Teacher Reminders

You’ve got a lot on your mind. Let this list replace the string around your finger.

A few things to remember while teaching:

• Create and encourage a professional and fun sense of community
• Get a sense of who your class is and how you can best work with them
• Promote the extension of ideas – let it go unless you see things going in the wrong or incorrect direction
• Try not to cut information – keep things open-ended, answer with a question or guiding issue that promotes discovery
• Don’t change the subject too quickly
• Don’t respond to every question but model your questions and responses
• Praise in public (one to one or one to many)
• Rebuff in private – usually via email
• Provide accurate links and resources
• Minimize the number of handouts online students need for the course. Having students go to their school in person to pick up handouts defeats the purpose of their working online
• Be flexible!