Peddie has already been utilizing many of the tools in the classroom to support our dynamic curriculum, so faculty and students are familiar with them. While students are engaged in an online learning scenario, they will be used in a slightly different manner. For instance, we will continue to use our learning management software (LMS) to disseminate multimedia content and assignments, and to allow students to make submissions. It also enables student and teacher discussions, and serves as a library for video resources for the students. Google Drive/Docs is a great tool for online collaborative work. OneNote is employed in particular by many of our math and science courses to enable collaborative problem-solving. Video conferencing tools are also used to allow for virtual office hours, one-to-one teacher-student meetings, virtual class and student group meetings as well as synchronous and asynchronous* content delivery. We also continue to communicate clearly and often using Gmail and the LMS's announcements and notifications features.

*Asynchronus: Class interactions happen via Canvas without real-time interaction. Students engage in class materials and complete work at their own pace, typically within a given timeframe, often using discussion boards to drive peer-to-peer engagement. 

Sychronus: Class interactions happen in real-time, at the same time. This might be a whole class or a subset of a class. Students may virtually attend class together via video conference, live stream, or chat. 

Any student without access to a reliable internet connection at home should contact Director of Technology Ryan Bennett (rbennett@peddie.org) ASAP.
 

Most classes are asynchronous. Students work independently on work teachers post to the LMS and teachers respond student work via the LMS as well. Teachers will contact students if to arrange a synchronous meeting as needed and work within what's possible for each student.

*Asynchronus: Class interactions happen via Peddie's Learning Management System (LMS) without real-time interaction. Students engage in class materials and complete work at their own pace, typically within a given time frame, often using discussion boards to drive peer-to-peer engagement. 

Synchronus: Class interactions happen in real-time, at the same time. This might be a whole class or a subset of a class. Students may virtually attend class together via video conference, live stream, or chat. 

This varies by academic discipline, course, and teacher. Much of the work and communication is asynchronous, meaning teachers post assignments and activities and respond to your responses, but not necessarily in real time. Faculty regularly post assignments and communicate with students. The schedule blocks help pace teachers and students and prevent synchronous classes from overlapping. Much of the instruction is one-to-one or small group meetings through Peddie's LMS or an application such as Google Meet.

Students should anticipate about four hours of class work per week per class including time for reading/watching/listening, engaging with peers via discussion boards and docs, attending class virtually, learning tasks, etc. Advanced Placement courses assign additional work or practice tests as needed. 

Teachers communicate through Peddie's LMS every school day. Instructions, assignments, and learning materials will be posted to there. Students will be expected to complete assignments and meet deadlines, as posted. Faculty will post “office hours” as well. 

Teachers take attendance and indicate to the Dean’s Office each students’ level of participation: present and participating, inconsistent attendance and participation, or not present/inactive in their classes. Attendance will be taken by monitoring student participation through a virtual class  during the designated class period, through student replies to an update or discussion board post, through participation in a chat on a Google Doc, through submission of assignments, or simply via responses to emails. 

Please contact Peddie Tech (techhelp@peddie.org) and describe the nature of the problem as well as the best way to contact you. If the problem is software related, we will attempt to fix the issue remotely. If the issue requires the laptop to be physically serviced, we will help you exchange the laptop.

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