This webinar will use Zoom.
This webinar will run from 12:00 pm - 3:15 pm ET / 9:00 am - 12:15 pm PT on Saturday, November 14, 2020 for a total of 3 credit hours.
How do we create meaningful virtual learning? How do we maximize the advantages of remote learning by designing activities and assessments that can transform existing curriculum? How can we ensure accountability when we engage with our students at a distance?
In this webinar, we will discuss ways to pursue these goals effectively through:
Using the four purposes of assessment and integrating them throughout virtual learning experiences
Increasing accountability through drill and practice, rehearsal, authentic performance, and reflection
Maximizing the advantages of remote learning by designing activities and assessments that transform existing curriculum
Maintaining accountability for students off-site and online through clear alignment to learning targets
Providing and supporting self-navigation skills for students to self-regulate, self-motivate, and self-assess
Partnering with families by providing critical family facing curriculum, directions, academic support, and social emotional support
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Participants will learn to:
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Design effective virtual learning assessments
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Transform onsite curriculum in evolving learning environments
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Maintain distance learning accountability through effective lesson planning
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Develop self-navigation tools
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Provide critical support for families as partners
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This seminar is applicable for professionals, parents, teachers, and K-12 administrators.
WORKSHOP LEADER
Marie H. Alcock, PhD, is president of Learning Systems Associates and serves as a national and international education consultant. Her work focuses on the areas of curriculum, instruction, and assessment design as well as designing contemporary schools and learning environments. She has spent the last twenty-five years working in public and private education as a teacher, administrator, and public advocate. Dr. Alcock has been working with schools to improve student performance and engagement through brain based practices, contemporary pedagogy and curriculum, game design, and personalized questing.
She is the founder of Tomorrow’s Education Network - a nonprofit dedicated to promoting student literacy. Marie is also president of LINK, a comprehensive education system (CES) technology company. LINK is a safe, efficient, and effective contemporary learning environment for all learners.
Dr. Alcock is also the co-author of The Quest for Learning: How to Maximize Student Engagement (2017) and Bold Moves for Schools, How We Create Remarkable Learning Environments (2017).
