Innovating Online Learning

Educational Eavesdropping: Engaging Parents in Supporting Virtual Instruction

Posted August 16, 2020 by Dr. Rebecca Itow, Principal

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.

Screenside Chat: Transitioning to Online Teaching with Tools We Already Possess

Posted July 3, 2020 by Ms. Christine Hitchcock, Lead Social Studies Teacher and Dr. Rebecca Itow, Principal

In this Screenside Chat, IU High School social studies teacher, Christine Hitchcock, discusses how teachers can use their existing experiences, expertise, and tools to transition from brick-and-mortar to online teaching.

Screenside Chat: Reflections and Peer Feedback

Posted July 3, 2020 by Ms. Christine Hitchcock, Lead Social Studies Teacher and Dr. Rebecca Itow, Principal

In this Screenside Chat, IU High School social studies teacher, Christine Hitchcock, shares how she helps students think about what they know and how learning from their peers shaped their own thinking.

Screenside Chat: Holding and Directing Student Attention in Online Learning

Posted July 3, 2020 by Ms. Gaylord and Dr. Rebecca Itow, Principal

In this Screenside Chat, IU High School English teacher, Courtney Gaylord, discusses why students have difficulty attending to content in online courses and shares her strategies for overcoming these obstacles.

Screenside Chat: Asynchronous Peer-to-Peer Engagement

Posted July 3, 2020 by Ms. Christine Hitchcock, Lead Social Studies Teacher and Dr. Rebecca Itow, Principal

In this Screenside Chat, IU High School social studies teacher, Christine Hitchcock, shares her strategies for facilitating opportunities for students to engage with peer work without having them all be online at the same time.

Screenside Chat: Structuring Lessons with Cues and Consistency

Posted July 3, 2020 by Ms. Christine Hitchcock, Lead Social Studies Teacher and Dr. Rebecca Itow, Principal

In this Screenside Chat, IU High School social studies teacher, Christine Hitchcock, offers suggestions for using visual cues to give your course a feel of consistency and improve students’ experience in an online course.

Screenside Chat: Breaking a Lesson into Bite-Sized Pieces

Posted July 3, 2020 by Ms. Gaylord and Dr. Rebecca Itow, Principal

In this Screenside Chat, IU High School English teacher, Courtney Gaylord, explains why students don’t always read lesson instructions and how to change that!

Screenside Chat: Action Items for Encouraging Student Engagement with Content

Posted July 3, 2020 by Ms. Gaylord and Dr. Rebecca Itow, Principal

In this Screenside Chat, IU High School English teacher, Courtney Gaylord, shares how and why she creates “action items” on course content to help students engage meaningfully with the information they are studying.

Screenside Chat: 3 Purposes of Feedback in Online Learning

Posted July 3, 2020 by Ms. Christine Hitchcock, Lead Social Studies Teacher and Dr. Rebecca Itow, Principal

In this Screenside Chat, IU High School social studies teacher, Christine Hitchcock, discusses three main purposes feedback can serve in online learning settings.

Screenside Chat: Building Relationships through Feedback

Posted July 3, 2020 by Ms. Christine Hitchcock, Lead Social Studies Teacher and Dr. Rebecca Itow, Principal

In this Screenside Chat, IU High School social studies teacher, Christine Hitchcock, shares how she builds relationships through the feedback conversations she has with students in her online courses.