3-27-2020

I want to start off the blog by saying how impressed I have been by everyone's effort to help students and each other this past week.  For every lesson, zoom, flipgrid, screencaster, activity, extra effort and assistance that I know about, there are ten more that I don't know about.  You guys are truly the best, all while doing this within your own unique family/home situations make it even more impressive. There is no blueprint for this and   the district admin is trying to stay a little bit ahead of the curve.  Please make sure that you continue to reach out to me with your questions and please let me know if there are things that I am not doing that you think you would benefit from.

I know Zoom is exploding right now, however recently some meetings are getting hacked by people using vulgar language and sharing their screen with inappropriate images. However there are some easy ways to prevent this from happening.  Most of these are happening at public meetings with the link shared with many people on social media.  There are easy ways to protect your meeting , read the following article:
https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/03/20/keep-the-party-crashers-from-crashing-your-zoom-event/


Thanks to the SS teachers who attended the TCI Zoom meeting.  Hopefully it was helpful to learn the digital platform in different ways.



The lost art of deep listening and 35 life-affirming albums.  Two articles to help you get through the quarantine. 
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-03-17/coronavirus-deep-listening-music-albums
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-03-25/coronavirus-best-albums-deep-listen-quarantine


Different ways to use video conferencing with students :


Appreciate and miss our teaching assistants who have been doing a great job of completing PD while they are away.  They will come back smarter and ready to help their students. 


Isolation can breed anxiety...ways to come together when you are apart.
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/20/03/creative-connections-while-apart






10 things we learned about teachers this week. 
https://www.boredteachers.com/humor/10-things-weve-all-learned-about-teachers-this-past-week



More strategies to help anxious learners.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/simple-metacognitive-strategies-help-anxious-learners-succeed









Please enjoy next week and recharge, look for the positives like more time to connect with your family, read, watch some movies...try something new..something you have wanted to do, but haven't had the time....and we will be in touch with updates. 

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” -- Lyndon B. Johnson