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Nearpod my library10/24/2022 ![]() ![]() Working virtually in small groups gives students an “authentic audience,” says Oregon library and instructional technology teacher Colette Cassinelli. To do so, innovative librarians are experimenting with practices including applying online grouping strategies to live environments, staying flexible with “camera on” policies, and hosting virtual field trips and social events to keep students connected. This academic year, reaching students has been a top concern. “I would be honest and say that I think we’re really struggling with this.” ![]() NEARPOD MY LIBRARY HOW TO“I think all teachers are really experiencing challenges with how to meet the needs of various learners,” says Todd Burleson, fifth and sixth grade librarian at the Skokie School in Winnetka, IL, and 2016 SLJ School Librarian of the Year. What tech and teaching methods best keep students engaged and on track? Regardless of how school is being conducted, librarians have been striving to innovate in order to reach all students. Teaching in libraries and classrooms looks different, whether educators are talking to a grid of students’ faces on-screen or a half-filled classroom with students sitting behind Plexiglas barriers, six feet apart. What’s the Zoom breakout room balance? Are student cameras on? How many questions are in the chat? Such now-routine questions illustrate education’s rapid-fire transformation since the pandemic started. Screen images via (from left): Amanda Jones Nearpod Desmos K.C. ![]()
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