Anyone teaching remotely? How's it going?

[Glastonbury2020]

Our school shut today and we have until Monday to work out how to record over Powerpoints, deliver live teaching from home, etc and make it happen! And find a quiet space in the house to do this!
If you are already doing so, how's it going? Are you pre recording lessons or doing live ones? I'm daunted at the thought- HUGE learning curve!

On day 3 of SI and sending lessons into school for cover/supply to 'play'. What I have learned.

1. Get a standard format for all lessons. I have colour coded my heading so all your turn heading same, my explanations another and answers something different.

1. Try to follow same plan (I'm maths) so I have starter, answers, video explaining topic, Qs, answers, another topic possibly and then plenary (with suggested timing)

1. Snip it on window accessories is your friend.

1. I created my YouTube videos on my phone as much easier/quicker to upload. Unlisted and made for children and then embedded into PowerPoint.

It was hard to start with but once I got into the groove it was much easier. Remember to take breaks during the day.

I have done some live lessons from home during the first lockdown and an in person lesson with some students joining on teams from home.

If you can, buy a digital pen, I got mine for circa £25 on Amazon and it is the best thing ever. You can share your screen and use the digital pen to scribe which allows you to model answers. The chat function on teams is good for allowing kids to ask/answer questions.

Are you using teams? I have a guide I can send if so

Thanks all.
MrsHamlet yes, I will be using Teams. A guide would be fab! Thanks so much, you're very kind!

Send me a private message with your email and I'll send it today :)

Is anyone having to provide remote education to a class in school, ie you’re isolating but your class are in school? Are you being asked to do live and/or recoded lessons which are played to the class? Can we say no to having to do that?

Not me, but that's our school policy - live lessons from home if self isolating.

Some of my colleagues are very reluctant to do this, or recorded lessons for TA to use. Is there any guidance that says we have to do this?

Why are they reluctant?

We are having to provide remote learners access to our lessons via Teams, and if we have to self-isolate, we'd need to deliver lessons still to our classes in school via Teams again.

What are your colleagues suggesting they do as an alternative?

Not sure! Not helpful. Apparently there’s nothing in the guidance that says they have to do live or recorded lessons.

Our school are doing a lot of powerpoints with audio attached to them.

The child follows along then completes a piece of work (worksheet or written task) at the end. It's submitted online and marked using SeeSaw.

The audio powerpoints are great, easy to create (just make one as usual then for each page click insert and select audio on the task bar) I'm famous in school for my lack of tech ability and I'm even I can use this no problem. They're also straightforward for parents to access and use as they don't need a high level of parental involvement.

@Yellowmellow2

Not sure! Not helpful. Apparently there’s nothing in the guidance that says they have to do live or recorded lessons.

There isn't. My understanding is that you have to offer curriculum equivalent to what they would have had in school, following the same schemes of work as they would have in school. Teaching can be in the form of videos either of you or from YouTube, bitesize etc or powerpoints or live teaching. Then work needs to be set, collected in and responded to within a reasonable timeframe. People who don't engage will be followed up. No specific mention of live teaching because for several reasons, it just doesn't suit everybody.

If we were at home and live teaching was expected I'd struggle because we only have one lap top and both me (teacher) and ds(year 3) would be competing to use it.

@ChristmasinJune

Our school are doing a lot of powerpoints with audio attached to them.

The child follows along then completes a piece of work (worksheet or written task) at the end. It's submitted online and marked using SeeSaw.

The audio powerpoints are great, easy to create (just make one as usual then for each page click insert and select audio on the task bar) I'm famous in school for my lack of tech ability and I'm even I can use this no problem. They're also straightforward for parents to access and use as they don't need a high level of parental involvement.

That’s a really useful tip. I wasn’t aware you could do that. Thank you!