Virtual Learning
A Carefully Curated Resource Hub
Lesson Planning (templates, tips)
- The Virtual Learning Lesson Plan Template
- Sample Elementary Virtual Learning Lesson Plan
- 5 Tips for Designing Asynchronous Learning
- Tips for virtual 5E lesson
- All about PBL Lite + PBL-lite planning form
- Online lesson template, Teach like a Champion
Student Engagement
- Discussion protocols for virtual learning
- 8 ideas to engage students in active learning online (click here for lower elementary version)
- Hexagonal Thinking
- 3 Ways to deepen student engagement in online discussions
Strategies Designed to Increase Student Engagement in Synchronous Online Discussions
- 25 remote teaching tips to engage students
- 8 Tips for delivering video instruction to increase engagement
Virtual Class Culture
- The ONE thing to do in virtual learning for relationships
- Fostering a strong classroom community
- Connecting remotely with students- 5 ideas
- Establishing classroom culture (PPT)
- Classroom culture Plan (with strategies) and blank to make your own HERE
- Running emotionally intelligent Zoom meetings (Brene Brown)
- 33 ways to build relationships in virtual learning environments
- 4 ideas for building relationships during remote learning (George Couros)
- 15 ways to welcome students back to school, virtually
- Creating a virtual class contract using technology tools (Facing History lesson
adaptations)
- 10 things to do in the first weeks of school to connect with learners in distance learning
- Digital positive postcards
Assessment
- Sharing the assessment load in virtual learning + how to run a virtual critique!
- How to do the Feedback Loop in Distance Learning
- How to do assessment in Asynchronous Learning
- Formative assessment in distance learning
- Providing meaningful feedback
- Bingo Assessment Board
For Teachers (general)
- Virtual Learning Activities to Promote Student Collaboration
- The thing about Choice Boards
- 12 shifts for Hybrid Learning
- Making the most of synchronous and asynchronous time in distance learning
- 9 ways online teaching should be different from face-to-face
- Tips for how to transition to e-learning
- How to set up a virtual book club
- Making a case for Social Studies and Science in distance learning
How to design your own digital choice board
- Visible thinking routines and e-learning
- “Show what you know” choice boards
- CA Ports virtual field trips and chats with Rangers
- Weekly science inquiries
- Classroom structure plan and strategies
- 50 back to school activities for remote learning
- Special Educators Guide to 3 models this fall
- E-book with great virtual learning adaptations to my favorite protocols
- Literacy supports for remote learning
- YA book speed dating lesson built
- Searchable strategies
- Benchmark Advance distance learning STEM activities(notes) + student view Google slide
- Digital text annotation idea
- Virtual station rotation digital template
- Guess who template
- Go-to Hubs:
- Newsela’s COVID-19 resource center
- Smithsonian Distance Learning Resource Hub
- Edutopia resources
- One Stop Shop for Distance Learning Resources by Cult of Pedagogy
- NC State virtual learning resources
- Getting Smart: Getting Through COVID resource hub
- PBS videos and lesson plans (KPBS in San Diego County)
- Edsurge hub: articles/resources on how to do e-learning
- Corwin Press hub: virtual learning tools
- Awholelotta stuff HERE from the state of CA
- Instructional resources by content area
- Distance Learning hub by Santa Cruz COE
- Return to learn playbook-grade level resources
For Teachers (PBL-specific)
- Jenny’s NEW virtual project: Who Is
- Virtual Project Overviews:
- Deeper Learning Hub with virtual projects
- Padlet of PBL virtual learning resources
- How to do remote learning in PBL
- Golden opportunities for PBL in virtual/hybrid classrooms
- A guide to PBL online: e-book
- Virtual project management
- Virtual Portfolio Defense Toolkit
- How to do PBL remotely hub by Pbl Works
- Reflection questions for PBL and virtual learning success
- Sample digital art gallery for exhibition and feedback
- How interdisciplinary PBL can solve this year’s scheduling dilemmas
Why PBL NOW!
