October 2020

 

From our Meeting

• ELAC Go Report Fall 2020
• Remote vs.Web Slides
• Recording Zoom Sessions and Student Privacy
• This is how I used my PPT slides as a Zoom background when I screenshared

San Diego Area Writing Project Fall Virtual Conference Resources

• Stronger and Clearer: Creating Space for Students to Develop Ownership of Effective Writing Practices, Courtney Kleffman
• Thinking Routine: ISOMA Nourishing the Person and Writer Within, Lacey Dodd
• Mindfulness and Reflection: Centering Student Wellness in the Classroom, Kayla Burner

Fun Links & Resources

• Zoom Sound Board
• Getting Social: Anytime Icebreakers
• 20 Tips and Tricks for Using Jamboard in the Classroom
• 4 New Zoom Features Educators Can Use to Enhance Virtual Teaching & Learning
• Back to Basics: Lesson Planning for the Concurrent Classroom
• DIESOL Podcast Episode 025: Interview with Weina Li Chen

For Your Reading Pleasure

• Zoom Fatigue: What You Can Do About It
• From the TESOL Blog: Engaging ELs Who Who Are Disengaged During Virtual Learning
• College Faculty and Administrators Feel Prepared to Teach Online This Fall and Are Optimistic about the Future of Higher Education
• Designing for Care: Hybrid Pedagogy in the time of COVID-19
• Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online

Upcoming Conferences

CATESOL 2020 is this week: October 8-11, 2020. Please consider sharing anything interesting you learn in an upcoming blog post.

CanvasCon Online 2020 is October 15, 2020. Registration is FREE through October 9.

And leaving you with this: How to Stop Eye Strain When You Relentlessly Stare at Screens