3 Thoughts
- When I was a resource teacher with the VSB during the pandemic, digital facilitation felt harder than in-person because building/maintaining relationships through a screen was tough.
- I supported teachers in setting up online programs like Knowledgehook, IXL, Prodigy and Raz-Kids. I realized digital facilitation is also about making sure the tools actually work and that teachers feel confident using them.
- The few students I did teach online 1:1, struggled with technology, especially poor internet service.
2 Questions
- How do we keep students genuinely engaged online?
- What’s the best way to balance structure but also allow choice?
1 Metaphor
Digital facilitation feels like teaching through a window… you can see and hear each other, but it’s not the same as being in the same room.
Really good questions to be asking Marion and I love your metaphor. Hopefully that window will get so clear you can’t even see it.
LOL I love your metaphor too, Mary!