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Motivating learners throughout this crisis
Prepared by: Dennesha Frazer (Teachfray)
A few weeks ago, we were doing business as usual in our classrooms. We incorporated technology here and there, as the lessons required but never have we been totally reliant on that medium. When this pandemic hit our country in March of 2020, we were thrust outside our normal. Since then, almost overnight, we have had to move from the traditional classroom to a virtual one. Despite all the challenges, educators must seek to keep learners motivated to achieve. Below are 10 tips on how to do so.
1. Be emotionally intelligent. This is needed in a crisis more than any other time. As much as your life has been affected, so has the lives of your students. One of my finest students has been unable to submit all her assignments because she has had to be baby sitting. Another sent me a picture to represent the challenges of her crammed household.
Amidst these prevailing circumstances, the educator must keep in touch with the realities of the learners. Let the learner know you are aware that they are having challenges. This will keep them interested.
2. Go the extra mile. Put measures in place to mitigate some of these challenges which the learners are experiencing. I have had to be very lenient with assignment deadlines and have had to take screenshots when the actual document would have been more ideal. Also, I have had to assist students in uploading assignments so, that I could have a record of same on the selected platform for grading.
3. Attend to the individual learner. In the virtual classroom, you must reach out to greet individual students the way you would in the traditional classroom. Pause to have conversations about random things that interest them. Find out how they are doing and how they have been coping. Being caring is an element of motivation.
4. Plan with the whole constituent in mind. I have observed that, as educators have gotten excited about the various platforms and applications available to aid in online learning, they might have inadvertently made choices that have been detrimental to some learners.
Only approximately 20% of my learners have access to wifi. Most of them use a data plan which they purchase daily or weekly. Each time I prepare for a learning incident, I bear this in mind. Therefore, I download videos instead of posting links, I use a voice note instead of a live meeting and I choose a platform with an application so that assignment uploading will be low on data consumption. You cannot afford to frustrate your learners during this challenging time.
5. Teach in bite sizes. Online learning can be very overwhelming, especially for students who depend on the element of human presence to grasp concepts quickly. Therefore, to keep learners motivated as they attain new knowledge, the educator must be strategic in the volume of new contents being shared.
Therefore, in the past week, as I taught my 10th graders how to work with PowerPoint, I first had them watch a video and answer guided questions. After this, I offered them feedback and gave them an opportunity to resubmit corrections. Then and only then did I have them create a single slide with a background. When I was satisfied that they understood how to manipulate the software, I gave them a task to prepare a 5 slide presentation about their family. The submission rate was unbelievable and the quality was excellent.
6. Provide adequate learning support. To keep learners motivated, the educator must be available to offer guidance to struggling students. You must be aware that the learners who seem brightest in the traditional setting may struggle a lot in the virtual setup. Therefore, provide enough examples, supporting materials and be available to assist.
7. Use a lot of formative assessment activities. It is better to do small assessment task as the lesson progresses than to wait for the end of a topic or unit to do testing. This is as true online as it is in the traditional setup. This way, you can also motivate learners as they see themselves attaining mastery bit by bit.
8. Offer detailed feedback promptly. The learners will only remain motivated if they can track their progress. They also want an opportunity to improve their output and since the goal is mastery, the educators should be accommodating in this area.
For my students, I try to provide feedback within one or two days after they post their responses to assessment tasks.
9. Develop a rewards system. There are methods online such as a score board which could be used to rank learners and offer healthy peer competition. It is advisable that the ranking focuses on capturing at least the top 30% to heighten healthy competition.
Using an application such as ScoreKeeper, might be a great idea.
Things must also be in place to celebrate learners who may never make it to the top of the class.
10. Do not forsake traditional motivational techniques. The methods of using stamps and stickers never grow old. Recently, good old stickers were successfully used by my principal to commend teachers for maintaining excellent attendance records. It works even better for children and teens.
For the digital setup, I have created some digital stickers which can be used in the whatsapp classroom.
Please remember that Student Motivation can never grow old. It has been one of the finest methods used to keep many hundreds of learners on task when they couldn't think of another reason to do so. Keep at it.
Have fun motivating your learners throughout this crisis!
Interview with Dan Emil Joshua
Today we’d like to introduce you to Deri Lorus.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Deri, So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
Dan Emil Joshua started playing keyboard at very young age who now scores music in Gospel Songs.
What is music for you?
Music is God given talent for me. It is a special gift from above. I need to be truthful to him and use it for his glory.
Do u live in musically world?
Yes, I do live in a musical world . While we do a family prayer daily, play in our church every week myself and my brother play Keyboard and guitar together. There cannot be a day without music in my life.
There is something about music that seems to bring me closer to each and every thing and each and every emotion that I have for things and it also helps an individual to come together as a community.
How your life relates to music?
Myself and bro used to jam together, we produce some good music, we do cover songs some originals and more instrumentals.
What are your thoughts on music?
Music for others maybe is only just their mood , but for me it's a gift from God. I feel deeply connected to music . Anyone who has grown up in a musical family knows the tremendous part that music plays in one's memory, but I don't come from a Music family. I feel music is your own experiment and experience of your life . If you don't love it , it won't come out .According to me Music has no boundaries , as there's no boundary line to it. Dan is carving a niche following for himself already at his tender age. His renditions of Gospel classic solos and improvisations with fusion pieces put him in the ladder for much more accolade to come. He is charming has a most amazing social profile.
