Best Practices for

Distance/Remote
Learning at Old Mission
School
Brittany Enamorado, M.Ed.

March 13, 2020

Objectives
● To review established best practices
for implementing distance education
online.
● To use established data to develop a
distance learning plan for Old Mission
School.
● Determine barriers to online
education.
ISTE Standards
●
1c Stay current with research that supports improved
student learning outcomes, including findings from the
learning sciences.
●
2c Model for colleagues the identification, exploration,
evaluation, curation and adoption of new digital
resources and tools for learning.
● 6b Manage the use of technology and student learning
strategies in digital platforms, virtual environments,
hands-on makerspaces or in the field.
Hook - Current Mood
 Rate Your
Confidence with
Remote
Learning
 Teleschool, Remote Learning,
Distance Learning

WHAT:
As technology internet access has become more readily available in recent years, remote
learning and“teleschool”have been gaining popularity and will continue to do so.
WHY:
The purpose of implementing a remote learning program during a school closing is to
retain valuable instructional time and to reduce makeup days at the end of the school
year.
Distance Learning with Google Suite
Possible Roadblock? - Internet Access for all
students

Discussion: Do our students have the resources to

connect to the internet if they are expected to be
remote learners?

While various companies work with schools to

provide a hotspot for students, Kajeet, T-Mobile,
and Verizon have been working with districts on
providing students access to close the homework
gap.
Device Availability
● We have classroom Chrome carts that have enough 1:1
Chromebooks for all students at OMS.

Discussion:

Would you want to send

Chromebooks home for your grade
level?

Do we disassemble the carts to send

them home?
Setting expectations
We need to decide what works best for us and communicate the expectations to both students and
parents.
Keep expectations in check
make sure due dates and expectations are clearly expressed in writing
Communicating clear due dates with submission deadlines is extremely important to assist teachers
and students in planning for their remote learning days.
We need to keep students on a regular school schedule, with starting and ending periods as students
move from classroom to classroom online.
 Remote Learning
Module learning
When it comes to e-learning environments and incorporating best practices, module learning
plays an important role. Learning modules provide the coursework or lesson plan in a logical
order so that students Learning
can follow Learning
the course in the manner intended.
Modules Modules can be created
Modules
for a day, a week, or even by the unit.

Online Face-to-Face Online Face-to-Face

Google Classroom Packets Sent Home
Instruction Instruction
 Distance Learning Assignment Types
Synchronous
Activities
Asynchronous assignments – These E

assignments can be completed by students at

any time anywhere, individually. Students do
not need to work with other students for
Asynchronous
synchronous activities, so they’re able to Assignments
complete all assignments alone.

Synchronous activities – These assignments allow students to interact with each other in the digital
world. Interactive learning can be done with something as simple as a Google Doc, but teachers can
move into a higher level of interactivity with the use of videoconferencing opportunities.
Safety and Oversight

● Go Guardian System
● Scene Control
● Close tabs
● Block sites
Sample Plan For Implementation
Step 1 Step 2 Step 4 Step 5

● Determine if your ● Give parents and ● Ensure students ● Survey parents,

grade level will have teachers two learning have access to all students and
packet modules or days to set up remote physical and teachers after
online modules. learning. online content week one and
● Determine which ● Online modules will be ● Begin online continually on a
existing curriculums face-to-face from instruction. regular basis
are already online. 0900 - 1200 Monday ● Adjust learning
● Prepare materials through Friday and will plan as needed
and supplies to be have regular middle and situations
sent home to school periods. change.
families.
Action Items:

Do all students have internet connection at

home, and if not, how can we support the

01 Internet families in setting up access so that the

students can properly distance learn when
schools are closed.

Remove devices from Chrome carts

02 Devices
Request that IT reconfigure Chromebooks for at
home use.

03 Software Pick an online Face-to-Face software, Google

Hangouts, Google Meet, or Zoom.
Rate Your Confidence
with Remote Learning
Final questions and thoughts
Resources
Google
https://edu.google.com/latest-news/covid-19-support-resources/?utm_source=nurture&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FY20-Q1-
global-demandgen-email-other-covid19-all&utm_content=covid19noneducators&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTkdRellUY3hNVGs1T0dSbCIsInQiOi
JHYmZvSnRGemxzUk9DOFdQcmhxREtabzJZaFFRK3Q0bk5pSXdSMDl1SlVDNXBKWHJWcHI3c1d4YmpseDVUM3hIM2dMQk9Xen
FDXC9hWDhFTExyZmhuaWxPMlY2R3hQZmZscXdjZUVMMXhSckZqMUxCN1RJQ011d0MyQjl6MEx3eWkifQ%3D%3D&modal_activ
e=none&topic=distance-learning-training

Google Webinar:
https://educationonair.withgoogle.com/events/distancelearning

Go Guardian
https://www.goguardian.com/blog/learning/best-practices-for-remote-learning/?utm_medium=email&utm_content=blog_best_practice&
utm_campaign=covid_19_email_ggt_users

https://www.goguardian.com/blog/learning/goguardian-teacher-for-remote-learning/