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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools should resume in the fall.  period.  If teachers can't handle it, then FCPS has all summer to find people that can handle it.  [/quote]

Nope[/quote]

yup [/quote]

Nope [/quote]

Yup.

The most obvious solution is for school to open for this who need or want it. Families who have concerns can watch live feed of their classrooms and learn that way. [/quote]

If you watched a live stream of my 90 minute high school class you would spend the majority of the time watching students working in pairs, doing activities, or moving around the classroom.  I don't know how watching that would help a student alone at home learn.  I don't lecture all class, I don't just give worksheets.  That is part of why distance learning is so hard.  But I really don't see how a student would learn watching from home.  [/quote]

I have been doing the same thing for 90-120 minute classes on Zoom.  We use Breakout Rooms for partners to analyze documents, small groups to discuss issues, etc.  How is that different from having everyone in person?  Just pair up people who are at home.  The only thing that is a pain is just getting all of the documents out in advance.[/quote]

How would I answer their questions while helping kids in the classroom at the same time? How do I send out documents that need to be cut or can't be translated to worksheets?  It's very different given that I try to use the whole classroom and have students moving a lot to complete the work.  And to try to convert that to kids at home would take a lot of time and wouldn't be as effective.[/quote]

You need to use your imagination.  Kids in Breakout Rooms can ask for help and it appears on your screen.  Is it a pain to have to keep your eyes on multiple places, yes, but under this scenario you would have fewer kids in your room as well.  I have done "Station" activities this quarter by just sending out all of the documents that would have been at different stations in one file.  Is it as interesting to sit in one place, no, but it works fine.  What documents "can't be translated to worksheets?"  I have converted photos and everything to pdfs to send out.  If a worksheet needs to be cut into two, you send out the pdf and give people those instructions.  We have even done Escape Room stuff this quarter and they take a picture and send it to me.  This is possible.  You teach high school students.  They don't have to get up and move around to make it through a class.[/quote]

It's funny you tell me to use my imagination but you can't imagine any activities that don't just translate to pdfs (which are just worksheets).  [/quote]

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