Planning virtual PBL
- PBL to move us forward : video presentation
- PBL-lite planning form
- Streamlining PBL with Google Docs
- Adapting “Keep it Real with PBL” book to online setting
- Tech tools for taking PBL online
- How to design PBL for e-learning
- Planning and Assessing PBL
Sample virtual projects
- Ready to run virtual project for grades 4-9 on COVID19
- Passion Project Proposal for students (basic)
- Fully built out passion project plans
- Sports mini-inquiry project for online learning
- Projects you can adapt for online via PBL Works
- Daily online Humanities high school class
- Projects and activities HERE
- “Prevent the Spread” Virtual project
- Anti-racist, advocacy projects
For Parents
- PBL for parents mini e-course (homeschool or distance learning enrichment)
- Tips for meaningful learning at home
- Tips for Learning Pods at home this Fall
- Learning Pods 101: teacher-led, tutor-led or parent-led
- Back to Virtual School Parent Tips
- Making and tinkering at home
- NEW pbl ideas for summer enrichment
- How to set up an enrichment space at home
- Using sports to engage learning at home
- Projects for parents to run at home
- 3 tips for working parents to survive COVID-19
- PBL-ish ideas for parents
- PBL Lite for Parents
- 5 reasons why kids need PBL this summer
- PBL parent resources: Pinterest Board
- How ‘regular’ parents can homeschool by CNN
- Daily learning plans from an Expert
- Parent activities to do at home
- Screen Free activities
- A parent guide for COVID19 times
- For parents of “littles”
- How to create authentic learning at home
- For parents suddenly teaching Learner Based Learning: A guide
- How to Keep School Rhythm and Routines for Young Children at Home
- Tips for parents at home
- Using Cooking for Math at home with “littles”
- PBL at home e-book by PBL works
- At home STEAM activities
- A 10-day project for littles
Tech tools for Virtual Learning
- Fun tech tools for the First Day of School activities
- Flipgrid top 5 strategies for virtual learning
- Narrative on using Nearpod
- Tutorials on how to use tech tools
- Sample digital pathway template
- A teacher’s guide to tech by Cult of Pedagogy
- Distance learning resources captured
- How to use online tools for student learning
- Blended and Virtual learning resources
- Simple Tech tools and virtual class management
- Jam Boards in Google (video overview) , math templates
- How to use Mote, voice comments in Google Slides
- Home learning activities with Seesaw
- How to build a hyperdoc for a virtual assignment + Hyperdoc model using Google Docs for asynchronous assignments
- How to use ideaboardz for collaboration
- Digital Writer’s Notebook Template
- Zoom breakout room google slide template
- Blending Jamboard with Padlet
- Flippity to turn Google Spreadsheets into interactive fun
Professional Learning
- 5 Tips for leading PD virtually: synchronous meetings
- Asynchronous adult learning-PBL pre-work BINGO
- Training vs learning explained
- Teacher collaboration during a pandemic: 5 tips for virtual planning
- Best practices for virtual meetings
- PBL Book Club
- Workbooks for project planning and modifications for e-learning
- FIVE PBL e-courses available for training teachers + Virtual project coaching
- Running emotionally intelligent Zoom meetings (Brene Brown)
- Complete staff PD lesson for creating an inclusive classroom and also modeling how to use Google Docs
- Workshop for building relationship in a virtual classroom
For Instructional Leaders
- Leading virtual learning
- 5 Keys for successful remote learning, reflections from a Principal
- Reopening schools in the fall, webinar
- A framework for hybrid learning
- SEL for leaders: The toll of the Pandemic on school leaders
- The ONE thing to build relationships with teachers this fall
- Pandemic Planning toll on principals
- A scheduling map for reopening schools this fall
- Leading Adult Learning
- Articles from ASCD for school leaders
- Custom support to help schools
- For school leaders transitioning to e-learning
- The COVID slide study
- Why some kids are thriving in distance learning
- Sample distance learning schedules
- How interdisciplinary PBL can solve this year’s scheduling dilemmas
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