Brett and Kate chat about Distance Learning and how teaching staff and families are coping amid COVID-19. Brett shares funny stories about finding things in the school playground. Kate shares some funny excursion experiences. They discuss the App of the Week: Nearpod, and advice about colleague mentoring.Related Episode links:Nearpod App: https://nearpod.com/ Mental Health Australia: https://mhaustralia.org/Zone of Proximal Development and Education:https://www.simplypsychology.org / Zone-of-Proximal-Development.htmlFUSE Website about Creating (ZPD) or ‘Guttman’ chart in Excel:https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/Resource/LandingPage?ObjectId=7ad54959-ae82-4a0b-a3fc-5e8ca4b2105bBlog by Mathew O’Brien, explains how you can set up a ZPD Excel Spreadsheet.https://educationstylus.com/2015/04/22/storing-and-making-sense-of-grades-excel-to-the-rescue/