Teaching tips to thrive online
Teaching tips to thrive online I survived the first lockdown (and still feel very proud of myself for this!) but I didn’t thrive. This time around I really wanted to nail my teaching so I bought and read Doug Lemov’s book ‘Teaching in the Online Classroom’. I thought it was really useful so I’ve tried to summarise the best bits to help other teachers ‘thrive in the new normal’ or at least pick up some easy tips to improve their lessons. A friend said that everything in here is just common sense… true perhaps but it helps to be reminded sometimes! I’ve certainly found some of these tips helpful to improve my online teaching. My key takeaways: Try to keep consistency between old world (teaching in classroom) & new world (teaching online). Do what you did before where possible! Get off to a fast start . Have them doing something straight away (first 3 mins is the rule) or they will sink into a passive role. Like we all do when we join online meetings. If we know we are going to