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Mary Colson, earth science teacher, offers some thoughts on what online teaching can do--and what it can't do--in Two Things I Learned from Online Teaching.

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Current Issue 14: (held over from Issue 13)

Two Things I Learned from Online Teaching

by Mary Colson.

image credit:  Russ Colson

Opinion Essay

Two Things I Learned from Online Teaching

by Mary Colson

In the middle of March, 2020, Minnesota enacted a stay-at-home order to help flatten the COVID-19 curve. Teachers at my school, district and state began thinking about how to finish the school year online—how to teach at-a-distance. Nine weeks later, I saw face-to-face teaching with fresh eyes. Though my thoughts may not be new to many teachers, I wanted to share what I’ve learned from online teaching.

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