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we're going to begin online and or Blunden learning in
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this fall, and it's important that teachers are prepared.
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So here are six key L key areas that teachers
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should be prepared in on to teach online learning.
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The first is computer skills is important that teachers know
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basic computer skills.
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Um, in order to teach online, they should be able
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to create documents, share those documents and organize information on
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their computer next learning management system.
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A teacher should have a learning management system that they
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become the expert on.
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The teachers should be able to use that system and
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teach students how to use that system so that they
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can effectively use it to access their assignments.
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Turning this assignments and, um, give, write comments and get
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feedback on that.
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A learning management system.
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And it's important that it is something that is accessible
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to everyone and that students understand how to use all
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of the different parts of that system so that they
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can successfully complete their assignments and meet the objectives that
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they have in the classroom.
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Okay, and moving on to the next communication Communication is
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key when it comes to online and blended learning it
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is important that a teacher is able to communicate through
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the learning management system.
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Students will often send messages through.
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That system is important that teachers communicate and timely manner.
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I know I always try to respond that day of
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the student or parent contacts me and I try to
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respond within the hour if it's about an assignment the
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student needs to complete.
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The teacher also needs to be able to communicate over
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the Web through something such a zoom, so that they
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are able to communicate face to face over, using a
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computer on and support students or using some sort of
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chat feature.
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It is important that teachers are in constant communicate with
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passion with students and with their parents, so that parents
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can also support students a tw home and help them
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along their journey of on line learning learning environments.
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At the core of this is the community.
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It's important that regardless of if we're in person or
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were doing blended or online instruction that we build a
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community and make the students feel like they are part
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of a classroom community, this helps them feel comfortable so
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that their feel that they're in a safe environment, and
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it opens them up to listening and being active learners
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and sharing their thoughts, uh, and feedback and asking questions.
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Not being scared to ask questions because a community has
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been created where students know that it's okay to question
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things. They understand that they need to be respectful and
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that online comments that they write me to be kind
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and respectful and that community needs to be built from
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day number one.
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When you're doing full online instruction, it can be difficult
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for a student to get to know their teacher and
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their peers on.
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So finding different ways to create a community is key
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when, um, teaching with online or blended instruction.
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It's the moving on grading.
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Ah, one.
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Looking at grading is important that a teacher uses the
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learning platform Teoh input great and that these grades are
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communicated to students and to parents.
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The grades should be should help students know if they
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have met objectives and should be actionable so that, um,
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students will then know what if they need to work
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more in this particular area on dhe, get support from
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the teacher to meet the standards in various areas.
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Grading is most definitely very different when it is an
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online environment.
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But it is important that students air held accountable students
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and teachers to grading on and that grades air used
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so that students understand how they're doing and they get
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feedback. Lastly, is feed that in an online environment, students
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should be getting feedback, whether it's writing, math and all
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subject areas.
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Uh, we don't want students to turn something in and
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feel like it just went into the great abyss of
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the Internet, and they never hear about it again.
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They should hear from the teacher and possibly piers about
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what they did well and areas that they need to
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improve upon that.
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Those are six key skills to that will help a
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teacher be ready for online or blended instructor