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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Commenters should identify if they are a teacher or not. Because if you aren't, you have no actual idea. I am a teacher. DL will be much better, and that is the option I am picking for my HS student.

1. [b]There will be synchronous (live) instruction 4 days out of 5[/b], with attendance taken. Not optional office hours.
2. The county has curriculum writers working all summer to convert curriculum to Canvas. There are plenty of lessons learned and feedback from what worked and what didn't that is being incorporated.
3. Everyone will be using Canvas and there are a large variety of trainings to support teachers this summer. From the student side of things, courses will be structured in a similar fashion and the calendar will start to be useful because all the assignments will be there.
4. There will be a big emphasis on creating a classroom community via zoom, with different ways to get students to collaborate and participate in an online environment.

Will some classes and/or teachers be better than others? Of course. That is no different than in school. But if there are real problems, they should be able to be straightened out. At the HS and MS level, I really don't think that occasional in-person for each class is really going to be that much more beneficial than just having the consistency of 100% DL.[/quote]

Do you know if the synchronous instruction will be just for students who choose 100% DL? People are confused about whether there will be synchronous instructions for students who choose a blended option once schools are able to reopen. (There are numerous threads debating this point.) Thanks. - Parent[/quote]

+1 MCPS Teacher - Can you please answer this? I am confused about this as well (as are many people). Thanks![/quote]

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