The Online Classroom: Resources for Effective Middle Level Virtual Education

✍ Scribed by Brooke B. Eisenbach, Paula Greathouse (editors)

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 306
• Series: The Handbook of Resources in Middle Level Education
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The world of middle level education is rapidly evolving. Increasingly, online learning platforms are complementing or replacing traditional classroom settings. As students exchange classroom interaction for online collaboration, pencils for keyboards, face-to-face conversations for chat room texts, and traditional lessons for digital modules, it becomes apparent that teachers, schools, and administrators must identify ways to keep pace. We must identify ways to meet the needs of middle level learners within this digital context. In this volume, researchers and teachers share a variety of resources centered on the growing world of virtual education and its implications for the middle level learner, educator, and classroom.

✦ Table of Contents

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The Online Classroom
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
SECTION I
CHARACTERISTICS OF VIRTUAL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
THE EFFECTIVE MIDDLE LEVEL VIRTUAL TEACHER
SECTION II
PREPARING TEACHERS FOR THE VIRTUAL MIDDLE LEVEL CLASSROOM
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND LEADING FOR VIRTUAL MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATORS
COLLABORATING TO CREATE MIDDLE LEVEL BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
SECTION III
FOSTERING COMMUNITY IN THE MIDDLE LEVEL VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
CREATING A COMMUNITY OF CARE IN THE MIDDLE LEVEL VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
MENTORING VIRTUAL MIDDLE SCHOOLERS THROUGH THE USE OF A GUIDED ONLINE MENTORING LOOP
SECTION IV
MAKING THE LEAP FROM TRADITIONAL TO VIRTUAL
MOTIVATING AND ENGAGING LEARNERS IN THE MIDDLE LEVEL ONLINE ENVIRONMENT
EMPLOYING CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEDAGOGY IN MIDDLE LEVEL BLENDED AND VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
ORGANIZING AND FACILITATING ONLINE TEACHING, LEARNING, AND SCHOOLING VIA EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM ASSESSMENTS
SECTION V
MIDDLE SCHOOL VIRTUAL CLASSROOM DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
CREATING EFFECTIVE INCLUSION PRACTICES FOR STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES IN THE VIRTUAL STEM CLASSROOM
APPENDIX
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS