I have had quite a few inquiries lately in how Barnesville does Elearning with our students. The state of Minnesota allowed to apply for Elearning, if school districts have 1:1 devices. Since we have iPads K-12, we were granted this and the school board approved up to five days for Elearning this year. We have used ALL FIVE OF THEM this year with all the snow and storms, and actually had a sixth which was an actual storm day for us (that's to be determined what will happen with that day:)! With that said, I have compiled a list of ALL THE THINGS that teachers in our district has done. I currently have a senior and an 8th grader, so the things THEY had to do are listed at the top, and then I just sent out an email to teachers to collect the other items.
After the FIRST Elearning day, I sent out a survey to the teachers to see what they felt they could do better, and the following items came to pass:
I am going to possibly be presenting (I put in a proposal) this at Ignite, Inspire, Innovate summer conference in Alexandria, MN on June 17-18. I will go over and show what we have done here, in addition to resources we use, and amazing work that teachers have created to help these days become more transparent throughout their current lessons and studies that they are doing.
We still have SO much to learn, but we are better now than we were the first time we did it. I don't anticipate this going away, and I truly believe that after this winter, more and more districts will follow suit!
Happy Monday all,
Mrs. I:)
After the FIRST Elearning day, I sent out a survey to the teachers to see what they felt they could do better, and the following items came to pass:
Things to think about -
*kids without Internet access at home - download things prior to leaving
*Student work that can be completed by students alone - didn’t want to add so much
additional time for parents when working with kids as they’re working also
additional time for parents when working with kids as they’re working also
*Could students download a “predetermined” list of apps that you would want them to use
for various content areas?
for various content areas?
*Ideas to use cross curricular - could it be a lesson created for both math and English or
social and science?
social and science?
*How do you take attendance?
*What about homework due date?
*Some teachers opted to create a Google Doc that time stamped when kids were on it -
so they basically ran their day like a school day - period 1 8:24-9:04, etc..
so they basically ran their day like a school day - period 1 8:24-9:04, etc..
*preparing students about expectations of the day and what to do for lessons, etc..
*try to make things as seamless as possible to jump right back in when return
I am going to possibly be presenting (I put in a proposal) this at Ignite, Inspire, Innovate summer conference in Alexandria, MN on June 17-18. I will go over and show what we have done here, in addition to resources we use, and amazing work that teachers have created to help these days become more transparent throughout their current lessons and studies that they are doing.
We still have SO much to learn, but we are better now than we were the first time we did it. I don't anticipate this going away, and I truly believe that after this winter, more and more districts will follow suit!
Happy Monday all,
Mrs. I:)
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