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Educational Leadership: The Bishop as Teacher
The College for Bishops Leadership Institute was established to provide educational resources for new bishops as well as trending informational resources for all bishops. Educational Leadership: The Bishop as Teacher focuses on specific resources related to teaching:
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Technology Tips for Teachers
3 Ways to Level up your zoom skills
Most teachers have the basics of Zoom down by now. But educators can make the experience better for learners by using the app’s built-in tools for feedback on the fly, whiteboards and annotation for more interactivity, and breakout rooms for collaboration.
Using Social Media to Build a Personal Learning Network
Teaching is a challenging profession and teachers need a positive support system. This usually comes from fellow teachers who understand shared experiences. When the coronavirus forced schools to close, one option is to turn to virtual communities for support. Here are some ways you can build teacher communities virtually.
Turns Out You Can Build Community in a Zoom Classroom
Meeting in a Zoom classroom has proved to be challenging this past spring but many teachers have had the advantage of having worked with their students in person prior to the pandemic. How can you develop personal relationships within a classroom when you have never met face-to face? This article from Chronicle of Higher Education offers some practical suggestions for building community.
Zoom Fatigue is Real--Here’s Why Video Calls Are So Draining
For many of us, working from home during COVID-19 has meant we are spending a lot of time on video meeting applications like Zoom. The effects of this have taken us by surprise. Why are online meetings so tiring and what can we do about it?
The Secret to Making Zoom Meetings More Meaningful for You and Your Coworkers
Many of us are now working at home due to the pandemic. To our surprise, we’re seeing our coworkers more than ever before--but as tiny heads on our laptops in video meetings. Instead of bringing us closer, all this togetherness can sometimes make us feel miles apart literally and emotionally. TED asked Adam Grant to take a look at loneliness at work and how virtual meetings could be reimagined as ways to connect rather than feel disconnected.
TryTank Explainer videos
Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) and General Theological Seminary (GTS), currently have an exciting innovative joint project focused on the future of the church called the TryTank: An Experimental Laboratory for Church Growth and Innovation. The TryTank Experimental Lab will offer a much-needed inventive approach to the challenges facing the Episcopal Church. The video below is from the Explainer Video Series, which seeks to create a library of whiteboard videos that explain theological concepts in 2 minutes.
Five Ways to Build Community in Online Classrooms
Teachers know that building community in the online environment increases the likelihood of student success. Finding ways to concretize something as ephemeral as “a sense of belonging” can be difficult; however, here are five places where you can start.
Podcasting for Beginners
Throughout history, the Church has used the newest communication technology to spread the good news of Jesus Christ and proclaim the message of love, justice and peace. This month’s installment from ECFVP focuses on Creative Communication and includes this great introduction on podcasting from Fr. Benjamin Gildas.
10 Tips for Creating Effective Instructional Videos
Instructor presence is an important component of effective online teaching and video can help make it happen. Instructional videos have become increasingly easy to create and can turn a good online class into an engaging learning experience. Pressing that record button can be intimidating for some of us–after all, we’re teachers, not TV personalities–but it’s actually easier than you might think. Here are 10 tips that will soon have you broadcasting like a pro.