Tag Archives: Pandemic

Teaching Memo – Hybrid Teaching: Dos and Don’ts (that didn’t make the cut)

Posted on 2021/03/02 by Steve Capone

Need some tips on teaching concurrently / in a hybrid model? Here are some dos and don’ts for how to succeed at teaching remote and in-person students simultaneously. Continue reading →

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It’s Time to End Direct Instruction

Posted on 2020/10/26 by Steve Capone

Direct instruction. I’ll tell you what you need to know. You record it, train yourself to know it, and then repeat it back, apply it to something else, or synthesize that knowledge plus some other knowledge in producing original work. … Continue reading →

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The Bomb, Duck-and-Cover Drills, and You (today, right now)

Posted on 2020/08/11 by Steve Capone

Burt the Turtle is getting old enough that he requires an introduction where for a long time none would have been needed. In the 1950s through the 1980s, there existed a real threat that everything on Earth would end in … Continue reading →

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