I tried to blog every month this year, but remote learning and grad school classes kept me from it. How fitting is it for this school year that I waited until the absolute last day of the year to write my final blog post?? We can all agree this was a weird year. There were days where my anxiety levels reached the highest points they ever have. I think I have officially had every physical symptom of anxiety that exists this year. But I know that overall, I had it pretty good in 2020. My family and I stayed healthy, we found ways to stay connected, and I was able to spend lots of time with my husband and dog. I also learned a lot about my biases and my privilege this year, and I'm thankful for the ways I was challenged to work on these. When I think back on this year, I can't imagine how much different it would have been without twitter. I love how teachers came together to support each other this year. And without the many teachers I have the chance to collaborate with, I can
I meant to blog in August but, you know, school started and all of that! We are starting fully remote. I could not have been prepared for how different, awkward, and exhausting online learning would be. The energy during class is extremely different than when you're in a classroom, which makes my portfolios that much more needed. Some background: 1:1 with chromebooks this year 6 periods this semester Periods 1-3 M/W from 9-12 Periods 4-6 T/Th from 9-12 The afternoons are for asynchronous work time, teacher office hours, small group intervention, and extra AP blocks. Fridays we have advisory, an all school meeting, and will have time for clubs to meet. Daily Plan: Each morning I post a "Daily Links" google doc (thanks to my twitter friends for this idea!). The students open it before class. This helps us bypass the "no live links in the chat on chromebooks" issue 🙄 We start the class with a warm up problem that I screen share. The students respond in the ch