We’re speaking with Danitte Kozai today about how to prevent that student who shows up to your online class for attendance and then disengages and walks away from the computer. 

We’ll brainstorm with Danitte on how to engage students while teaching online through the use of low floor high ceiling tasks. 

This is another  Math Mentoring Moment episode where we talk with a member of the Math Moment Maker Community who is working through struggles and together we brainstorm possible next steps and strategies to overcome them. 

You’ll Learn: 

• How to engage students while teaching online.
• How to create a low floor activity when learning remotely. 
• How can we prevent students from walking away from the computer when teaching online. 

Resources: 

• Similar Triangles and Pythagorean Triples [Desmos & Michele Torres]
•  26 Squares [Alex Overwijk’s Lesson]
•  Teaching Trig Through Slope [Mrorr-isageek.com] 
• learn.makemathmoments.com/tasks
• The Making Math Moments That Matter Online Workshop

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