Resources for Teaching & Learning
- Summative Assessment in Distance Learning Whether schools are using regular grades or not, teachers need to accurately assess learning while their students are at home. This article features many helpful ideas to consider at: https://www.edutopia.org/article/summative-assessment-distance-learning
- Teacher Agency during Remote Learning Teachers who have the agency to design remote learning that gives students hope and joy can find their own joy in teaching. Read the article at: https://www.nextgenlearning.org/articles/teacher-agency-during-remote-learning
- The Science of Remote Learning This resource is written in plain language to be broadly applicable to professional educators and non-professionals: teams designing remote learning experiences, people supporting at-home learning including parents, and learners at any level (if they have the prior knowledge to comprehend the text.) Download the Report (PDF)
- TNTP Learning Acceleration Guide-very detailed set of resources and tools to support an acceleration rather than remediation approach to filling in COVID-19 learning gaps. Download the Guide (PDF)
- How Brain Research Helped ReTool or School Schedule for Remote Learning at: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-06-10-how-brain-research-helped-retool-our-school-schedule-for-remote-learning
- How Student Agency Can Ease the Pain of Remote Teaching and Learning at: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-06-11-how-student-agency-can-ease-the-pain-of-remote-learning-and-teaching
- Exploring the Evidence on Virtual and Blended Learning Prepared by the Research Alliance for New York City Schools, May 2020. These notes provide an evolving overview of research and practical guidance on strategies to implement remote teaching and learning, as well as strategies that combine virtual learning with in-class instruction. Download the PDF
- Remote Learning: Rapid Evidence Assessment This rapid evidence assessment aimed to investigate methods that schools could use to support remote learning during school closures caused by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). The review sought to find the best evidence behind the wide array of approaches that schools might choose to use during the crisis. Download the PDF
- Virtual Portfolio Defense Toolkit A guide to desgining authentic culminating assessment in the virtual space. Download the Toolkit (PDF). Get more information on Envision Learning Paterners webinar series at https://envisionlearning.org/virtual-defenses/
- The “Big 7” – Evidence-based Strategies for Regulating Emotions In Uncertain Times a webinar with Dr. Marc Brackett, director at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, discussing how we can grow our emotion regulation skills, and apply them to a variety of situations at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctSWJ2BLDC8&feature=youtu.be
- Seven Early Lessons About Shifting Education During a Crisis seven lessons can be of use to other districts, schools, and charter networks that are making major transitions during the pandemic at https://fordhaminstitute.org/ohio/commentary/seven-early-lessons-about-shifting-education-during-crisis
- Schools May be Closed, But Minds Are Still Open they say when the going gets tough, the tough get going. And that’s exactly what the education community did in this time of need. Dozens of education organizations are participating in the Wide Open School partnership. It’s a place where educators and families can find trusted learning resources, including: safe technology and media appropriate for students, learning experiences organized by subject and grade, suggested daily schedules at https://wideopenschool.org/?utm_source=XQ%3A+Give+Me+Five+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6a7d7b9aa9-giveme5_issue_10_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fff7d23e53-6a7d7b9aa9-66456997
- Teacher, Interrupted: Leaning into Social-Emotional Learning Amid the Covid-19 Crisis what can we do to support ourselves and our students in getting through these difficult times? We need to look to social and emotional learning (SEL) for evidence-based practices to help us now and to support us when we eventually return to school at https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-03-18-teacher-interrupted-leaning-into-social-emotional-learning-amid-the-covid-19-crisis