一线希望：大流行年的教训

While this year challenged us all to be more flexible, it required 贝博体育app faculty to redesign curricular work and rethink how they teach—sometimes at a moment's notice! 然而，变化促进了创造力，我们的教师在将新技术、新思想和新策略融入日常教学过程中应对了这种情况。 我们请我们的一些教师分享他们在今年大流行中发现的一线希望。

 

“The student speeches were a real silver lining. 尽管学生们不能在剧院里展示他们的演讲，但我们可以在教室里直播他们的演讲。 As a result, many family members from all over the world could view the sixth graders’ speeches. In a typical year, relatives from far away are not able to see the speeches in person, so that was really special.”

 

“Pre-pandemic, I had occasionally been making videos to explain a concept for my students with an iPad and a stylus. 去年春天，当我们发现我们将完全远程教学时，我很兴奋，因为我一直在琢磨的这些教学理念现在变得至关重要。 今天在课堂上，我使用iPad、苹果铅笔、Zoom和Airtame（一种无线演示平台）。 我带着平板电脑上准备好的ppt走进教室，我的学生登录Zoom。 我和家里直播的学生分享我的平板电脑，而我把它直播到教室的屏幕上。 这意味着我的直播学生得到的课程与面对面的学生是一样的。 Zoom也促使我的学生开始更多地说话！ When you are in a classroom you can hide in the back, but on Zoom everyone is in the front row— so they all have to participate.”

 

“We’re used to working side-by-side with the children, so this year we literally had to take a step back and rethink how we teach. Because we couldn’t show everything, we found that our words mattered more than ever. They say that communication is measured more by the listener’s ears than the speaker’s mouth, and we tried to keep that in mind. 从社会情感的角度来看，我们必须明确地教授这些技能，以及孩子们的新词汇。 Every morning, the children say, “I feel happy because...” or “I feel tired because...” and they have become more fluid and comfortable acknowledging that part of themselves.”

 

“The pandemic restrictions forced me to rethink many of the student projects, and the biggest silver lining was implementing sketchbooks. 我一直想做速写本，所以今年得到它们是令人兴奋的。 学生们喜欢他们。 当他们陷入困境时，他们可以翻页并做出改进。 If they fill up their sketchbook, I’ll give them another one! 我喜欢他们可以回头看看他们一整年的努力和进步。 在过去，如果学生犯了错误，他们会把它揉成一团扔掉，但现在他们可以从头到尾看到自己的进步。 The sketchbooks are a record of artistic growth.”

 

“The music faculty made the difficult decision over the summer to not have the students play music or sing this year, and we knew that without performing arts we would have to reinvent what we do in music class. 我们计划了一个为期一年的单元，鼓励学生批判性地听音乐，观察，反思和发现。 这一年开始的时候，我们听音乐，分析音乐，设计听力标准。 学生们喜欢分享他们喜欢的音乐，我们也可以通过他们选择的歌曲来了解我们的学生。 然后，学生们研究了来自世界各地的宗教音乐，在这个过程中了解了很多不同的文化。 接下来，我们使用名为Band- lab的数字音频工作站进行数字音乐创作，学生们使用预装的节拍和循环创作简单的歌曲。 今年春天，我们探索了从独立战争到现在的美国抗议音乐。 纵观历史，文化剧变激发了艺术家将他们的观点和经历融入音乐。 Studying these musical movements helps students make sense of current events and their place in history.”