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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Frankly, I don’t think the plan is going to be effective those two days at home....

That being said: why wasn’t this the plan we started with? [/quote]

I suggested this months ago and was told multiple times it wasn't possible due to technology constraints.  :?: [/quote]

We don’t have the technology yo do this well.  We don’t have mounted cameras in classrooms, bandwidth for everyone to be videoconferencing, microphones for teachers...we don’t even have document cameras in most classrooms.  Teachers are going to have to position themselves so they can be seen by their laptop’s built in camera while trying to project through a mask to be heard online as well as in person.  How to keep the online kids engaged while you provide meaningful interactions in person?  You can’t.  It’s nuts.  We knew it was a horrible decision from the beginning.  This sudden shift in approach is a huge mistake.[/quote]

You are way overthinking this. Sit at your desk, deliver the class like you have been. There will be a Bluetooth speaker and mics.  We don’t need a view of the classroom at home, we need what you’ve been doing which is slides and audio.  Ocassionally you show your face.  [/quote]

NP. No. Someone needs to think this through. O know a couple of teacher friends who have been killing it in DL. Did a lot of unpaid DL methodology training over the summer. Are doing very innovative and interesting things with their classes. And working a full,day on Saturday every week to plan and make videos and paddlers and slides.  Going into the schools with members of their team to dim science lab demonstrations. And who are willing to go back old hybrid. They strongly feel the quality of education will be much lower than DL and really walked me through the mechanics.

One is MS. One is HS. So, I’m not discussing ES here. And I wish we had a separate thread on each, because people are arguing past each other since the two levels are very different.

After talking to them, I understand now that they can’t lecture for 80 minutes to a screen without losing 80% of the class. They are building in approx 50%  group work or independent work for each class. Group work is impossible in a classroom because social distancing. And they are fine saying hi to kids and giving a 5 minute summary of the day. But, want the ability to then have kids work on discussion questions in AP Lang on an asynchronous day, and concentrate on a small group lit circle in person.  Or have one group in breakout rooms doing group work, while the other works in person the the teacher. mSand HS teachers seemed to really feel like they could make the hybrid work better, engage the students more and provide a better education. [/quote]

DL may be innovative, and my kid's teacher is doing a good job with DL, like yours is.  But it's not good for my kid.  He needs to be physically near other people, his teacher and his classmates.

I also think that the concurrent model can use some of the new DL techniques and some regular school techniques effectively, including small groups and group discussion.  Maybe more regular school techniques and fewer innovative DL techniques.  But innovative teachers will do a great job with the concurrent instructional model.  And non-innovative teachers will do a better job with the concurrent instructional model than they are doing now.  Consider all teachers and all students, not just the best ones.  [/quote]

They aren’t saying they can’t teach concurrent and they won’t try. They are saying it really limits them, and it’s frustrating because they feel the quality of the education for both the in person and virtual students will be lower than DL.

I am a harsh critic on here of teachers who don’t want to work. But when hard working people who do their jobs well tell me something I listen.

And again, this is secondary.  I don’t know enough about how ADAs is working or what the plan is to have an opinion there.

I do think they can use the old hybrid model of Ms and Hs and concurrent for ES if it works best that way.  Because these levels require different things.

But again, I’m not opinion one way or another on ES. I’m just saying that I look at DD who is only really being taught 40 minutes for most classes and is in group work of independent 40– because no kid can manage back to back to back 80 minute Zoom lectures.  And I see that it would work well to do the 80 minutes she speeds each week being taught in a classroom. And the 80 minutes of group/ individual asynchronous. [/quote]

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