Jim Lerch on Tools to Ease the Transition to Online Instruction

Jim Lerch, AP Economics instructor at the University High School, shares some tools he has implemented to ease the transition to online instruction and stay connected with his students.

Other tools to ease the transition

• Calendly — Great application for setting up appointments.
• Mentimeter — Fantastic survey app.
• Gradescope — This is a game changer in terms of grading and feedback.
• Socrative — Great tool for creating online multiple choice answers.

Getting through to your students

Wherever you can find your students, that’s where you want to go. I’ve used Discord, Skype, emails, phone calls, text messaging, Piazza — anywhere I can get through to them.