REMOTE LEARNING LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATE
When What How Tools
Synchronous Engage • “See/Wonder” • Zoom
At start of Zoom meeting • Access prior knowledge • Padlet
• Canvas Discussion
Board
Synchronous Explore • Research • Zoom
(Asynchronous) • Watch videos
Teacher guided during • Listen to podcasts
zoom meeting or before • Read news stories
class independently
Synchronous Explain • Live lesson with • Zoom
Asynchronous instruction and • Loom
Short lecture (5-10 modeling • Edpuzzle
minutes) provided through • Recorded lesson with
Zoom—if necessary—or instruction, modeling,
Edpuzzle (ideal) and checks for
understanding
Asynchronous Elaborate • Use prompts to help • Flipgrid
Students work students make
independently or in small connections between
groups to make topics and problem
connections to previous solve
content
Asynchronous Evaluate • Formative assessment • Quizizz
Students check their • Provide instant • Kahoot!
understanding by feedback before • Edpuzzle
completing short quiz (4- moving on to next • Google Docs
5 questions) lesson
Asynchronous Extend • Students collaborate in • Canvas Collaborate
Synchronous small groups • Zoom Break-Out Rooms
For inquiries and PBL, • Flipgrid
students work in small • Google Docs
groups to extend their
learning. This step may
involve synchronous
meetings.
When students/teachers reach extend, learning will connect to the next day’s “engage,” and so on for
continually reflective instruction.