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Educators Supporting Educators: Transitions to Online Learning
Get insights, tips and resources from educators who have already transitioned to online learning. In this webinar series, ISS is bringing together educators who have been learning literally every day about how to quickly adapt their classroom teaching to new online learning environments.
Online Instructional Practices for English & Social Studies
May 20, 2020
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Link to General Resources:
- Developing self-regulated learners – Education Endowment Foundation
- Guidance Report METACOGNITION AND SELF-REGULATED LEARNING
- Nearpod: Student Engagement Platform
- Zoom Activities
Link to ELA Resources:
- 13 Stunning Places to Publish Student Art and Writing
- BookBuilder Online :: Build a customized children’s book :: Brought to you by Pioneer Valley Books
- Capstone Interactive!
- Get epic
- Here’s the Entire List of Authors and Illustrators That are Doing Online Story Time
- HOCO ELA 10 Day Lesson Supplement_2_online.pdf
- PebbleGo by Capstone
- PebbleGo Next
- Penny Kittle & Kelly Gallagher Bank of Secondary ELA Resources
- Really Great Reading
- Small Group Reading & Writing Lesson Plans to Adopt, Adapt or Improve [During Remote/Distance Learning]
- Stuck at home here are the 8 best books to transport you overseas
- Tackling Copyright Concerns When Taking Storytime Online
- Teach Your Monster to Read: Free Phonics & Reading Game
- The Importance of Making Books with Matt Glover
- Touch and movable Letter Tiles
- TWO WRITING TEACHERS | A meeting place for a world of reflective writers.
- Virtual Author Activities
Links to Social Studies Resources:
- Axel Sheffler (illustrator of The Gruffalo): Coronavirus Book
- C3 Framework
- C3 & SDG Goals – MS Scope & Sequence
- Get Epic
- GOA: Catalyst Card Introduction
- Newsela: Access support, resources and content for K-12 curriculum and lessons
- The New York Times Company and Verizon Are Offering 14 Million High School Students Free Access to Times Journalism
- Stuck-at-home-here-are-the-8-best-books-to-transport-you-overseas
- TRAAP test your resources – Great upper elementary and beyond concept to teach in a world of fake news
- Using Children’s Picture Books and Movies in Middle School Social Studies
Meet the Presenters
Megan Godek, Grade 5 Homeroom Teacher, Hong Kong International School
Teaching online since February 2020
I am a 5th grade teacher at Hong Kong International School (HKIS). Previously, I worked as an elementary technology specialist at Korea International School (KIS) where I worked with students in grades K-5 with technology while supporting the STEM program. Before going abroad I worked as both a homeroom and technology teacher in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) in Virginia.
Amy Lee, Grade 4 Homeroom Teacher, American International School of Guangzhou (AISG)
Teaching online since February 2020
Amy Lee has been teaching for 13 years in both China and the United States. Having taught grades K, 1, and 2, she is currently teaching 4th grade at the American International School of Guangzhou (AISG). She is eager to share her experiences during this journey of remote learning and online instruction.
Evelyn Lichtenauer, Middle school Coordinator, Middle School English Language Arts and Social Studies Teacher, Independent Schools of Riau
Teaching online since March 2020
Evelyn has been teaching since 2002, mostly middle school English language arts and social studies. She became an international teacher in 2012, teaching in Colombia and then Indonesia. She is currently the middle school coordinator as well as the ELA and social studies teacher at Independent Schools Riau in Sumatra, Indonesia. Evelyn is passionate about encouraging the love of reading that students develop in elementary school, and empowering students to communicate powerfully, whether writing or speaking.
Tara Lee Ronzetti, Learning Specialist, American International School of Mozambique
Teaching online since February 2020
Tara has been an Literacy Specialist and educator for 17 years in the USA, Vietnam, and Mozambique. She has worked in all three divisions supporting students as a classroom teacher, Literacy Coach, and Learning Specialist. Her particular interests are in the areas of language development, neurodiversity, and boys’ school engagement.
Justin Ouellette, Studio 5 Advisor, International School of Ho Chi Minh City
Taught online from Jan. 11 through May 11.
Justin has been living and teaching internationally in the Asia Pacific region for over 15 years as an upper primary educator. Half of that time has been spent working in IB schools and working on primary technology integration teams. His passions include educational technology, design, sustainability and self-regulated learning.