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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher and I hate, hate, hate Google Slides.  Actually I hate all the Google doc stuff.  Our school system insists we use those products.

I think a big part of the reliance on Google stuff is that none of the leadership know how to use anything else.  They also like that they can control all our folders and look at them when they want.  Unfortunately they screw it up and accidentally modify documents or move them instead of just making a copy.  And God only knows that the people in charge of PD don't know how to use any of it.  It doesn't help that they aren't very smart, have never taught and don't have any ability to understand what teachers need.

We're stuck all the way around and it sucks big time.[/quote] I wonder who teachers can go to to try to change this. Would it be a school board topic? It seems as though now is the time to really get a good DL plan going over the next 3 months in  preparation for the possibility DL will need to be implemented in the fall or sometime in fall and winter.[/quote]

FP back.  I agree with you.  We don't know to whom we need to go to make changes.  However, I can assure you that we're bringing it up at all the various meetings we attend. Google makes good products...for adults.  What we're being told to do is to take a square pegged child need and try to shove it into a round holed adult product.  It just isn't going to work as well as anyone would hope.

The short answer is that there is no perfect product.  The long answer is that there are programs out there that have components that would be very helpful yet we either are not allowed to use them or they are too expensive for the school system to consider or we need a way to show the children how to use them.  In general I believe the teachers I know are doing the best they can we the parameters in place.  This all happened very quickly and there is quite a learning curve for all of us.  We appreciate the help of parents as we work through all of this.  In the meantime, you get clunky lessons with difficult-to-manipulate tools on made-for-adult products.  It is what it is.[/quote]

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