Summary: This week I read an article about keeping students engaged during online tutoring. The article was written by Marcelo Barbosa Gagliano and in the article they mention that there is a specific type of student that will succeed in this setting and they have the following characteristics: (Gagliano 2017) These characteristics are definitely the ideal traits for a student who is going to engage in online learning. The article goes on to say the instruction should mirror this set up: (Gagliano 2017) My Thoughts: When I was reading this article I immediately thought about online learning due to the COVID-19 shut down. Those great qualities mentioned above of students are definitely not the qualities all students possessed going into the pandemic. A lot of students were ok and could get a handle on what they were supposed to do, but a lot of students struggled. My ELL students definitely missed out on the hands-on att