by Heather MacCorkle | Aug 13, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Teaching, Virtual Learning
No, it’s not by using a lock-down browser. Let’s Be Real…Cheating Happens Let’s think about what is going to happen when you combine online students with in-person students in a synchronous classroom. The students online have the advantage of being able to...
by Heather MacCorkle | Aug 8, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Teaching
One Way to Adjust to Teaching in 2020-2021 Feature Image by J. Kelly Brito on Unsplash Note: I teach in a district fortunate enough to have a 1:1 program. Therefore, I can implement a Unit 0 completely online knowing my students have access to the technology they need...
by Heather MacCorkle | Aug 2, 2020 | Education, Learning, Teaching, Virtual Learning
Screenshot of a Course I Created in Moodle Put everything online as soon as possible. My school’s LMS is not open yet, so I used a personal Moodle site to capture a screenshot of what I am talking about. Who knew that it would take 45 minutes to do it, but I...
by Heather MacCorkle | Jul 29, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Teaching, Virtual Learning
POINT is another acronym for unit and lesson planning. You know, we needed one more to beef up the alphabet soup of educational jargon. In a previous blog post about practical considerations for teaching and learning during the COVID-19 crisis, I mentioned yet another...
by Heather MacCorkle | Jul 28, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Teaching
What Is an Enrichment Course? What Is Its Purpose? In the previous post, the enrichment course idea bubbled to the surface as a solution to a problem that courses with end-of-course exams would have if we were to use the 4×4 schedule. There would be a delay between...
by Heather MacCorkle | Jul 27, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Life, Teaching
The Traditional 7, 8, or 9-Period Schedule Might Not Work This Year I’m still curious as to how many people like the bike monologues and would like me to keep them going. It’s actually helped me to make my thoughts more precise and, frankly, less angry....
