This year, more than any other year, consider making an effort to unplug yourself and your family. With online learning, remote working, and virtual meetings with family and friends, make unplugging a priority while also protecting people in your communit... read more

As an instructional designer and former high school teacher, Cindy recorded a sample virtual back to school night that includes some tools and tips teachers may find helpful in planning their own back to school night and/or ways to visually and virtually ... read more

In these unprecedented times that we are all enduring right now, I find our family is pulling out all the stops to keep life moving in a healthy and helpful direction. Most days in our house, a flurry of activity surrounds work for both adults and schooli... read more

Teachers, do you remember the lesson plan overview you created in your teacher credential and/or masters’ program classes?! If you’re like me, you thought to yourself at the time, “I’ll never use this overview with my students in my classroom.” Like most ... read more

In this article, 10 Top Tips to Use Zoom Safely, Betanews shares their 10 top tips to help you use Zoom safely for your video conferencing needs during distance learning. Zoom's privacy and security issues have caused concern for many people. Betanews is ... read more

As a mom, trained educator, and a fulltime employee with two teenagers, I’ve watched them struggle, offered help, and listened a lot about the challenges in adapting to distance learning. This week one of my teenagers felt overwhelmed and struggled to jus... read more

Use the following lists to ask for your child’s help around the house. Older kids can do items on the lists for younger kids or they can help teach anything in those lists to younger kids. Beyond these lists, use Pinterest, Google, and/or other resources ... read more

As you and parents know, students struggle to ask for help through email. Prior to COVID-19, parents primarily emailed teachers when they felt their students needed additional help or support. But now, students need the skills to be able to reach out to t... read more