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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Short zoom sessions- no more than 10 minutes.

Unfortunately many families never tuned in which makes it hard to know what would work for them.[/quote]

As a parent, if a Zoom lesson is only 10 minutes, i am exponentially more unlikely to make sure my child tunes it. Just doesn’t seem worth it- by the time everyone is on and settled down and what not, the “lesson” is over. It seems completely useless to me[/quote]

Just to add- I say this as a parent who had my PK and K children tune in to every single lesson in the spring, except for a handful for my PK child. I eventually started letting my PK child miss a lesson here and there because they were completely useless and not even remotely capable of holding my child’s attention. They did things like read books on the lessons (this is probably the worst idea ever) and the teachers for some reason were always yelling into the computer which was really frustrating and annoying. They also didn’t grasp how to use zoom and the mute/unmute options so oftentimes the meetings were a disorganized mess. And I’m really not meaning to teacher bash - i love those teachers and think they were absolutely magnificent in-person teachers. They just didn't effectively do DL which is unsurprising given how they were unexpectedly thrown into it.

Some other things - games on a shared screen that require peer interaction were very effective for both my PK and K children; the smaller, the better for both children; the more interaction and “calling on” for participation, the better; and heads up preparation is so so helpful and effective. For instance, as to the latter, our PK instructors would email everyone ahead of the lesson and tell us what they would be doing and whether we should have any materials at hand for it (e.g., glue, paper, markers for arts and crafts or ingredients for cooking skills etc). With respect to materials, just make sure it’s stuff families are likely to have OR provide several days advance notice so they can order it - this is particularly important during a pandemic where many people aren’t willing to just hop into a car and grab supplies at the store down the street.

Packets that accompany lessons are also super super helpful.[/quote]

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