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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again, I don't think anyone (except) one troll is suggesting teachers not be paid.

What people ARE suggesting is that they work, which would mean making an uncomfortable and possibly clumsy transition to online learning. That is still better than the alternative. [/quote]

We WANT to work, but we need to be trained in how to teach online. It’s not as simple as Zoom on your laptop in your living room. We also need to get computers to teachers who also have children at home but only one device. And figure out how to manage childcare for teachers whose children are too young to not interrupt.[/quote]

This is where MCPS needs to show some leadership. We have a week and a half left in which MCPS could be training teachers and distributing Chromebooks (maybe at the same locations currently hosting free food pickup). [/quote]

Easy to type out on DCUM, while you're sitting comfortable at home.

Not so easy to actually do.[/quote]

I love teachers, but this kind of attitude is what drives me crazy about educators in MoCo. No, it's not easy to  move to online, which is why a lot of us (public and private sector folks) started working on this problem in February. We didn't wait until the governor declared an emergency to make plans and develop systems. [/quote]

I am the media specialist at an elementary school and I was aware that we were headed towards the shut down at least several days prior to the actual closing. I started asking my principal if we were going to be obligated to give out technology to students and guidance for how to make a plan for that. She heard all kinds of conflicting information and finally heard basically at 2:00 on Friday that we were not going to give out any tech because our school does not have hotspots so unless the kids had Wi-Fi at home we will be giving them a $200 dollar brick.

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