In This Issue...

• Reflections from Elizabeth Colen, Eighth Grade Humanities Teacher
• RESOURCE: Distance Learning from a Student Perspective
• VIDEO: How to Use Google Classroom for Parents
• LINK: Educator AND Family Resources from Common Sense Education
• INSPIRATION: Alix Spivack’s "ES9 Corner"
• IDEA: Harry Potter Audio Book Club with Your Students
• LINK: Prioritizing Self-Care While Teaching from Home

It has been 34 school days since I’ve stood in front of my students. We had just finished a 3 week-long unit on The Reconstruction, trying to answer the question “Was the Era of Reconstruction steps towards democracy and freedom or continued oppression and punishment?” We had read 20+ primary sources, watched documentary clips, and read analyses of the period by historians Eric Foner and WEB Du Bois. And Friday, March 13, we were finally going to lay it all out there and debate the answer to the question. 

In This Issue...

• Reflections from Suzanne Herko, Student Agency Coordinator
• RESOURCE: Distance Learning "Week at a Glance" Schedules
• LINK: Everything You Can Do with the Smithsonian Learning Lab
• VIDEO: How to Use Newsela for Remote Teaching
• LINK:  Please Do a Bad Job Putting Your Course Online
• VIDEO: Mindfulness Classes for Kids and Families

In This Issue...

• Reflections from Mary Plant-Thomas, AP Bio Teacher
• Avoiding the Dreaded Zoom Trolls
• LINK: Resources from the Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities
• VIDEO: How to Teach Remotely with a Google Slides HyperDocs Part II
• Resource: Distance Learning Check-In Guide

In This Issue...

• Reflections from Therese Arsenault, Math/Science Instructional Leader
• Everything You Need to Get Your Distance Classroom Up and Running
• Physical Education: Going the Distance While Social Distancing
• VIDEO: How to Teach Remotely with a Google Slides HyperDocs
• IFSEL’s Social Emotional Learning Tips for Distance Learning
• You Deserve A Night at the Opera