MSON conference take-aways

Overall, this was disappointing and a waste of time. But a few take-aways:

• powerful connections can be made with students in virtual environments; remote learning is like studying abroad
• the concept of "functionally absent"
• I didn't attend this guy's session, but I watched his talk and learned something about what to make of the diversity wheel. And I was also struck by his reasoning for having students less reading, more video-watching.
• A bunch of useful rubrics from BlendEd (engagement, curiosity, tenacity, resourcefulness, etc.)
• OWLs and Swivl

Some sessions to watch later:

• Zoom tips and tricks
• Making screencasts count
• Assessing student engagement (+ article)

Some other jottings: 

• Setting expectations: MSON guide
• Things to investigate: mentimeter, padlet, nearpod, commonlit.org, escape room assessments, flipboard for news articles
• Podcasts with soundtrap: https://www.soundtrap.com/edu/
• Virtual whiteboards:

• https://whiteboard.fi   
• miro.com
• https://jamboard.google.com/