1/ I have made the difficult decision to resign from my K-8 STEAM lab. Florida’s infections are out of control, school board plans aren’t acknowledging it, I need to more time to help my children learn safely at home on a bell schedule, and an infected relative is doing poorly.
2/ I love what I get to do. However, this situation is unbelievably difficult for teachers to be expected to work through. I’m aware of the technical demands and therefore the time that will be required to carry out our school board’s plans. It is unreasonable.
3/ In pressing on to stay open bc not all of our metrics are the worst, Florida’s governor is not considering the quality of life that infection without death can cause, including organ and/or neurological damage, potentially devastating medical debt, psychological trauma, etc.
4/ I anticipated based on Gov DeSantis’ history that virus levels would be as they are. I expected our state & local governments to act to prioritize the least number of deaths of its citizens. Instead we play a game of how open the economy can be without overwhelming hospitals.
5/ Florida’s governor tells us you’re more likely to spread #Covid19 at home than elsewhere to encourage people to feel better about getting out of the house. Viruses don’t spontaneously spawn in your home, sir, so let’s not spin data to convince people homes are more dangerous.
6/ A global issue of public health is driving America into the ground bc politics are put before wellbeing & solidarity. Worst of all, Ts are being guilted by cherry-picked data. Ts stretch themselves thin to do a job w little resources for low pay considering the expectations.
7/ One unfathomable new expectation that is pervasive in teachers’ SM posts is that many will teach both online & f2f Ss simultaneously on the same bell schedule, and expected to support online learners with content creation, in addition to social distancing management f2f...
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9/ We are in a crisis. We already have a teacher and sub shortage. A significant portion of teachers are high risk. Professional development doesn’t cover enough technology (most tech PD is to manage data, not teach or integrate tech for learning).
10/ I’m SO happy to see that many schools around the country will have online only instruction for the first semester! Even if a rushed vaccine came out in time to paint our political leaders as heroes before election day, it will take time to get it to everyone. This is REALISM.
11/ I am a bit jealous of those online only schools and their planners (whom I commend for protecting their Ss and staff). I empathize with those who are pressed to open and are just trying to figure out how to get this impossible puzzle right when there is no ideal solution.
12/ I spent my summer learning how to teach online better and how to help Ss w SEL, bc it was FL’s most reasonable outcome. That effort isn’t in vain in light of my decision to resign under different parameters than predicted, however. I have something I can do to be a helper.
13/ This will be hard for America’s teachers, but have hope. 
14/ Teachers can help each other like never before. We can share ideas, resources, examples, and techniques. We do it in bubbles: in Twitter chats, at conferences, in school PDs, and during hurried planning time or lunches. We can do it bigger and better, and I want to help.
15/ I’m not the ultimate tech guru, but I love it & learn fast. I’m an outside the box systems thinker & creative problem solver. I’m going to take this time to support my family and work on a project to learn and share technology for teaching online and f2f w social distancing.
16/ I’m teaming up with @GiftedTawk to collect tech recommendations, app smashing ideas, and lessons learned about online teaching from Ts, and we’d love it if you’d take part. I want to know how you’re going to have Ss connecting socially and address trauma, too. #wholechild
17/ The Ts who participate will have results emailed to them, but I’m also ideating how to do more. Maybe build a website, not just to curate a list of tech links to pour through, but a place to search for ways to do something you need & find links for training & examples.
18/ If few teachers fill out the form, that means more research and digging for all of us, so please take part. It’s also a great way to network and find like-minded people. (Personal info added to the form would not be included if I make a website).docs.google.com/forms/d/1jP83z…
19/ Share your favorite app smashes, techniques for online learning, and technology, send your responses, and please retweet.
Expertise of Ts of STEAM/STEM subjects, STEAM/STEM labs, makerspaces, innovation labs, edtech gurus, tech enthusiasts, etc. can transform EDU together!
Expertise of Ts of STEAM/STEM subjects, STEAM/STEM labs, makerspaces, innovation labs, edtech gurus, tech enthusiasts, etc. can transform EDU together!
20/ Share your favorite YouTube resources for lessons so Ts don’t have to create all new content this fall.
Share unique ways to use apps like Flipgrid. I turned it into an interactive mailbox for teacher and staff appreciation week by sharing a PDF of guest links, for example.
Share unique ways to use apps like Flipgrid. I turned it into an interactive mailbox for teacher and staff appreciation week by sharing a PDF of guest links, for example.
21/ Share how you motivated Ss most with online learning in the spring.
Share automations you use to simplify your workflow.
Share unusual ways to use tools. I learned two students could build simultaneously in one Tinkercad account to collaborate on a 3D design project.
Share automations you use to simplify your workflow.
Share unusual ways to use tools. I learned two students could build simultaneously in one Tinkercad account to collaborate on a 3D design project.
22/ Share if you’re motivating students with #gamification or #gamebased learning.
Share how your students will be doing remote #PBL.
Share if you’re making take-home or desk packets of supplies and what you’ll use them for. What challenges will you give them?
Share how your students will be doing remote #PBL.
Share if you’re making take-home or desk packets of supplies and what you’ll use them for. What challenges will you give them?
23/ Share links to resources, trainings, websites or Twitter tags of educators who are setting great examples we can all learn from, or your own website, YouTube channel, or S work samples if posted online. Share the ways you’ve used technology if you don’t have links to add.
24/ I want to be a helper. I’ll spend time asking for ideas, searching resources for more, compiling them succinctly, and checking things out myself when possible to convey their value clearly.
I’d love to build an accessible and usable hub, not just send an overwhelming list.
I’d love to build an accessible and usable hub, not just send an overwhelming list.
25/ Tell me, what features would you want in such a hub? Do the design thinking with me. Help me empathize, because no two teachers are exactly alike. Please give me your input here so I can decide on the scope and shape of this. How can it be molded to help you?
