DL is going to be a total sh#tshow

[Anonymous]

Too much time has been spent on the plans for in person learning. They should have used this time on building a state or national distance learning platform (perhaps through Google Classroom) that every student could have accessed. Then, each state could have put together a childcare program in empty schools. But no, we are still thinking in 2019 mode.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All you complaining shrews can form a pod. The rest of us can get on with making the most of this situation without you. God, that would be nice.....

+1. DL wasn’t a disaster for my kids. It was different from their in-school experience, but it’s not like in-school is a perfect experience either. This has been a great opportunity to work on things that my kids wouldn’t normally get to do in school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too much time has been spent on the plans for in person learning. They should have used this time on building a state or national distance learning platform (perhaps through Google Classroom) that every student could have accessed. Then, each state could have put together a childcare program in empty schools. But no, we are still thinking in 2019 mode.

YES! You said it much more succinctly than me. Google classroom is such a simple, easy, inexpensive solution. Often older government leadership is clueless on how to drive and manage change. Gen X/Millenials and younger tend to adapt/react fairly well, and quickly. They are innovators who often seek and drive social norms and changes at this point. Hell, every time everyone hops on a new platform, the younguns move on to a new one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG. I just saw sample schedules for k-12 in our school district. Never mind if you have one adult who can stay home full time what do parents do with multiple young kids?! And then my eyes glazed over when I saw how long the screen time would be. Although I worked from home a few times a week before the pandemic, I’d be so burnt out I’d I had to follow 5 plus hours of online learning daily. Our country is so screwed.

which school district

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But a teacher can have 25 kids in elementary school!

Your idea is the teacher teaches math for three hours to a whole group on Monday Of the first week, language arts to the whole group on Tuesday of the first week at Cetera. And then the second week the teacher gives one to one tutorial for an hour to each student. So the second week she’s busy doing one to ones all week six per day times four days gets you to 24 hours for 25 students. So that second week what are all the students doing well they’re not getting their one hour of instruction that week?

Lessons should be recorded and asynchronous. Then the teacher spends all day teaching small groups.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG. I just saw sample schedules for k-12 in our school district. Never mind if you have one adult who can stay home full time what do parents do with multiple young kids?! And then my eyes glazed over when I saw how long the screen time would be. Although I worked from home a few times a week before the pandemic, I’d be so burnt out I’d I had to follow 5 plus hours of online learning daily. Our country is so screwed.

which school district

APS sample schedules mimic in person class, at least for K-5. It's absurd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But a teacher can have 25 kids in elementary school!

Your idea is the teacher teaches math for three hours to a whole group on Monday Of the first week, language arts to the whole group on Tuesday of the first week at Cetera. And then the second week the teacher gives one to one tutorial for an hour to each student. So the second week she’s busy doing one to ones all week six per day times four days gets you to 24 hours for 25 students. So that second week what are all the students doing well they’re not getting their one hour of instruction that week?

Lessons should be recorded and asynchronous. Then the teacher spends all day teaching small groups.

Well, that is a very sensible plan. As a teacher, I'd be behind this idea. However, if a teacher is teaching a small group of students every hour, say -- what are the rest of the kids doing during that time?

No one is supervising their instruction since the teacher is working with a small group. In a classroom setting, the teach assigns "seatwork" or "center activity" to keep the kids productively occupied during their non small group instruction.

And we have been told that parents want their kids to have a robust day of learning -- basically they open their chromebooks up at 8:15 and they are engaged with work and occupied for at least 3 hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But a teacher can have 25 kids in elementary school!

Your idea is the teacher teaches math for three hours to a whole group on Monday Of the first week, language arts to the whole group on Tuesday of the first week at Cetera. And then the second week the teacher gives one to one tutorial for an hour to each student. So the second week she’s busy doing one to ones all week six per day times four days gets you to 24 hours for 25 students. So that second week what are all the students doing well they’re not getting their one hour of instruction that week?

Lessons should be recorded and asynchronous. Then the teacher spends all day teaching small groups.

This.

+1

There will have to be asynchronous lessons to deal with equity issues. And attendance will be very lax for the same reason. Many kids won't be able to attend all live classes for a variety of reasons.