-
If You Are Happy and You Know It, Show Your Badge!
Think back to March 2020 when life changed overnight. You went to bed on a Thursday evening like normal, but woke up on Friday the 13th to find out that school had been cancelled or moved to remote learning. As the days continued, anxious feelings about the health of others, and the daily struggle of…
-
Boring to Brilliant: How to Enhance Your Webinars
Are people really burning out from too many webinars or are they burning out from boring webinars? This question was the focus of a webinar I recently attended called “Seven Secrets to Avoiding a Boring Webinar” hosted by the American Marketing Association. One of the first topics the presenter discussed was human interaction. Our old…
-
Top 10 Posts from 2020, You May Have Missed!
What a year! Although it may have seemed like the longest and worst year yet…I think we can all agree that some good has come out of it. Yes, you might have to dig hard to find the good, but it is there. In my personal life it has been great getting to spend time…
-
Remote Learning Resources
This past spring, Kent ISD assembled a Remote Learning Implementation Support Team to assist districts in implementing the many components of their Continuity of Learning Plans. The following weeks, the team put together several blog posts on the following topics: Communication, Digital Access, Feedback, and Engagement. At the time we had no idea that we…
-
Reinventing Your Classroom with Professional Learning Maps and Modules
GELN (General Education Leadership Network) Continuity of Learning Task Force has created an Asynchronous Professional Learning Map. These maps are specifically designed to support schools and districts for the 2020-21 school year – as we reinvent ourselves during the COVID-19 global pandemic.