Module 2: The First Days of School

With this week’s episode we jump into module two of the very popular book, The Distance Learning Playbook, Grades K-12: Teaching for Engagement and Impact in Any Setting by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, John Hattie. With the SPS Digital Learning Hour podcast, we are talking our learning out loud. If you do not own this book, get it now and join us on the journey of discovery. You will also hear my thoughts and takeaways from each module.

This week’s module was all about the start of the new school year. We discuss Routines, Norms, Procedures, Classroom Set-Up (Digitally of Course) and more on this episode. No matter what time of the school year we are in, you can apply this chapter at any point. As outstanding teachers, we know that sometimes we need to make adjustments to how our year is going. Inside of Module 2 of The Distance Learning Playbook you look at the setup and execution of setting up your classroom. It’s a great reminder that, even though the tools are different, we still need to do the same thing.

Do we have some of the same takeaway? Is there something else that you got out of the chapter? Follow us on this journey. Leave your thoughts in the comments or the future blog post.

Links referenced in the Distance Learning Playbook:

• https://resources.corwin.com/distancelearningplaybook/student-resources/reproducible-forms
• https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1941-1945-war-leader/give-us-the-tools/

Previous Episodes on The Distance Learning Playbook:

Interested in hearing about the first module, check out The Distance Learning Playbook Module 1 episode of the podcast.

Episode 96: The Digital Learning Playbook Module 1

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