On today's In This Together.
Hi, guys and welcome to In This
Together. I'm
Sally Turner. For today's story, we are going to New
Jersey, where one incredible
high school teacher is going above
and beyond for his students
and bringing them all together
during a time of social distancing.
Nicholas Ferroni has been a teacher
at his alma mater, Union High
School, for the past 17
years.
I teach U.S.
History, Cultural Studies, and
History through Pop Culture and Mass
Media.
as most of us are.
I've definitely had to adjust to how
I would normally present a lesson.
Happy Wednesday, History through Pop
Culture.
Hope you guys are doing great.
I'm using every technological
resource I have from Google
Classroom, to Screencastify,
to obviously TikTok, Instagram,
and even, Zoom, to, kind of,
Today we're gonna get into dolls,
toys and action figures.
I didn't play Barbie particularly, I
did destroy a few of my sister's
Barbies.
Mr. Ferroni said
My teaching method's probably the
same because
They actually still roast me now,
under in the comments, which,
I try to get my workouts in in the
morning, so I'll go for a nice
run, or a nice, little meditation in
the morning, just to get myself
going. I then record my videos,
a few different activities,
Once we get through, I then have a
window of about 10 a.m.
till around 1:30 p.m.,
where I havce to be accessible
through Google Hangout.
So messaging them.
The irony is
He believes in incorporating
technology and
If they do go on Instagram, I'll use
different Instagram live chats.
If they use TikTok, I'll share
TikTok reviews and extra credits.
also work on their social skills
because I think that helps
their—that self-care and
self-therapy, them talking to
people.
At the same time, I like to express
their creativity by using TikTok, by
expressing their emotions through a
vlog.
So
Mr. Ferroni is
to make sure they have the resources
and the support they need during
this difficult time.
I spend three hours for two days in
a row talking
to them.
Even though Jordan is not physically
in class with him,
he's just as hands on as he can
be to—from distance learning.
If everyone was like Mr. Ferroni
*laughs*
He's making himself very available,
which is
I'm not socializing with my friends.
I'm texting them to make sure if
they're ok or not.
But
cau'se he's making videos
of his lesson and it's in this
explaining step-by-step.
And I really enjoy that because I'm
a really—I'm a person like that, who
learns step-by-step
and
Hope you guys are doing great.
Let me know if needed thing.
Otherwise, this assignment will be
due tomorrow.
Mr. Ferroni said that
but teachers throughout the country
and throughout the world are
It just again proves that
to not only not only help our
students maintain their mental
health, and their academics, and
emotional stability, but just to
help the families, because it's—
What an incredible story.
I really don't think we can thank
our teachers and our educators
enough for all that they do.
If you have a story like this,
something inspiring you want to
share with us, please drop us a
comment in the section below.
Thank you so much for joining out
and wherever you are in the world, I
hope that you are safe feeling
optimistic because we are In
This Together.