Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Vince Bustamante, and John Hattie draw on The Assessment Playbook for Distance and Blended Learning to discuss how assessments implemented through the lens of distance and hybrid learning can yield significant impact for student achievement, both in the pandemic teaching of today, and in the educational contexts of the future.
Students learn to read and write best when their teachers balance literacy instruction. But how do you strike the right balance of skills and knowledge, reading and writing, small and whole group instruction, and direct and dialogic instruction, so that all students can learn to their maximum potential? Watch this video with Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Nancy Akhavan, authors of This Is Balanced Literacy, Grades K-6, as they answer the question: What is balanced literacy?
Doug Fisher chats with Angela Watson on the Truth for Teachers podcast about The Distance Learning Playbook: K-12 Teaching For Engagement and Impact in Any Setting. Topics include practical tips for remote learning, specifically in the areas of student engagement and motivation, teacher clarity, online instruction, building relationships, asynchronous/synchronous learning, and more.
