RTOL: Rapid Transition to Online Learning

Keeping up to speed on education technology is challenging during normal times. What will teachers and students need to get and need to know to come up to speed on online learning fast.

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Debby Atwater is the Director of Digital Learning and Libraries for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. During the past 22 years, she has been a District Administrator, an elementary and middle school teacher, and Instructional Technology Facilitator in Illinois and North Carolina. In her current role, Debby works to support and sustain learning opportunities and access to both technology and libraries for all school community stakeholders. Kyle Hamstra teaches fifth-grade math and science at Davis Drive Elementary for fourteen years. crafting learning experiences as a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) specialist. He is a 2016 ASCD Emerging Leader, a member of the Wake Science Core Leadership Team, and a member of the North Carolina Digital Leaders Coaching Network.

Keeping up to speed on education technology is challenging during normal times. What will teachers and students need to get and need to know to come up to speed on online learning fast.

Follow on Twitter: @debbyatwater@jonHarper70bd @kylehamstra @froehlichm @bamradionetwork

Debby Atwater is the Director of Digital Learning and Libraries for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. During the past 22 years, she has been a District Administrator, an elementary and middle school teacher, and Instructional Technology Facilitator in Illinois and North Carolina. In her current role, Debby works to support and sustain learning opportunities and access to both technology and libraries for all school community stakeholders. Kyle Hamstra teaches fifth-grade math and science at Davis Drive Elementary for fourteen years. crafting learning experiences as a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) specialist. He is a 2016 ASCD Emerging Leader, a member of the Wake Science Core Leadership Team, and a member of the North Carolina Digital Leaders Coaching Network.

Covid-19 has disrupted the best-laid district plans, school plans, and lesson plans of educators worldwide.  As more schools, teachers, and students are upended by the rapid transition to online learning, what should our priorities be?

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Lorie Barber is a 5th-grade teacher in Illinois and a National Board Certification candidate. She works through an anti-oppressive lens and believes in getting high quality, relatable books into the hands of all of her students. Cathleen Beachboard has served for over a decade as an instructional coach, professional developer, and teacher. Cathleen currently serves as an 8th grade English teacher and department chair for her school in Fauquier County, Va. Her book, 10 Keys to Student Empowerment, features tools to unlock student potential and develop courage in learners to face challenges head-on. Amy Roediger has been teaching science for 28 years and was recently recognized as a PAEMST award winner for Ohio. Amy blogs about the things she tries in her classroom at aleverandaplacetostand.blogspot.com. David Sherrin is the father (and temporary educator) of three young children, a social studies teacher at Scarsdale High School, author of Authentic Assessment in Social Studies: A Guide to Keeping it Real, and recipient of the 2014 Robert H Jackson Center National Award for Teaching Justice. He maintains the teaching website JADE Learning.

Dr. Brad Gustafson and Ben Gilpin

Many school leaders are struggling to calibrate the right response to the coronavirus outbreak.  We feel stuck between a rock and a very hard decision. To close or not to close? That is the question we'll unpack in this episode.

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Brad Gustafson is the principal and lead learner at Greenwood Elementary in Minnesota and author of Renegade Leadership: Creating Innovative Schools for Digital Age Learners. Ben Gilpin is currently the principal at Warner Elementary School in Spring Arbor. He has a Master’s in education from Spring Arbor University and has an Educational Leadership Certification through Eastern Michigan University.

Tom Whitby with Adam Yankay and Harvey Alvy

This week we unpack the rush to use remote learning in response to Covid-19. What questions do we need to consider? What unknowns lie ahead? What challenges will we face? When all is said and done, what impact with this historic event have on the future of education.

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Adam Yankay has 20 years of teaching experience, 13 of which are in boarding schools. His students learn AP Statistics, various sports, and hopefully even more about themselves. He believes his most valuable work in schools is to help the most vulnerable math students develop confidence and joy in the learning process. He currently lives in Hudson, Ohio with his wife and three children. Harvey Alvy has served as a teacher, principal, and university professor, and was honored to be a National Distinguished Principal. He is the author of Fighting for Change in Your School: How to Avoid Fads and Focus on Substance, and co-author of Learning From Lincoln: Leadership Practices for School Success.

Dan Jones with Maureen O’Shaughnessy, Ed.D, Jake Habegger, and Peter Santoro

In response to coronavirus, schools and universities are preparing to practice extreme social distancing. They are closing down and transitioning to online learning. But what’s involved in moving your teaching from your classroom to distance learning overnight? Join us for a discussion with three teachers and a school administrator about what to expect, what you’ll need to know and what you’ll need to do.

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Maureen O'Shaughnessy is the founding director of FLGI’s flagship flipped school, Leadership Preparatory Academy, a 6-12th grade micro-school with campuses in Seattle and Kirkland, WA. She also founded a micro-school in the Andes and a school-within-a-school in a large suburban high school. Dr. O’Shaughnessy is a career educational innovator and school leader who has served in seven international schools and is the author of Creating Micro-Schools for Mismatched Kids. Jake Habegger is an 8th grade US History Teacher in Franklin, Tennessee. His goal in education is to invigorate student learning by meeting them where they are through the use of technology. Peter Santoro has been teaching high school mathematics for 12 years. In addition to two sections of Introductory Calculus, Peter also teaches one section of Geometry and two sections of Mathematics Research Honors. In addition, he is the coach of the Garden City High School Math Team (Mathletes). Dan Jones earned a BS in Middle Grades Education from Ashland University and a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from American College of Education. Dan is an FLGI Master Teacher whose professional interests include e-learning and technology, as well as Project-Based Learning.

What do school leaders need to know about the coronavirus and more importantly, what should we do in or schools to manage the threat?

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Dr. Nick Gilpin is the Chief Medical Officer at Beaumont Hospital in Grosse Pointe, MI, and he is an assistant clinical professor at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, and his medical practice is based in the greater metro Detroit area.