How to Boost Engagement During Remote Learning (Without Using Zoom)

I reached out to a handful of people on Twitter who had done distance learning for at least a couple of weeks already.  Student engagement is one of the biggest challenges in distance learning. While I originally just asked for their best tip, I love that thoughts and guidance on how to increase student engagement was a part of each of their answers.

In the episode, my guests are:

Andrew Chiu | Hong Kong
Middle-School Digital Design Teacher
*just finished his 10th week of distance learning*

CJ Reynolds | New Jersey
High-School Literature & History of Hip Hop Teacher

Mark Rogers | Texas
1st Grade Teacher

Sam Kary | California
6th Grade Humanities Teacher

They share the following:

the simplify, simplify, simplify approach Andrew takes

practical tips in communication, organization, and video conferencing from 10-weeks of trial and error

how CJ hooks his students right at the beginning of the lesson

how Mark keeps his 1st graders connected to one another without video conferencing

how Sam structures engaging at-home projects that are differentiated and support students each step of the way
 

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Some of CJ's green screen lesson hook videos

Hyperdocs resources that Sam referenced
 

CONNECT WITH THESE EDUCATORS

Andrew Chiu

Twitter | @chew_ed

CJ Reynolds

Get his new book 'Teach Your Class Off'

Hear a previous episode of the podcast CJ was on where he talked about how he uses social media in the classroom.

YouTube | /realrapwiththereynolds

Instagram | @realrapwithreynolds

Facebook | /realrapwithreynolds

Twitter | @realrapreynolds

Mark Rogers

Hear about the looping project Mark is doing with his students in a previous episode of the podcast

Twitter | @rogersmarkd

Sam Kary

Check out one of the resources Sam created that I contributed to | Student-podcasting project for remote learning.

Twitter | @newedtechclass

Facebook | /newedtechclassroom

YouTube | /newedtechclassroom

Website | newedtechclassroom.com
 

CONNECT WITH THOM

Twitter | @gibsonedu

YouTube |/gibsonedu

Instagram | @gibsoneducation

Website | thomgibson.com

Email | [e-mail]
 

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