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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fact that every student will not have required technology by the start of the school year is an abomination.  [/quote]

And that no paid trainings for teachers were held to make DL more engaging and effective. Individually, some highly-motivated teachers may have spent part of the summer skill-building. Most were probably recovering from the shit show they were thrown into last school year. There should have been incentivized opportunities to learn how to effectively teach using all the bells and whistles of these virtual systems. That is a shameful failure the Chancellor needs to own, along with the lack of robust equipment for ALL students. There aren’t even clear policies regarding the use of Zoom or allowing students to communicate through Teams outside of class time. Social isolation in a tension-filled household is what most DCPS students are facing. What role will school counselors play in managing this, or meeting the needs of children with 504s and IEPs.

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Ha, my school just started offering technologically illiterate teachers and paraprofessionals training. It is likely a generational thing but as a millennial in my mid 20’s I don’t really understand how you can be so poor at technology as a teacher. I realize not every school is blessed with technology but even schools likes mine where everyone has a smart board and laptop, what’s the excuse?

You can also google research, I found a ton of innovations.

About zoom that’s an absolute no, unless it’s on families own times. DCPS is 100% committing to Teams.

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