How to Teach Online, Step by Step

The first time you teach online, it usually feels like trying to run underwater.

You feel the resistance. The awkward silences are louder. The technology feels like a wall between you and the students. You try to replicate your dynamic in-person lessons, but the energy just doesn’t transfer.

Here is the hard truth: You cannot copy and paste your physical classroom into a webcam.

When teachers feel “lost” online, it is almost always because they are fighting the medium rather than working with it. B...