Modeling effective distance learning with Sara VanDerWerf

As we record this episode, thousand’s of schools around the world are closed and teachers and school leaders are scrambling to create the means to teach students of all ages in remote settings.

In this episode we talk to Sara VanDerWerf, a national leader in math education and a former IB teacher, about how to use modeling to prepare students for learning from videos - a common platform being used by teachers when creating E-learning opportunities. 

Her suggestions were posted in her popular math teaching blog and we reached out to her to make them available in the podcast.  

Links from the podcast and Sara's work:

• Sara's website: saravanderwerf.com
• Twitter:  @saravdwerf
• Facebook: @saravanderwerf
• Instagram: @saravanderwerf
• *Blog post: Modeling E-Learning (distance learning in the era of COVID-19)
• Blog post:  Modeling Group Work:  100 Number Task
• Responsive Classroom - Interactive Modeling
• Teaching Math Concepts vs Tricks - Free Math Download Book & articles
• Teacher Desmos (the best online math content for teachers - free).  You can learn a lot about this resource HERE.
• FREE Math Support K-8 at Dreambox and ST Math

* The blog post that inspired this episode

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