2020 Hometown Heroes

Page 122 2020 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS May 14, 2020 LCHS remote teaching starts today, Monday: LCHS teacher Tim Stuckey keeping students engaged L CHS remote teaching starts today, Monday: LCHS teacher Tim Stuckey keeping students engaged With schools in Illinois having to move to remote teaching, teachers are finding different ways to keep their students engaged and connected. Lincoln Community High School Science teacher Tim Stuckey explained his strategies for teaching remotely. Stuckey said, “I haven’t used any particular apps yet to do ‘live’ online teaching.” For the first two weeks of school closure, Stuckey said the schools were in something of a “holding pattern.” During those weeks, the Illinois State Board of Education said teachers shouldn’t move forward in the curriculum during that time. The ISBE told schools they should focus first on feeding programs and Stuckey said the Lincoln schools have done an impressive job with the school lunch programs. Since teachers weren’t supposed to cover new curriculum, the ISBE told teachers they should focus on maintaining a “connection” with kids. Stuckey said, “I really enjoy my job, and one of my favorite parts of being a high school teacher is using humor whenever I can to keep the students engaged.” Stucky figured humor would be the best way to maintain that connection. He did that by putting short video clips of some of his corny jokes on YouTube and Google Classroom for his students. Gecko Eggs – video https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=U8s8Wst_KfA&app=desktop CONTINUED u