Perhaps the most important thing that you can do as a teacher during this time of world-wide crisis is to maintain a human connection with the children and adults ... the learners ... who have come to call you home.
Seeing the compassion in your face and hearing the calmness of your voice will provide a relief to them. At the beginning, do not worry as much about WHAT you will teach. Instead focus on building your new digital learning experience.
Let the students play with the tools, write on the whiteboard, create and share funny videos. Focus on the connection. The rest will fall into place as you both learn how to teach and learn without being in a classroom with walls.
Once both you and your learners are comfortable, begin adding layers of curriculum, engagement, and tools to reach your learning outcomes. But for the first online video conference, just BE.
Be who you are. Be the teacher they love.
