Top 5 Things Teachers are doing RIGHT NOW … While on Covid Quarantine

Last week, the instructional technologies environment arrived collectively in New Orleans to rejoice pupil accomplishment as a result of instructional technology at the once-a-year ISTE meeting.  When the conference alone is nonetheless thought of an annual event, a little something distinct was in the air.  (We will get to the apparent a little bit later on)

Hunting Again at #ISTELIVE22

This calendar year, teachers, administrators, academic models, and even the occasional movie star content material creator (seeking at you Zach King) experienced something new to rejoice. For quite a few, this was the first time in 3 decades that the prospect came to meet each individual other confront to encounter in man or woman.  There ended up smiles, there had been tears, there were hugs and of course, there was …..

But, in advance of we share some of the pursuits that took place right after #ISTELIVE, there was a  celebration.  We learned about Augmented and Virtual Actuality. We uncovered about Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom. We even acquired how to change your classroom into a virtual surroundings using reducing-edge greenscreen know-how.

But … Then it Happed

Then it was time to go household.  Some left on Wednesday. Some still left on Thursday.  Some experienced their flights delayed. I”m reasonably guaranteed some are continue to in the airport.

Then the emails arrived in.  The first just one was a shock. How could this materialize?  We had been all harmless.  Were not we? We took our pre-checks. We extra our professional medical info to the Apparent app.  We wore our badges.  Ended up we not executing the suitable detail?

Then the second e mail, and then the 3rd electronic mail arrived in.  Then the team texts commenced adopted by Voxer conversations and of class the rise of the Submit-ISTE-COVID Fb Group(s).

Was I the Only One particular???

With the lousy news setting up on major of additional terrible information, and the copy/paste of “how are you doing?” texts commenced floating around, educators have uncovered themselves trying to maintain chaotic although they navigate via “it”.

Just after some extended and laborous investigation on the subject, here are 10 items that educators have caught on their own executing now that ISTE is above … and they are locked in their bedrooms.

How To Hold Hectic For the duration of “IsolationEDU”

Binge Look at

Appear, who would not want to invest their days hanging out while watching “a bit” of Television?  But what is on your preferred streaming solutions these days?  Several educators have shared that they started out a total marathon of the Lord of the Rings or even the MCU.  One related educator claims they have already watched the entire Stranger Points present. (You know who you are)

https://www.youtube.com/view?v=botoB6XdoRI

For me, I started researching The moment On a Time through the convention and have swiftly moved into the next time.

No make a difference if you are navigating your way by way of a motion picture marathon or commencing to watch The Office, currently being locked in your room with a good streaming present has been a blessing in excess of the past few times of isolation.

View Recorded ISTE Periods

1 of the finest components about ISTE this year was that it was the two stay and digital. This permits educators to not only experience ISTE the way they want to, but now that the conference is driving us, they can enjoy any range of recorded classes that ended up offered possibly completely virtual (presenter at residence) or semi-virtual (presenter was are living but cameras were being rolling)

https://www.youtube.com/look at?v=JsXRvPR2cMI

Below is an job interview from this year’s conference involving me and the New EdTech Classroom cohost, Thom Gibson.

Catching up on Social Media

During the convention, you could have found that the #NotAtISTE and #ISTELive hashtags had been revolving consistently, and it was certainly difficult to continue to keep up with all the sources, images, and EDUSpam.

A lot of educators this 7 days took to their Twitters to look at out and down load any random pics that could have popped up with their shots.  It’s like an EDUHoliday when you discover a image you failed to recall existed.

Learning One thing New

Just one of the amazing issues about being at residence, isolated from the entire world, is that there is an unlimited sum of Edutainment to digest and a great deal of new options of your favourite applications.

This past 7 days marked the rebranding of Flipgrad to “Flip,” the launching of numerous new options in Google Classroom, and new adventures in Instructional Podcasting.