Without warning, we were thrown head-first into this online learning thing. I’ve been overwhelmed at times, neck deep in free resources, trying to sift through it all. In trying new things, we are bound to make mistakes. I know I’m not the only one who has had some online learning fails. At least it shows we are trying, right??
Here are some of my biggest fails in online learning, so far. I’m sure there will be more. Stay tuned, friends.
Anonymous Assignment Fail
I accidentally made a math assignment into an anonymous survey.
Yep… Just when I thought I was getting the hang of the all these ed tech tools! I’ve been using Google docs for years, but making assignments using Google forms is new for me.
At least the average was 90%. It was more for formative assessment, and most of them knew that content. Learn from my mistakes: check the email required box when creating Google Forms or have an ungraded question where they add their name.
It’s almost like the universe wanted to punish me for getting mad about nameless papers for all these years. This time it was on me.
Dog Interruption Fails
My sweet angel pup has decided she needed attention at some really inconvenient times lately. She started howling during one of my first live video lessons.
Even better, last week she vomited up one of my socks right in the middle of my reading group lesson. Any other dog moms feel me?
Zoom Fails
Need I say more? I’ve forgotten to make all my announcements. I allowed the chat box to go on for too long! On several occasions, I’ve started talking only to realize I didn’t unmute myself. I’ve repeatedly had to tell students to unmute themselves, too. I love interacting with my students live, but I don’t love all the bumps in the road to making it work well.
Want to avoid some online learning fails?
To make my online learning life a little easier, I made these live video lesson planning sheets. It really has helped me stay organized before and during a lesson. I included spaces to take notes about follow up items and a space to make sure you’ve checked in with each student. It can’t prevent your dog from puking in the middle of a lesson, but at least you’ll be less frazzled, in general!
Grab the video lesson planning sheet here!
To keep things fun, I made a few different designs to pick from.
