Online Teaching Techniques from The K. Patricia Cross Academy
The K. Patricia Cross Academy website offers training videos to enhance interactive classroom learning in both in-person and online environments. While originally designed for higher education, the approaches in these videos may be utilized in primary and secondary schools.
The Techniques Video Library is a searchable database that includes twenty-eight videos guiding online teaching through facilitation techniques such as jigsaw, think-pair-share, fishbowl, and team jeopardy. The database has 50 videos on in-person facilitation.
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