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This week, in an attempt to alleviate some of my many worries about the fall,  I wrote up very tentative plans for each of my upcoming fall classes.

I want to emphasize the word “tentative.”  In fact, I’ve already made changes to them since they were originally published.

I still have to write one more post to complete this series but, based on the feedback I’ve received so far, teachers seem to be finding them helpful – even if they aren’t teaching the same classes.

I’m adding this list to Best Lists Of The Week: Teaching Online Amid School Closures, where you can find all my resources related to the school closure crisis.

Here they are:

OKAY, NOW, HERE’S MY TENTATIVE REMOTE TEACHING PLAN FOR U.S. HISTORY

UPDATED DISTANCE LEARNING PLAN FOR MY NEWCOMER/INTERMEDIATE ELL CLASS

NEXT: HERE’S A DISTANCE-LEARNING PLAN FOR MY THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE CLASSES

A TENTATIVE YEAR PLAN FOR MY THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE CLASSES

A CHANGE IN MY REMOTE TEACHING PLAN – TELL ME IF IT’S A GOOD ONE OR NOT

ASSESSMENT & HOMEWORK IN THE AGE OF COVID-19

MY MIND WAS BLOWN TODAY AFTER LEARNING HOW TO COLLABORATIVELY ANNOTATE PDFS ON GOOGLE DRIVE

HERE’S HOW I’M SETTING-UP MY IPHONE AS A DOC CAM

HERE’S THE FOUR-STEP PROCESS I’VE USED FOR PLANNING MY CLASSES THIS YEAR PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

HERE’S A LIST OF THE PRIMARY ONLINE TOOLS I’LL BE USING IN DISTANCE LEARNING THIS YEAR

“INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS” ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION & THEY CAN BE THE SAME IN A DISTANCE LEARNING CLASSROOM

THREE IMPORTANT LESSONS I LEARNED OR WERE REMINDED OF DURING THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF DISTANCE LEARNING

FOUR ACTIONS I’VE TAKEN THAT SEEM TO HAVE BOTH HELPED STUDENTS IN MY VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS & HELPED ME MAINTAIN MY SANITY

THE IMPORTANCE OF STRETCH BREAKS FOR STUDENTS – & TEACHERS – DURING DISTANCE LEARNING

BUILDING TRUST WITH STUDENTS IN A DISTANCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

THIS EDUTOPIA VIDEO OFFERS A CRITICAL POINT ABOUT SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DOING IN OUR ONLINE CLASSROOMS – & I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT!

LESSONS FROM FOUR WEEKS OF TEACHING FULLTIME DISTANCE LEARNING

HERE ARE STUDENT RESPONSES TO SURVEYS I USED ONE-MONTH INTO FULL-TIME VIRTUAL LEARNING

FIRST QUARTER REPORT ON WHAT I’M DOING IN FULL-TIME DISTANCE LEARNING & HOW IT’S GOING

Thirteen Instructional Strategies & Web Tools To Support ELLs In Distance Learning

SIX ACTIONS I TAKE TO MAKE SMALL GROUPS WORK IN MY VIRTUAL CLASSES

FIVE KEY LESSONS I’VE LEARNED ABOUT DISTANCE LEARNING THIS SEMESTER

Distance learning and English Language Learners

Changes I’m Making – & Experiments I’m Trying – In My ELL History Class This Semester