What happens when the APS internet collapses?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They’ll keep moving forward. Virtual kids would likely be given asynchronous work. I suppose that would need to be worked out ahead. I’m sure it’s being planned for. Have some patience. Less fatalism.

The virtual kids start to fall behind, basically?

I'm very fatalistic when it comes to APS right now. For a few reasons we are staying through the end of the year, but stuff like this concerns me.

No one is going full time. All hybrid kids are virtual kids 3 days a week. Lets have some perspective.

Thank you. Let’s not other ourselves.

I think the point is to make sure APS doesn’t other large groups of kids.

[Anonymous]

OP, how do you ever make it through the day?

Maybe you should talk to your doctor about your anxiety.

[Anonymous]

I don't know if its like this in all schools, but at our elementary school, they've been prepping the kids all week about it. In PE of all places. "What do you do if you're in school and all of a sudden the internet crashes?" "What do you do if you're at home, and all of a sudden it looks like the teacher's internet has crashed at school?" My first grader's class's responses included things like "not freak out", "wait patiently", "tell an adult", "message the teacher on teams or canvas to make sure its not just you". This came from the kids, not the teacher. I think they may be more prepared for this sort of thing than we are!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know if its like this in all schools, but at our elementary school, they've been prepping the kids all week about it. In PE of all places. "What do you do if you're in school and all of a sudden the internet crashes?" "What do you do if you're at home, and all of a sudden it looks like the teacher's internet has crashed at school?" My first grader's class's responses included things like "not freak out", "wait patiently", "tell an adult", "message the teacher on teams or canvas to make sure its not just you". This came from the kids, not the teacher. I think they may be more prepared for this sort of thing than we are!

Thank you. These kids are rolling with it. They’re going to be fine.

[Anonymous]

Yep, the kids roll with it while the parents freak out.

[Anonymous]

They've been virtual for the whole year and the internet has only collapsed once I think, at the beginning of the year. So why would it start now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They've been virtual for the whole year and the internet has only collapsed once I think, at the beginning of the year. So why would it start now?

Because some schools will now have 200+ people connected to the school wifi (as opposed to connecting from home). I think its very likely the routers at school will go down, especially if they have the hybrid kids mostly doing things on their ipad still.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They've been virtual for the whole year and the internet has only collapsed once I think, at the beginning of the year. So why would it start now?

Because some schools will now have 200+ people connected to the school wifi (as opposed to connecting from home). I think its very likely the routers at school will go down, especially if they have the hybrid kids mostly doing things on their ipad still.

Are they testing and evaluating this? They MUST be. Especially at the middle and high schools. Tell me they are!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They've been virtual for the whole year and the internet has only collapsed once I think, at the beginning of the year. So why would it start now?

And that was a cable cut by the vendor, nothing to do with APS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They've been virtual for the whole year and the internet has only collapsed once I think, at the beginning of the year. So why would it start now?

Because some schools will now have 200+ people connected to the school wifi (as opposed to connecting from home). I think its very likely the routers at school will go down, especially if they have the hybrid kids mostly doing things on their ipad still.

They won’t be on iPad as much at school. Mostly for specials.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They've been virtual for the whole year and the internet has only collapsed once I think, at the beginning of the year. So why would it start now?

Because some schools will now have 200+ people connected to the school wifi (as opposed to connecting from home). I think its very likely the routers at school will go down, especially if they have the hybrid kids mostly doing things on their ipad still.

They won’t be on iPad as much at school. Mostly for specials.

That is not what we have been told. Maybe you’re talking about one of the younger grades? But kids 3rd and up are concurrent will be on the iPad quite a bit. The teacher will be rotating between small groups so while the teachers with the small group, on the iPad the kids will have to be doing independent work on the iPad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They've been virtual for the whole year and the internet has only collapsed once I think, at the beginning of the year. So why would it start now?

Because some schools will now have 200+ people connected to the school wifi (as opposed to connecting from home). I think its very likely the routers at school will go down, especially if they have the hybrid kids mostly doing things on their ipad still.

They won’t be on iPad as much at school. Mostly for specials.

That is not what we have been told. Maybe you’re talking about one of the younger grades? But kids 3rd and up are concurrent will be on the iPad quite a bit. The teacher will be rotating between small groups so while the teachers with the small group, on the iPad the kids will have to be doing independent work on the iPad.

It will likely vary by grade level. Maybe that’s why they split the grades this way? To not overload system as much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They've been virtual for the whole year and the internet has only collapsed once I think, at the beginning of the year. So why would it start now?

Because some schools will now have 200+ people connected to the school wifi (as opposed to connecting from home). I think its very likely the routers at school will go down, especially if they have the hybrid kids mostly doing things on their ipad still.

They won’t be on iPad as much at school. Mostly for specials.

That is not what we have been told. Maybe you’re talking about one of the younger grades? But kids 3rd and up are concurrent will be on the iPad quite a bit. The teacher will be rotating between small groups so while the teachers with the small group, on the iPad the kids will have to be doing independent work on the iPad.

They do small groups with younger grades as well. I’m sure it’s been accounted for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They've been virtual for the whole year and the internet has only collapsed once I think, at the beginning of the year. So why would it start now?

Because some schools will now have 200+ people connected to the school wifi (as opposed to connecting from home). I think its very likely the routers at school will go down, especially if they have the hybrid kids mostly doing things on their ipad still.

They won’t be on iPad as much at school. Mostly for specials.

That is not what we have been told. Maybe you’re talking about one of the younger grades? But kids 3rd and up are concurrent will be on the iPad quite a bit. The teacher will be rotating between small groups so while the teachers with the small group, on the iPad the kids will have to be doing independent work on the iPad.

They do small groups with younger grades as well. I’m sure it’s been accounted for.

I didn’t describe it well. It’s not about the small groups. It’s about what the kids are doing with the teachers in the small group. The difference is with the younger grades there’s no kids “at home” that the teachers have to juggle with their “in class “kids. The teacher is not teaching to both groups at the same time. At least that’s the model we’re being told for fourth and fifth grade, and even middle school.

[Anonymous]

Middle and high schools will be working entirely on devices for concurrent. So they better have tested this.