It’s in the news. It’s on our minds. It’s all over social media. It’s changed our lives. Coronavirus. As we go back to school in whatever format our leaders haveContinue reading “How to Write About COVID-19 … Even in Math Class”
Category Archives: Pandemic
In the Words of Ross Gellar: PIVOT!
PIVOT – the word for the 2020-2021 school year. There are also words and phrases like learning loss, zoombombing, unstable connection, and asynchronous. This past year has introduced a whole newContinue reading “In the Words of Ross Gellar: PIVOT!”
Conquer eLearning Days with MI Write
Snow storms. Ice. Hurricanes. Flooding. Heatwaves. Inclement weather can keep teachers and students out of school for days on end. We know that those hours must be made up, butContinue reading “Conquer eLearning Days with MI Write”
Teaching in the Pandemic, Part 2
As if we didn’t already appreciate teachers before COVID-19 threw a giant wrench into what we knew as normal, everything they’ve done over the past 14 months has significantly deepenedContinue reading “Teaching in the Pandemic, Part 2”
A Whole New World of Teaching
By: Kay Walling, guest writer High school ELA, Texas To say the 2020-2021 school year was different is like saying lava is hot. This year started with all students participatingContinue reading “A Whole New World of Teaching”
Parents and the Pandemic, Part 2
As we get closer to the end of the 2020-21 school year, we recognize so much resiliency in both teachers and students. This has, without a doubt, been one ofContinue reading “Parents and the Pandemic, Part 2”
Teaching in the Pandemic, Part 1
Back in the spring of 2020, the country was singing the praises of teachers because the magnitude of their position in society was realized when schools were shut down andContinue reading “Teaching in the Pandemic, Part 1”
Parents and the Pandemic, Part 1
There isn’t a group of people who have not been affected in one way or another by the global pandemic of 2020. Last month, we introduced a few teacher friendsContinue reading “Parents and the Pandemic, Part 1”
Students and the Pandemic
We’ve learned how teachers have grown even more flexible with virtual school and that parents have pulled out most of their hair trying to keep their kids on task inContinue reading “Students and the Pandemic”