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Students’ learning styles and needs. Which are those useful tools and/or strategies from virtual work that teachers can adapt in their everyday teaching
practices?
MARIANA CASTINO 4 DE MAYO DE 2021 23:36

INTRODUCTION

Which are those useful tools and/or strategies from virtual work
that teachers can adapt in their everyday teaching practices?
 Providing audiobooks
Getting students to act out a scene
Incorporating charts and illustrations within texts
Giving both spoken and written directions to tasks
Allotting time for students to create artistic reflections and interpretations of lessons

Use a variety of resources

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Content needs to be simplified and slowed down

As in virtual work, this principle could also be applied in the face-to-face class in order to
make the best of the available and precious time we have.

Instructions should be clear, explicit and multimodal

Keep it simple
As remote learning, face-to-face learning can also be distracting for some students, especially
in the current context.

Set expectations/objectives
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Audio de 1:35 You need to ensure that your students know exactly what they can expect from you, and what
PADLET DRIVE will be required of them. You can show them an agenda at the beginning of the class and then
check what could be achieved right before the class finishes.

LEARNING STYLES Be flexible

As always throughout the pandemic, it’s important to remember that students may be facing
Appeal to a range of learning styles by: difficult situations that may affect their ability to concentrate and learn. Try to be
understanding and flexible – however, don’t tell them that they don’t need to do any work, as
Playing videos having the continuity of some sort of schooling might be helpful to them.

Using infographics

Chunk your lessons into smaller, digestible pieces Think, Pair, Share

Think, Puzzle, Explore

Feedback and assessment are as important as ever

What Makes You Say That?

Traditional grading practices should take a backseat to feedback

Summative assessment should focus more on creation Claim, Support, Question

Compass Points

STRATEGIES/ACTIVITIES

Connect, Extend, Challenge

"Face to face" time should be used for active learning I Used to Think... Now I Think...

If we want students to have an active role in the lesson, it really needs to be something active See, Think, Wonder
and engaging for them. Any time they can work with the material, categorize it, organize it,

share further thoughts on it, have a discussion, all of those are great things to do in small Think, Pair, Share

groups. 

Think, Puzzle, Explore

Some recommended small group strategies:

What Makes You Say That?

The Jigsaw method, where students form expert groups on a particular chunk of

content, then teach that content to other students. 

Discussion strategies adapted for virtual settings
Using best practices for cooperative learning 
Digging Deeper Into Ideas
Visible Thinking routines

Beauty and Truth

Core Thinking Routines

Circle of Viewpoints

Circle of Viewpoints

Claim, Support, Question

Claim, Support, Question

Creative Hunt

Compass Points

Creative Questions

Connect, Extend, Challenge

Facts or Fiction

I Used to Think... Now I Think...

Hotspots

See, Think, Wonder

Layers

Options Diamond
Global Thinking
Options Explosion

Beauty and Truth

Outside In

Circles of Action

Parts, People, Interactions

How Else and Why?

Peel the Fruit

Step in - Step out - Step back

Projecting Across Distance

Unveiling Stories

Projecting Across Time

Question Starts

Introducing & Exploring Ideas

Red Light, Yellow Light

3-2-1 Bridge

Reporter's Notebook

Chalk Talk

See Think Me We

Compass Points

Step Inside

Imagine if...

Think, Feel, Care

Lenses

Tug for Truth

Name, Describe, Act

Tug of War

Outside In

Unveiling Stories

Parts, Perspectives, Me

Values, Identities, Actions

Parts, Purposes, Complexities

What Can Be

Peel the Fruit

What Makes You Say That?

Question Starts

Who am I?

See Think Me We

See, Think, Wonder

Beginning, Middle, End

Step in - Step out - Step back

Colors, Shapes, Lines

The Explanation Game

Creative Comparisons

Think, Puzzle, Explore

Creative Hunt

Walk the Week

Creative Questions

Ways Things Can Be Complex

Elaboration Game

Headlines

Synthesizing & Organizing Ideas

I Used to Think... Now I Think...

+1 Routine
Lenses

Circles of Action

Listening: Ten Times Two

Color, Symbol, Image

Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate
Looking: Ten Times Two

Headlines

Parts, Purposes, Complexities

How Else and Why?

I Used to Think... Now I Think...

See Think Make Discuss

Portable Surprise

See Think Me We

Take Note

The 4 C's
See Wonder Connect x2

Word-Phrase-Sentence

See, Think, Wonder

With Art Or Objects Slow Complexity Capture

 might happen to be standing close by, but to the classmate who is sitting farthest away. When
a quiet student starts to speak, it's often helpful to resist your natural inclination to move
Step Inside
closer, and instead to move to the other side of the room, so that the student is encouraged to
speak more loudly. In some cases, you may need to reiterate a student's contribution, to
ensure that everyone hears it.
The Complexity Scale

The Explanation Game

Give them choice
Allow for different options and open-ended responses when possible
Think, Puzzle, Explore

TOOLS
Thinking With Images

Reading and Writing:

Values, Identities, Actions

Liveworksheets

What Makes You Say That?

