Overview of K-12 Online Education

1. Read Chapter 1: The Landscape of K-12 Online Learning.
2. Review all course materials for the lesson.
3. Explore examples of K-12 TLO.
4. Participate in discussion forum on pros and cons of K-12 E-Learning.
5. Establish relationships with your teaching team.

Some Basics and What Kids Want

1. Read Chapter 2: Developing Quality Virtual Courses: Selecting Instructional Methods.
2. Review all course materials for the week.
3. Explore debates on school choice.
4. Participate in discussion forum on school choice.
5. Establish roles and plans for microteaching with your teaching team.
6. Begin Kids' Use of Technology paper.

Microteaching 1 - Elementary Classrooms and Finances

1. Read Chapter 3: Integrating Online Learning into Elementary Classrooms.
2. Review all course materials for the lesson.
3. Engage in microteaching/learning.
4. Review and (optionally) discuss the business of K-12 TLO.
5. Continue to work on your Kids' Use of Technology paper.

Microteaching 2 - Literacy and Language Arts Online and Perspectives

1. Read Chapter 4: Teaching and Learning Literacy and Language Arts Classrooms.
2. Review all course materials for the week.
3. Engage in microteaching/learning.
4. Review and discuss the experience of K-12 TLO and your own future.
5. Submit the Kids' Use of  Technology paper.

Microteaching 3 -  Math and Flipped Classrooms

1. Read Chapter 5: Teaching and Learning Mathematics Online.
2. Engage in Microteaching/Micro learning as teacher/student.
3. View Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education.
4. View Basic of Flipped Classroom.
5. Read Evidence on Flipped Classrooms is Still Coming In.

6. Review and discuss the potential for TLO in Math and Flipped Classrooms (optional).

Microteaching 4 - Social Studies and Basic Design Considerations of Online Learning

1. Read Chapter 6: Teaching and Learning Social Studies Online.
2. Engage in Microteaching/Micro learning as teacher/student.
3. Read excerpt from Instructional Design for Teachers.
4. Read Why Online Courses [Really] Need an Instructional Design Strategy.

5. Review and discuss the uses of ID in TLO settings with a reflection on your own microteaching experiences (optional).

Microteaching 5 - PE and Gaming in the Online Classroom

1. Read Chapter 7: Teaching and Learning Physical Education Online.
2. Engage in Microteaching/Micro learning as teacher/student.
3. View Connections Academy’s Yoga Program video.
4. Read Online Phys Ed Classes: Legit or Loophole?
5. Read Position Paper from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.

6. Review and discuss gaming in TLO (optional).

Microteaching 6 - Special Populations and Assessment

1. Read Chapter 8: Exceptional Learners: Differentiated Instruction Online.
2. Engage in Microteaching/Micro learning as teacher/peer reviewer.
3. View How Online Education Works for Gifted, At-risk, and Special Needs Student Populations, starting at 9:10 of the video.
4. Read Improving the Accessibility of Online Course Materials.
5. View Assessing Student Online Learning.
6. Read Diane Ravitch’s Blog, reading back several entries to get a sense of the problems in assessment in all schools.
7. Review and discuss assessment in K-12 TLO (optional). 

Best Uses of Online Discussion Forums and Instructional Strategies for Online Learning

1. Read Chapter 9: Online Discussions.
   
2. Review all course materials for the week.
3. Engage in the discussion forum reviewing your uses of discussion forums in your microteaching and discussing how you think you might improve that experience for the learners.
4. Engage in the discussion forum reviewing your uses of instructional strategies in your microteaching and discussing how you think you might improve that experience for the learners.
5. View Managing an Online Course: Discussion Forums.
6. Read Mastering Online Discussion Board Facilitation (While this is from 2009, it still has good best practices).
7. Read Best K-12 Online Teaching Strategies (If you look along the left hand side of this website you’ll find a number of possible strategies you can reflect on for your discussion forum activity this lesson).

Professional Development and Course Wrap Up

1. Read Chapter 10: Professional Development for Online Teachers.
2. Read Chapter 11: K-12 Online Learning: Sustainability, Success, and Sensibility.
3. Engage in discussion forum on best parts of this course, also suggesting possible improvements.
4. View Discovery Education Professional Development (think of how Discovery might help you as a TLO practitioner).
5. View Combat Cyberbulling and Cybersafety Issues (examples of available online professional development on cyberbulling and cybersafety; what do you want to learn more about?).
6. Read Cybersmart.
7. Explore Educscapes and International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), which are sources for technology rich professional development opportunities.