microsoft Teams, in conjunction with Edsby, as each student was already registered and had access to the software. This was a new software program to both students and teachers making the learning environment scary to many. Our first week, I had them sign in with an emoji to make sure […]
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Stanford Online High School Sample Classes
Here we provide examples of how to virtually: -Start Class -Lead Discussions -Use Polls -Use a Whiteboard
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Greensboro Day School Distance Learning Handbook
The Distance Learning Handbook keeps our faculty aligned and communicates what we are doing to the greater community. The google doc link will include updates as we make them and the pdf is as of March 20, 2020.
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Case Study: Stanford Online High School
The following is a case study that Stanford Online High School published in collaboration with Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (VPTL) at Stanford, in their course, Blended and Online Learning Design from Stanford.
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Remote Learning Bootcamp – Faculty/Staff and Parent Editions
These Remote Learning Bootcamp documents are designed to prepare faculty and staff to conduct remote learning, as well as help parents get the most out of remote learning and set their children up for success in the weeks ahead. We have created and collected tutorials on a wide variety of topics, as well as lists […]