Energizing the virtual classroom Dr. Lindsay Leach-Sparks North Carolina Virtual PUBLIC School October 20, 2017

Energizing our session get to know each other Poll Everywhere: Where are you from? PollEv.com/lindsayleach370 What one word describes the conference today? https://pollev.com/lindsayleach370 or text LINDSAYLEACH370 to 37607 to join the session, then they text a response. Padlet: https://padlet.com/lindsay_leach/

Reasons Why we lose energy online What’s missing online? Reasons Why we lose energy online Relationships Students feel isolated We don’t get to know the students outside of the LMS Class camaraderie takes on a new dynamic Helping students/peer tutoring Where do I hold office hours? How can students get help from their peers? Time management Students have difficulty meeting deadlines Teachers are on a time crunch

Fostering relationships Apps: GroupMe: groupme.com Animoto: animato.com https://animoto.com/play/7r1oHlpjTQvd0eC6qvztuQ Facebook/Twitter Padlet: padlet.com Poll Everywhere: polleverywhere.com Canvas LMS: Daily Announcements- Text Me Tuesday Daily Announcements- celebrations 3D text creator: http://www.3dtextmaker.com/image_editor.html Voki: voki.com http://tinyurl.com/hekaxpl

Office hour ideas join.me Google hangouts/Voice/Chat Any meeting virtual classroom: https://www.anymeeting.com/

Combating time management Apps: Edmodo- calendar Screencast-o-matic: screencast-o-matic.com Doodle or calendly.com Phonvite: phonevite.com Google forms Canvas LMS: Registering for announcements and calendar updates via text and/or email Submitting assignments with jot not, camscanner, or genius scan Following the to-do list

Questions? Send me an email: lindsay.leach@ncpublicschools.gov www.LALflute.com