I reached out to a handful of people on Twitter who had done distance learning for at least a couple of weeks already.  Student engagement is one of the biggest challenges in distance learning. While I originally just asked for their best tip, I love that thoughts and guidance on how to increase student engagement was a part of each of their answers.

In the episode, my guests are:

Andrew Chiu | Hong Kong
Middle-School Digital Design Teacher
*just finished his 10th week of distance learning*

CJ Reynolds | New Jersey
High-School Literature & History of Hip Hop Teacher

Mark Rogers | Texas
1st Grade Teacher

Sam Kary | California
6th Grade Humanities Teacher

They share the following:

• the simplify, simplify, simplify approach Andrew takes
• practical tips in communication, organization, and video conferencing from 10-weeks of trial and error
• how CJ hooks his students right at the beginning of the lesson
• how Mark keeps his 1st graders connected to one another without video conferencing
• how Sam structures engaging at-home projects that are differentiated and support students each step of the way
   

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Some of CJ's green screen lesson hook videos
• Hyperdocs resources that Sam referenced
   

CONNECT WITH THESE EDUCATORS

Andrew Chiu

• Twitter | @chew_ed

CJ Reynolds

• Get his new book 'Teach Your Class Off'
• Hear a previous episode of the podcast CJ was on where he talked about how he uses social media in the classroom.
• YouTube | /realrapwiththereynolds
• Instagram | @realrapwithreynolds
• Facebook | /realrapwithreynolds
• Twitter | @realrapreynolds

Mark Rogers

• Hear about the looping project Mark is doing with his students in a previous episode of the podcast
• Twitter | @rogersmarkd

Sam Kary

• Check out one of the resources Sam created that I contributed to | Student-podcasting project for remote learning.
• Twitter | @newedtechclass
• Facebook | /newedtechclassroom
• YouTube | /newedtechclassroom
• Website | newedtechclassroom.com
   

CONNECT WITH THOM

• Twitter | @gibsonedu
• YouTube |/gibsonedu
• Instagram | @gibsoneducation
• Website | thomgibson.com
• Email | [email protected]
   

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