Dear Readers, I’ve been blogging for a decade, and there has never been such an extreme need to teach remotely or online. My blog had 27K visitors in 2020 that was most likely due to the school year going remote due to the pandemic. In the screenshot, the main interest was in my blog, student and teacher expectations for online
Read moreThe following blog posts provide research-based guidance and vetted resources to enhance your understanding of how to teach remotely.
Read moreAre you and your students finding it difficult to spend hours on Zoom or other web conferencing tools for lectures? Beside the unhealthy aspect of sitting for long periods, it’s difficult to pay attention over time. This is exacerbated when we’re on camera. To be clear, Zoom is still useful for a myriad of teaching activities (e.g., office hours, live
Read moreRemote Work On March 17, 2020, I packed up my workspace and went home to work remotely for the University of California-Los Angeles since the campus closed during winter quarter and everything went online on March 10th. The week between March 10th and the 17th was full of technology training on-campus activities meeting face-to-face with instructors in collaborative triage with
Read moreAs K-16 schools cancel face-to-face classes and transition to remote teaching online, many are using web conference tools for the first time. I’ve used them for a decade and would like to share some best practices. First, go through all the features and configure your settings in this new tool—this is critical because some settings automate tasks such as saving
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