Teaching Through a Pandemic with Anne Marie Owings

Anne Marie has been an educator for 32 years (wow!!). She has taught at various elementary schools at the 5th and 6th-grade levels, not to mention a short stint as an Elementary Guidance Counselor. She shares with us her personal experiences with how teaching, learning, and ‘school’ in general have been impacted by the Covid19 pandemic.

Schools around the country have opened in various ways – remote, hybrid, face-to-face, asynchronous, synchronous – the list is long. Anne Marie shares the different ways her school has structured teaching/learning and the various challenges she, her students, and her colleagues have had to navigate together. 

Anne Marie mentions several tools that her school/district uses. Explore the links below to learn more:

1. Google Classroom
2. Google Forms
3. GoGuardian
4. NearPod
5. EdTube 
6. BrainPop
7. Kahoot

**UPDATE: Since this episode was recorded in December 2020, since then Anne Marie made the decision to retire early (effective January 2021) due to her concerns for her safety and health, the enormous amount of pressure, extra work, and the stress of having to go back to full face-to-face teaching despite a rise in Covid19. Thank you, Anne Marie for your years of teaching!!