The shift to all-virtual learning causing an unprecedented disruption to the U.S. educational system at the end of the last school year, and many teachers found themselves unprepared for teaching in this new online context.
Teachers interviewed in this article spoke about the need for addition training in virtual teaching, though all felt better prepared for teaching virtually in the year ahead after these last months of experience.
Teachers also highlighted the digital learning tools they were already familiar with using in their classrooms, including Kahoot! to quiz and poll students, which they were able to use virtually to support their online classes.