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As schools and organisations move to remote education, there are potential gaps in our professional learning of which we should be aware. While many of us are discovering fresh opportunities for online and remote professional learning through podcasts, webinars and online courses, one of the most significant aspects of our professional learning has been curtailed thanks to social distancing.

great ice breaker or creativity exercises that can be used in-class or remotely

I have just checked this application out. It was really easy to download the Non commercial application. From there once my partner had also logged in with the passwords and keys that I gave him, we were able to access each others computers, one at a time, display each other on video (Just like skype) and also chat or simply text. This has interesting applications for remote teaching. Imagine several students in different locations attending one class.

Cloud computing is an internet based computing where various services such as storage, applications, servers, etc are delivered through internet instead of your system's hard drive. Amazon Web Services (abbreviated AWS) is a collection of remote computing services (also called web services) that together make up a cloud computing platform, offered over the Internet by Amazon.com. The most central and well-known of these service is Amazon EC2.

Cloud computing is an internet based computing where various services such as storage, applications, servers, etc are delivered through internet instead of your system's hard drive. Amazon Web Services (abbreviated AWS) is a collection of remote computing services (also called web services) that together make up a cloud computing platform, offered over the Internet by Amazon.com. The most central and well-known of these service is Amazon EC2.

how to build a remote controlled robot from scratch.

Set in the early years of the 21st century, Inanimate Alice tells the story of Alice and her imaginary digital friend Brad. In episode one, Alice is living with her parents in a remote region of Northern China. Over the course of the remaining episodes, each a self-contained adventure, we see her develop into a talented animator and designer with the biggest games company in the world. Through text, sound, images, music and games, the story of Alice becomes increasingly interactive and game-like, reflecting Alice's own developing skills as a game designer and animator.

It seems that thanks to COVID19, educators, parents and students are in a rush. It seems the rush started moments after the decision was made to promote social distancing by offering remote learning. From quality learning in classrooms focused on deep learning we shifted into top gear. Packets of work were prepared, online tools rapidly expanded, new options for content delivery were examined and quickly deployed. We wanted to make sure that our students would be kept busy. Parents wanted their children to be busy. - Maybe slow looking is the solution?

In this time of COVID19 and remote learning or emergency distance learning the value of encouraging students to investigate their questions should not be forgotten.

This much-maligned question seems so appropriate for education's recent history. All that was normal, everything that was routine, all of our structures, have been turned upside down and hurled into the wind of COVID19. From having spoken of a future dominated by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA), we have found ourselves living in it. Innovation and creativity became the new normal as we "Apollo 13" schooling into a model that met the demands of emergency remote learning. The pressure, the workload, the demands on our time and the cognitive load have all been immense, and so it seems fitting to ask "Are we there yet?".

Fun activity that can be done in class or remotely with kids

Framework for setting up flexible courses for in-class, remote, or hybrid/blended.

In times when we taught face-to-face, some of these challenges would be overcome through the use of concrete materials, at least with younger students. Unfortunately, it is common for the use of concrete materials to decline as students grow older. Fortunately, this pattern, and the prejudiced beliefs on which it is founded, are today being questioned.

rubric for assessing students' web 2.0 and social networking skills

Rubric for evaluation of global understanding and connection.

rubric for grading student blogs

Interview with me on what would make school and work and lives better, and the role of mindshifting