Episode 20: COVID-19 Special Podcast with Kara Bratton

03/27/20 • 30 min

Lutheran Special Education Ministry's Kara Bratton and Rich Schumacher talk about the current state of special education and how the pandemic and school closures are affecting their services to children and families.

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Episode 19: Joel Landskroener and Kim Ross talk about the future of online learning

Recorded prior to the Coronavirus outbreak that has disrupted the traditional school year across the entire country, Joel Landskroener, the executive director at Mayer Lutheran High School in Mayer, MN and the Genesis Virtual Academy and, Kim Ross, Director of the Genesis Virtual Academy, join the podcast in what has turned out to be a very timely discussion about online virtual learning and the future of how we do school. They talk about the creation of the Genesis Virtual Academy — a Christian online learning program of Mayer Lutheran High School serving Christian schools and homeschool students.

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Episode 21: Matthew Bergholt talks about adapting to the COVID-19 crisis through online learning

Matthew Bergholt, manager of online support and services for the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, joins the podcast to talk about the use of online learning technologies in these times and how we can apply what we're using today when we return to the classroom.