Synchronous learning? Asynchronous learning? Semi-Synchronous learning?? Just as in any other learning setting, there are appropriate virtual learning modes for different types of learning goals, needs, and settings. Check out the slides below to learn about three different modes of virtual learning, and choose the mode that best fits your goals, needs, and setting. … Read more »
Innovating Online Learning
Connecting Curriculum Maps and Teaching
Screenside Chats feature online practitioners as they discuss their experiences, strategies, and tools building and interacting in pedagogically sound online learning environments. In this Screenside Chat, we examine how to use Curriculum Maps to guide instruction, help personalize learning, and clarify the scope and sequence of a course for students and families.
Differentiation, accommodation, and modification in virtual courses
Screenside Chats feature online practitioners as they discuss their experiences, strategies, and tools building and interacting in pedagogically sound online learning environments. In this Screenside Chat, we explore how a Universal Design for Learning Checklist can be used to facilitate conversations between Special and General Educators to increase accessibility in virtual courses. The UDL Checklist… Read more »
Screenside Chat: Exploring Responsive Online Pedagogy
Screenside Chats feature online practitioners as they discuss their experiences, strategies, and tools building and interacting in pedagogically sound online learning environments. In this Screenside Chat, IU High School principal, Dr. Rebecca Itow, introduces the Responsive Online Pedagogy model. As a “responsive” model, the tool explaining our pedagogy is updated as students’ needs shift. See… Read more »
Screenside Chat: Strategies and structures for getting started with the IU Design Academy Courses
Screenside Chats feature online practitioners as they discuss their experiences, strategies, and tools building and interacting in pedagogically sound online learning environments. In this Screenside Chat, we discuss four strategies for using the virtual courses created in the IU Design Academy. Use these infographics to help you get started: How to Use the IU Design… Read more »
Screenside Chat: Understanding what the IU Design Academy courses are (and what they are not)
Screenside Chats feature online practitioners as they discuss their experiences, strategies, and tools building and interacting in pedagogically sound online learning environments. In this Screenside Chat, IU High School principal, Dr. Rebecca Itow, introduces how to access the IU Design Academy courses, how they can be used, and their limitations.
Dr. Itow Speaks on Whole-School Wellness
Our Principal recorded an episode on the Wellness for Educators Podcast!
Click here to listen to Dr. Rebecca Itow and Dr. Kathryn Kennedy discuss issues around wellness for students, families, staff, and faculty in schools!
Be sure to also check out other Wellness for Educators Podcast episodes and the to learn more about keeping educators healthy so that we can serve our students with vibrancy and excitement.
Educational Eavesdropping: What To Do When Business As Usual Doesn’t Work: Rethinking Teaching Strategies In Response To The Pandemic
Educational Eavesdropping episodes offer webinar-style resources, guidance, and food for thought from experts in the field. Listen in on conversations about relevant topics between practitioners, researchers, and community members. This presentation is sponsored by Indiana University’s Office of School Partnerships and IU High School. In this episode of Educational Eavesdropping, David Pace, Emeritus Professor of History in… Read more »
Educational Eavesdropping: Experiences and Expectations in Online Learning: How To Prepare Students, Families, And Ourselves for Learning in a Digital Space
Educational Eavesdropping episodes offer webinar-style resources, guidance, and food for thought from experts in the field. Listen in on conversations about relevant topics between practitioners, researchers, and community members. This presentation is sponsored by Indiana University’s Office of School Partnerships and IU High School. In this episode of Educational Eavesdropping, Rebecca Itow, IU High School Principal and… Read more »
Educational Eavesdropping: Engaging Parents in Supporting Virtual Instruction
This episode of Educational Eavesdropping features Tommy Renfro, Lecturer in the School of Education at IU Bloomington. Tommy offers strategies to equip teachers with skills to help parents understand that partnerships with the teacher and school leads to success. I will cover communication with parents, techniques for gathering information before making an opinion/criticism, community building activities, and autonomy and belonging.
This presentation is sponsored by Indiana University’s Office of School Partnerships and IU High School.