Mr Hammerlund

No running. No talking over others. No copying. Remixed from Image by Coffee Bean from Pixabay Today I had to ask my students to not do something I would never have thought of when I first started cheating - no screenshots of our online class meetings.  Taking screenshots is one of the first skills I teach students. Not only is it useful in everyday life, but it is a good deterrent for cyberbullying. Today during our online class, one student was thinking out loud and said he was going to take a screenshot of the class when another was doing something silly. It was a good chance to remind the students of a few things: 1) You don't have permission to take others' pictures 2) You are taking pictures of other students' houses 3) There are names on Zoom and that information cannot get out 4) Let's respect each other and not be silly in class, but also respect other people's privacy We have been focusing on the other online meeting agreements ...

Photo by Waldemar Brandt on Unsplash I got an email from a friend asking what kinds of activities I could suggest for an EAL / ELL / BLM student. The request was for ideas and things the student could do independently. Here are the ideas I shared back. === 1. Google docs voice typing.  Write a few sentences that you want her to practice. Then below type 1, 2, 3. Have her voice type to practice her pronunciation. (Idea from  EXAMPLE I live in Taiwan.  1.  voice type 2.  voice type 3.  voice type I live in Japan.  1.  voice type 2.  voice type 3.  voice type 2. QR code listening activity When I taught Grade 1, I would select articles for students to practice their reading. I copied them onto paper and attached a QR code that led to me reading the article.  For a middle school student, depending on her level, you might be able to find Newsela articles, give her the link to the article and y...

Just like IRL (in real life), the online classroom has evolved. And with new changes, there comes a time to try to keep things in order. Copy this Template             Download   I made this today for my class. It is a summary of the essential agreements we came up with last week. 

I really like the idea of Zoom "play dates" for the kids.  When I first started meeting my class for circle time we would play a Kahoot together. They really liked that. We should do it again soon. Last weekend my students organized themselves and watched a movie together through Zoom. When I joined they were all playing on their phones and weren't even watching the movie. They were just being together. I think kids need that right now. I need that right now.