The COVID-19 pandemic exponentially increased the number of students taking online courses. However, many traditional teaching tactics don't transfer well to an online environment. If you're looking for techniques to create an engaging online class, our CERTIFIED Ambassador and veteran educator, Brandy Sevin has some ideas for you.

Ms. Brandy B. Sevin is from Raceland, LA, and has been an educator for 24 years. She is currently an Office Systems Instructor and Program Coordinator for Office Systems and Medical Coding for Fletcher Technical Community College in Schriever, LA, and a Professional Virtual Instructor of English and Business for Imagine Learning Edgenuity. She has Master's Degrees in Educational Technology and Administrative Leadership and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Education (grades 6-12) with minors in English (grades 6-12) and Library Science (K-12) for Louisiana. While working for Imagine Learning, she has become certified to teach grades 6-12 in the states of Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas. During her years in education, she has incorporated Certiport certifications, from becoming IC3 certified the year it was released to becoming a Microsoft Office Specialist and Microsoft Certified Educator in the past year.

In this episode, Brandy talks through the challenges and benefits of online teaching. She also gives her full list of resources she uses to help engage her students online. If you're hitting a wall and looking for new ideas, Brandy is here to help!

Here are all the resources Brandy uses with her students:

• Google Slides www.Google.com
• Canva for Education www.Canva.com
• Jamboard www.jamboard.com
• Wix www.Wix.com
• Prezi www.Prezi.com
• Easelly https://www.easel.ly
• Tik Tok www.TikTok.com
• Flip www.flip.com
• Canvas https://learn.canvas.net/login/canvas
• Northstar Digital Literacy https://www.digitalliteracyassessment.org
• GCF Global https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/

Connect with Brandy on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandysevin/.