Leveraging Learning

Think with me for a minute about how you function in a learning space - in particular, one that is in person. What are you habits? Do you doodle? Ask lots of questions? Share snide remarks with your table group? Sit in the back so you can nap or do the crossword puzzle?  Now think about your habits as an instructor. What are you doing in any given class to engage learners? Moving about the room? Asking kids who aren't raising their hands what they think? Facilitating conversations among small groups of kids? Now imagine trying to do all of these things from your kitchen. Oh, wait, we've done that. While virtual teaching and learning are nothing new, they are things that not too many people are good at. I've done both and it's not been pretty. In thinking about how to do this better, I've paid attention to what is happening around me in digital spaces, researched some ideas and even signed up for some classes. What I notice is that some teachers dress up as batman (s