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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can't they just have the teachers in the classrooms with a camera live streaming the classes? It would just be like a regular class except students would be at home.
The kids could then cycle through each of their 8 periods each day.[/quote]

They can’t afford soap in my school district. How do you think think they can afford cameras in every classroom. Here is a partial list of things we need before cameras: air conditioning that actually works, clean bathroom, paper towels, soap, sufficient bottled water (lead in the pipes), a functional dehumidifier in our building (the walls and floors are slick with moisture when the a/c runs), no mold, no dripping water causing mold, a classroom for every teacher (we are close to 200% capacity), one-to-one devices, a FT nurse, more paras, substitutes so we don’t have to combine classes or pull other teachers in to sub), security at school, more money for supplies (we run out of copy paper by April), a good curriculum, effective rodent and pest control (who needs a class pet when you have lots of them), money to renovate our school because we are crammed in like sardines, technology in the classroom (most Smartboards don’t work because when the bulb blows out, they are too expensive to replace).....................[/quote]

Don't you just need an iPad or a laptop with zoom?[/quote]

I work for an international non-profit with offices all over. Our business is mostly conductive virtually, as are the technical learning programs we deliver to staff. I’m talking about a 90 min webinar, I’m talking about a full day, or two hours every day for two weeks. And it doesn’t involve cameras in the classroom and NSA level tech. It requires WiFi and laptops, and perhaps most importantly (and the weak spot here) an understanding of bended learning design. IT costs are not prohibitive. They have ... stands ...to hold iPads.

I am concerned for my child (elementary) about losing social interactions and building those skills. But we are in a pandemic. We have to collaboratively figure it out.

Think about it--how would a teacher instruct a class in person and stream the class using just an iPad or laptop with zoom? Who will hold the iPad and follow the teacher around as they teach the students in the class? Even if the teacher stayed in front of the class, he or she would be limited to the area covered by the laptop camera and microphone, which is limited to the device screen.

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