Cartoon Story Maker Help 

Foster an ethos of participation. Storyboard

Hollander (2002) discusses the need to present participation as a collective responsibility of

the class rather than just an individual responsibility. In order to facilitate a conversation
where connections are made, students need to view their participation as a contribution to a READING BEAR
shared experience. Asking students to respond to a peer’s response helps to facilitate a

WHOOO’S READING
conversation. As well, positively reinforcing such contributions builds this sense of
collectivism.

MINDMEISTER
Ensure that everyone's contributions are audible

In a large classroom, or even a small one with poor acoustics, and ever more with masks on
and keeping social distance, it might be difficult for a student making a verbal contribution to
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be heard by a classmate on the other side of the room. This can detract significantly from the

class dynamics, as students will become frustrated or cease to pay attention if they can't hear REWORDIFY

what is being shared. Frequently, students will need to be encouraged to speak loudly and

clearly. Try reminding them that they should be addressing their comments not to you, who
RAINBOW SENTENCES

Power Point

STORIA

Games

Wordwall

Listening and speaking

Liveworksheets

Triventy

 Powtoon

Free Online Video Maker | Adobe Spark   

Jeopardylabs

YouTube Video Maker 

Kahoot

Voice Spice

Mentimeter

Blabberize 

SpeakPic

Quizizz

Educaplay

Presentations

Padlet

Games
Google Jamboard
https://www.baamboozle.com/

Popplet
Quizziz

Wordwall

Emaze

HYBRID TEACHING
Some suggestions REFERENCES
Do:

Gonzalez, J. (2020). 9 Ways Online Teaching Should be Different from Face-to-Face. Retrieved
Make your remote students feel like they’re still part of your class even though they’re
in April 2021 from https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/9-ways-online-teaching/

still learning from home. Your remote students should still be able to participate in the

same activities and lessons that your hybrid students are. This may require you to plan
Kampen, M. (2021). 36 Cutting-Edge Teaching Strategies & Techniques for 2021 Learning.
ahead if you want to send home or have families pick up crafts or activities. You can
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also have the students submit an activity electronically and you can print it out
strategies/

afterward so they are included.

Have your in-person and remote learners interact with each other often, via breakout
Krazeise, F. (2015). 6 Ways to Help Increase Classroom Participation. Retrieved in April 2021
rooms or on apps like Jamboard, Kahoot, or FlipGrid to maintain your classroom
from https://blog.echo360.com/6-ways-to-help-increase-classroom-participation

community. Community is EVERYTHING!

Set learning expectations for in-person and remote learners. While they may be
Minero, E. (2020). TEACHING STRATEGIES. Retrieved in April 2021 from
different for both groups, students should know what materials they need to have for
https://www.edutopia.org/article/8-strategies-improve-participation-your-virtual-
class daily, when and how to submit work and expectations while on Zoom, such as
classroom

cameras, participation, and safety.

Give your remote learners a variety of ways to demonstrate that they’re engaged
Sanders, J. (2015). 
during your lessons. Just because their screens may be off, doesn’t mean they’re not
there. You can encourage them to unmute themselves, use the chat box, use reactions
or hand signals to share.
7 Tools to Improve Reading
Create routines. Give your students a sense of routine and stability by starting your
days the same way. You can begin with a question for the students to answer while you
Comprehension. Retrieved in May
take attendance; begin with a fun greeting or class meeting; review the schedule for
the day; and assign class jobs (greeter, attendance taker, chat monitor, co-host for the
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day, etc.).
Reach out to your school/district technology department for support. You’ll want to
http://blog.whooosreading.org/7-
make sure that your in-person and remote students can see the same things while you
are teaching. I accomplish this by projecting my computer on the board for my in-
tools-to-improve-reading-
person students and then sharing my screen on Zoom for my remote students. My
projector has built-in speakers that allow my in-person students to hear what the
comprehension/

remote students are saying. Because every school/district is different, it is important

Terada, J. (2020). 7 High-Impact, Evidence-Based Tips for Online Teaching. Retrieved in April
to reach out to see what devices and tools you have at your disposal.
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Use a second device to give your remote students a glimpse into your classroom. While
teaching

this is optional, it allows your remote students to see what’s going on in your

classroom and to see their classmates. Your in-person students can also see their

remote classmates through that second screen.

Find ways to celebrate your students. This has been such a tough year, so celebrate the
little things, such as birthdays, student accomplishments, spirit days, and class
rewards.
Do find opportunities for experiences like virtual field trips. Take advantage of
experiences that websites, museums, and children’s organizations are
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