"I'm not from a Musical Family", says Deri Lorus
Today we’d like to introduce you to Deri Lorus.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Deri, So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
Deri Lorus who started playing keyboard at very young age who now scores music in Tamil Gospel Songs.
What is music for you?
Music is God given talent for me. It is a special gift from above.
Do u live in musically world?
I do live in a musical world . While we do a family prayer, myself and my brother play Keyboard and guitar together. And my day still starts with music and also it ends with music.
There is something about music that seems to bring me closer to each and every thing and each and every emotion that I have for things and it also helps an individual to come together as a community.
How your life relates to music?
Myself and bro used to jam, we produce music, we do cover songs some originals and more instrumentals.
What are your thoughts on music?
Music for others maybe is only just their mood , but for me it's a gift from God. I feel deeply connected to music . Anyone who has grown up in a musical family knows the tremendous part that music plays in one's memory, but I don't come from a Music family. I feel music is your own experiment and experience of your life . If you don't love it , it won't come out .According to me Music has no boundaries , as there's no boundary line to it. Deri is carving a niche following for himself already at his tender age. His renditions of Gospel classic solos and improvisations with fusion pieces put him in the ladder for much more accolade to come. He is charming has a most amazing social profile.
Dan Emil Joshua, Musician from scratch to Pro
Dan Emil Joshua was born on July 22nd, 2000 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is a music composer and also a programmer, who is a master of playing the keyboard and the guitar, which he started learning at the age of fifteen. His interest in music was fuelled by his parents.
He attended St.John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School. During his school days, he was in his school band as a Keyboardist.
Dan gained a thorough knowledge of the music industry and there is no looking back thereafter. His new single tracks were making the rounds with digital platforms. He gets on a roll about some of the unintended complications of attending high school as well as the struggles that come with being an up-and-coming celebrity.
Dan is known for writing all of his music, and isn’t afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve. He also learnt guitars for himself with knowing only the keyboard. He later learnt music programming by himself working on his own tracks, this made him more intense towards music production.
In 2017, He and his brother Deri Lorus started their own record label 'D Flat Records' for producing and promoting their independent music. The tracks which he worked with his brother are available under D Flat Records.
Casinos in Atlantic City face huge losses due to Coronavirus closures
According to the figures released on Friday, Casinos in Atlantic city saw a 65% fall in their profits in the first quarter of the year.
The first quarter only covered two weeks of closure in March due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The officials are sure that the numbers will be even worse for the second quarter as casinos were shut all of April and so far, May, with no reopening scheduled soon.
The figures from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show that nine casinos collectively earned only a profit of $29.6 million in the first quarter this year as they had earned $85.6 million in the same period last year.
The big decline is "not surprising, given that most casinos continued to pay employees for two weeks after the shutdown," said Jane Bokunewicz, coordinator of a gambling studies institute at Stockton University outside Atlantic City. "With only internet gaming and a small number of sports betting revenue to offset payroll expenses, a significant decrease was inevitable."
Three casinos had suffered huge losses as compared to last year's first-quarter profits.
Bally's faced a loss of $8 million this year as compared to $2.8 million last year. Caesars went from 10.8 million profit to a $593,000 loss, and resorts went from a $3 million profit to a $3.4 million loss.
What all charges you can face on violating state stay-at-home orders
The shutdowns caused due to COVID-19 pandemic had completed more than two months, and some of the businesses and some people have been pushing the limits of statewide stay-at-home orders.
Some businesses started reopening their businesses despite shutdowns and are now facing citations and fines.
According to officials, most of the people follow the guidelines, but only some do not follow the orders. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said that some "knuckleheads" cause headaches as the state battles the deadly coronavirus.
This issue was raised after the announcement by Gov. On Friday, Gov. Tom Wolf states that all the counties under the strictest lockdown would move to the next phase of reopening from June 5.
Attorneys from the two states talked to our team and said that it is not beneficial to charge a large number of people as courts had already grown their backlog.
I'm not sure we want to clog the court system up with those kinds of cases," said Michael Donio, a retired New Jersey judge who now works in private practice.
Gov. Wolf said that strict actions would be taken for the people violating an executive order. According to state laws, anyone found violating an emergency order faces a fine up to $200 or jail time of up to 30 days. Those maximum amounts increase to $500 or 90 days for subsequent offenses.
Many Counties in Philadelphia will move to yellow phase by June 5 said Gov. Wolf
Gov. Tom Wolf announced that Philadelphia has a new timeframe for the reopening, which includes the reopening of Pennsylvania's 18 counties. As these counties were strictly locked down as a response to coronavirus, these will move from red to yellow by June 5.
The city with Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties, will join other provinces which had already started reopening the businesses and services under the yellow phase of state reopening.
From May 29, eight counties will move to the yellow phase: Dauphin, Franklin, Huntingdon, Lebanon, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, and Schuylkill, and the remaining ten counties will move to yellow on June 5.
In his announcement, Wolf also announced that 17 more counties would move to green phase from May 29, including Bradford, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Montour, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Venango, and Warren.
Even the yellow phase will be strictly implemented as many businesses will continue to remain closed in the yellow period. These closures include gyms, casinos, theaters, and other indoor recreational, wellness, and entertainment venues, and no gathering of more than 25 people will be allowed.
Restaurants and bars are only allowed for limited carry-out or delivery. Businesses also have to follow the state and federal guidelines of sanitization and social distancing.
