Welcome to the NVTA Course,
"How to Be an Effective
Virtual Instructor"
The following strategies will be reviewed:
- Virtual Learning Adventures: Expectations for the virtual learning environment
- Teacher/Student Relationships: Building positive relationships with your students in the virtual environment
- Instruction: Engaging students in a virtual classroom
- Differentiation: Reaching all of your students, no matter where they are
After you complete this mini-course, consider enrolling in the NVTA Certification Course, resulting in a certificate distinguishing you from other instructors in the virtual environment.
Course Overview
Welcome to Your Professional Development Course
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Virtual Learning Materials and Classroom Preparation
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- Section Objectives
- Adventures in Virtual Teaching and Learning
- Video: Virtual Teacher Adventures (2:01)
- Classroom Presentation
- Quiz 1 - Classroom Presentation
- Reference the FREE Rubrics
- Classroom Materials
- Video: Classroom Presentation and Materials (2:40)
- Video: Home Office (2:37)
- Quiz 2 - Classroom Materials
Teacher/Student Relationships in the Virtual Environment
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Instructional Methods & Resources
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- Section Objectives
- Video: Levels of Interaction Explained (2:32)
- How to begin a Lesson
- Teacher Outcomes (Questioning)
- Higher-Order Instruction, Questioning, and Thinking
- Video: Questioning Strategies (1:40)
- Video: Online Educational Resource - NearPod (2:32)
- Video: Online Educational Resource - Kahoot (5:09)
- Best Practice for Teaching in the Virtual Classroom
- Video: Annotation During Instruction (1:27)
- Video: Zoom Features (5:58)
- Video: Creating Virtual Backgrounds in Canva (4:01)
- Video: Background as Instructional Resource (0:51)
- Rubric Halftime
- Video: Changing Virtual Backgrounds During Class (0:59)
- Video: PowerPoint as a Virtual Background (0:50)
- Video: PowerPoint with Voice Recording (2:06)
- Video: Screencastify (4:48)
- Video: Using Screencastify on Chrome (2:28)
- Video: Google Classroom (6:30)
- Video: Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides (2:28)
- How to Close a Lesson
- Video: Closing and Exit Ticket (0:52)
- Quiz 5 - Instruction
- Getting Certified
Differentiation
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PD Course Completion
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