Description
Distance learning can be a powerful tool for every student, but keeping them engaged and on topic can be tough. Join Lisa Van Gemert, former teacher, administrator, and Youth Ambassador for Mensa and take a deep dive into setting students up for success in the distance learning environment. You’ll learn how to keep students engaged with free online tools, community building, and distance learning best practices.
In this 1-hour course you will discover:
- The basics of distance learning engagement
- Tech tools for distance learning
- Best practices for distance learning
- How to create and build community through distance learning
- How to avoid common distance learning mistakes
Presenter Bio
Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.
Sharon – East Muskingum Local Schools (verified owner) –
She had practical tips that can be used immediately.
Kim – EULA ISD (verified owner) –
Hopefully we are not REQUIRED to use distance learning in the future, but when we do need to use it, this course had some GREAT ideas. So great that it might be even more effective to use some of these techniques even if we are in the classroom, face to face.