Teaching in a digital space

The recent pandemic has called most of us to become familiar with using online systems as teaching platforms. Approaches to blended learning will probably be necessary moving forward.

At The SPACE we were very fortunate that we had already set up a paperless system two terms before the temporary closure due to Covid-19. Our reasons were to be more environmentally friendly, to reduce printing costs and to make systems more efficient. We wished to leave behind the shelves and shelves of filed paper, carting huge boxes of marking to our homes, and endless tick-sheets to track who had met deadlines.

We adopted the free Google Classroom facility: our school was initially reluctant due to security concerns, but we sought advice from the LEA who reassured us and allowed us to proceed. We haven't looked back!