Engaging Brains in Distance Learning is a lively, interactive, 2-part virtual webinar on brain-compatible instructional design for K-12 teachers. The two part webinar will include:

Part 1: Active Engagement – This entertaining 80-90-min session will share a variety of easy-to-implement strategies and structures designed to get all students actively engaged in their learning, whether in the classroom or online. The focus is on breaking up direct-instruction and increasing student participation. You will come away with a dozen concrete techniques that will immediately increase student motivation, engagement, and academic learning.

Part 2: Virtual Lesson Design – Now that you have a dozen or more tools in our tool belts for active engagement, the next question this webinar will address is "how do we structure our virtual lessons in a way that doesn’t exhaust us or our students, but maintains rigorous learning expectations?" This interactive 80-90 min Part 2 of the webinar will include how to design simple, clear, engaging online lessons that focus on getting and keeping student attention and improving participation and learning. Video samples of virtual lessons will be shared and de-briefed.