#108: How to Overcome “Dead Air Syndrome” Teaching Over Zoom - A Math Mentoring Moment

<p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>In this Math Mentoring Moment episode we speak with Marnie Geltman; a 6th grade math/science teacher from Queens, New York. Marnie shares how transitioning from an active and hands-on face to face classroom to a completely online model is killing engagement. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Together we brainstorm</span> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>how to deal with &quot;Dead Air&quot; fear on Zoom, how to get your students to take risks, and how to engage students while teaching strictly online. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>This is another  Math Mentoring Moment episode where we talk with a member of the Math Moment Maker Community who is working through struggles and together we brainstorm possible next steps and strategies to overcome them. </span></p> <p><strong>You’ll Learn: </strong></p> <ul> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>How to overcome &quot;Dead Air Syndrome” while teaching over Zoom;</span></li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>How to eat the “Distance Learning Elephant”;</span></li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>How to get your students to take risks in your online classroom;</span></li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>How to engage students while teaching strictly online.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Resources:</strong></p> <p><a href='https://makemathmoments.com/from-a-distance/'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>https://makemathmoments.com/from-a-distance/</span></a></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Episode 21</span> <a href='https://makemathmoments.com/episode21'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>https://makemathmoments.com/episode21</span></a><span style='font-weight: 400;'> </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>5 Practices</span> <a href='https://amzn.to/30KrMa8'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>https://amzn.to/30KrMa8</span></a><span style='font-weight: 400;'>  </span></p> <p><span style='font-we