Monterey County Office of Education and the California State Department of Education have gathered a lot of resources. Check out MCOE’s page
Key Considerations
Before you pick tools for distance learning think about these key decisions and factors. Distance learning is different than just trying to
Posting Materials
Three powerful tools for getting information to students are Moodle, Google Classroom, and Hapara Teacher Dashboard. You should use one of these
Interacting with and Supporting Students
Since you don’t see your students every day, you need to use tools to maintain your relationships and clarify instructions. There are
Feedback and Assessment
Moodle Quizzes, TurnItIn assignments, and Google Classroom give you tools to assess student learning and provide feedback. For student Google Docs the
Creating Videos
Simple Video in Moodle (and Audio) Simple to use for the teacher anywhere and also for students in a forum. Screencastify and
Engaging and Interactive Activities
One of the challenges of distance learning is you lose the quick checks for understanding you can do when you present information
Using Google Docs
Guided Google Docs Online Learning For Educators A full learning pathway for the effective use of Google tools for teachers. You can
Online Lessons, Activities, and eBooks
There are a wealth of sites that have instructional content for distance and independent learning. Many of them are adaptive so that