Evolve your craft while staying grounded in best teaching practices. Alex Kajitani offers readers a fun and meaningful resource packed with practical tips for making the most of an online classroom environment. From sign-on to sign-off, use these strategies to ensure your students feel welcomed, engaged, and empowered to own their learning. In addition, gain self-care ideas that will help you be your best.
Readers will: - Learn how to present well on camera and keep students engaged
- Incorporate best practices for online instruction and classroom management in the online environment
- Nurture an online classroom community committed to learning, equity, and comradery
- Implement virtual assessment strategies to maintain academic integrity and growth
- Discover self-care practices while teaching online
Contents: Introduction
Chapter 1: Looking Good on Camera
Chapter 2: Building Relationships With Students
Chapter 3: Engaging Students
Chapter 4: Managing Your Classroom
Chapter 5: Pulling in Parents and Guardians
Chapter 6: Creating a Community
Chapter 7: Organizing Your Lessons>
Chapter 8: Assessing Students
Chapter 9: Ensuring Equity
Chapter 10: Differentiating Learning
Chapter 11: Taking Care of Yourself
Conclusion: The Last Tip!
References and Resources
Index
Alex Kajitani is the 2009 California Teacher of the Year and a top-four finalist for National Teacher of the Year. He speaks nationally on a variety of education and leadership issues and delivers powerful keynote speeches and workshops to educators and business leaders. Also known as "The Rappin' Mathematician," Alex is on a mission to make sure all students master their times tables so they can be successful in mathematics and life. Thus, he created the first-of-its-kind, interactive, online times tables training program (MultiplicationNation.com).
Alex is the coauthor of Owning It: Proven Strategies to Ace and Embrace Teaching and Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for Teachers. He also has a popular TEDx Talk and has been featured in many media stories, including The CBS Evening News , where Katie Couric declared, "I love that guy!"
To learn more about Alex's work, visit AlexKajitani.com.
To book Alex Kajitani for professional development, contact pd@SolutionTree.com.
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