I used to teach a 3 hour writing class that met once a week. I hated it. It was just too long. But I never spent the whole time lecturing. I would do a lecture about something sometimes. We would do group work. Some of the time students would work on an assignment in class. We took a 15 minute break in the middle. I would switch it up. And these were adults. It was in community college.

My kid starts this week and is on block schedule with 1 60 minute class every day and then 3 other 90 minute classes that alternate. I am really hoping that they use some of that time for synchronous instruction and some for asynchronous stuff. In a normal school day, the teacher would rarely be lecturing for 90 minutes. So why would they on video?

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Anonymous wrote:Your 9th grader can play video games, social media, for hours... they can do DL.

My 10 year old having no issues. Did 3 hours a day straight over the summer for an academic class.

How lovely for her. Most 9th grade girls don’t play video games and doing that is different than taking notes during a 90 minute class. Get off your high horse.

Not really. Ask how many kids who are used to using computers are struggling with DL. Not many. Digital natives are fine with this.

NP. Thank you. DD is addicted to Roblox and spends too much time online. Maybe Tuesday won’t be so bad.

My 10th grader has two 90-minute synchronous classes per day. So far, she hasn't complained, and she just finished her third week of school.

Anonymous wrote:I use to have block scheduling - four 90 min classes a day. It was fine.

It was miserable for me.

I use to have block scheduling - four 90 min classes a day. It was fine.

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Anonymous wrote:When the class is recorded for later on, you don’t want to be the kid in the recording doing jumping jacks when you’re supposed to be copying notes.

Well the kid would turn of his video first

Not if the class has 10 kids in it and randomly calls on them.

Anonymous wrote:When the class is recorded for later on, you don’t want to be the kid in the recording doing jumping jacks when you’re supposed to be copying notes.

Well the kid would turn of his video first

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Anonymous wrote:Your 9th grader can play video games, social media, for hours... they can do DL.

My 10 year old having no issues. Did 3 hours a day straight over the summer for an academic class.

How lovely for her. Most 9th grade girls don’t play video games and doing that is different than taking notes during a 90 minute class. Get off your high horse.

Not really. Ask how many kids who are used to using computers are struggling with DL. Not many. Digital natives are fine with this.

Let him play video games on the weekend to build up screen tolerance.

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Anonymous wrote:get up, walk around, doodle, chair yoga

Nobody should be lectured to for 90 minutes a good teacher will have it broken up ... but here we are.

Tell that to colleges...

No kidding. I regularly had three hour lectures in college. We got a break halfway through but that’s it.

Yes but those weren’t back to back and every day.

Earlier pp. My college kid’s ARE back to back, on zoom, each day. Keep conveniently ignoring that.

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Anonymous wrote:get up, walk around, doodle, chair yoga

Nobody should be lectured to for 90 minutes a good teacher will have it broken up ... but here we are.

Tell that to colleges...

No kidding. I regularly had three hour lectures in college. We got a break halfway through but that’s it.

Yes but those weren’t back to back and every day.

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Anonymous wrote:Ha! My kindergartener jar 90 minute blocks of DL. Your kid will be fine OP.

Abuse

Kindergarten teacher here. Our district is mandating no more than 160 minutes for kindergarten and no less than 140 minutes. We have stretch breaks and recess but it’s pretty much from 8-12 each day.

I’d do everything in my power to homeschool my kid if I had a k’er right now.

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Anonymous wrote:Ha! My kindergartener jar 90 minute blocks of DL. Your kid will be fine OP.

Abuse

Kindergarten teacher here. Our district is mandating no more than 160 minutes for kindergarten and no less than 140 minutes. We have stretch breaks and recess but it’s pretty much from 8-12 each day.

Anonymous wrote:Ha! My kindergartener jar 90 minute blocks of DL. Your kid will be fine OP.

Abuse

Ha! My kindergartener jar 90 minute blocks of DL. Your kid will be fine OP.