1. Nothing is going better then expected. My wife and I expected a much smoother experience then this.

2. It's all been difficult but I think the most difficult would have to be submitting assignments online. My wife (God bless her) has been dealing with 99% of the home schooling of our 3 kids as she has been working from home and I have still been leaving for work. Everyone was thrown into this so quickly that both teachers and students have been having difficulty learning these online platforms that are needed to communicate. With our youngest (5) she has been given worksheets and just has to scan and upload them as well as some videos which has been mostly easy. Its our 2 older ones (11 & 13) who are having the most problems. Submitting documents multiple times across multiple platforms and still not getting a grade, sending documents and then no longer having rights to them and unable to resend or edit them. Individual teachers who prefer one platform over another and vice versa and trying to remember which one wants what. Let's just say we're happy to be in the final stretch and my wife deserves a vacation from all of us.

3. I think if our school chose 1 platform to use for all students and teachers. That way everyone is just learning 1 way to do things instead of everyone choosing which one is easiest for them.

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Keep the feedback coming- this really helps in our planning for the future. Not to derail my own thread, but I do think this will happen again in the Fall as flu season exacerbates the problem. It is worth while preparing for both scenarios. I too spend a huge amount of time at home helping students (and parents) with things that would otherwise take mere minutes to explain in the classroom. I have used multiple platforms (Zoom, Kami, Google Hangouts) and it is no replacement for in-person instruction. I do agree that each district should pick one platform and stick with it, and my guess is that there are some pretty smart IT people working on new platforms that will be better for educational use. At least I hope so....

I'm amazed at how bad the video conferencing systems are. We've been talking about this for 20 years but few inroads have been made in reducing bandwidth demands and stability.

We also need on the stick and increase access to broadband to everyone in the US. 5G has possibilities here, but broadband is like water - you need it.

No experience with kids e learning but for myself trig and spanish 101 is a struggle at first. Trig is pretty much a struggle still, 89%. For me the no face to face class is what is difficult.That and the mymathlab. Having simple questions that do not come across in email has made it more stressful.
With a little more studying in trigonometry and some extra credit i should pull 2 A's out of this quarter but they wont come easy though.

Good on you for doing well in such a tough class to learn remotely! Trying to teach my MS Physical Science classes was exceptionally tough because we were unable to conduct all of the experiments and investigations that really connect everything. Here in Michigan it looks like most schools will start up as usual around Labor Day, but what happens after that nobody is too certain of.

It has been a challenge. That sounds like it would be exceptionally difficult to teach physical sciences classes without getting hands on and seeing how those things work and interact. So far for Nebraska the college I'm at is saying fall classes are back to face-to-face.

The plan for most state universities here now looks like normal start around Labor Day and end in-person classes at Thanksgiving, with the exam/finals done from home after that.

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My grandson, Matthew, is a 6th grader. Frankly speaking, distance learning was a nightmare for us... We've never been enthusiastic about homeschooling in our family (in general). And somehow education has never been an issue. Until the lockdown. My daughter studied abroad and later (when she returned home and found a job (she's a computational linguist)) she was lucky to marry a teacher from a private Montessori school who actually helped their son to reach the required level and get accepted.
Too many tasks from teachers and all of them took so much time that Matthew was going crazy about his homework. I couldn't help, cause I'm a tech guy, not a creative person at all.

Seems like schools have turned into taxpayer funded daycare.

I am loving the fact that i dont have 6 school bus stops a day in front of my house.
And no school shootings is a plus... no?


While i am at it.
3/4 of my Oregon property tax is shool funding.
Dont pay property tax for 2 years the state can take you home/property free and clear.

Super fair that is...

Note to self: "Do not move to Oregon"

That is how many people view schools. I am not sure about other states, but here we have "per pupil foundation grants", basically how much each student brings in funding to their home district. The majority of districts have a funding level of about $7,000 per student, as does mine, but neighboring districts that are literally a mile or two away get over $10,000 per student. Obviously those districts are much better equipped to provide the tools students need for more effective distance learning. It is neither fair nor equitable.

Charterschools work that way, because they are not in a school 'district' and not controlled by unions intrests and because they cant get the money needed in low income districts.
Pretty sure the taxpayers foot the bill for most schools in america.

Look it up... wiki

Also Oregon is 3 years you dont pay property tax, thought it was 2 years, then the state can run you off you land.

Sorry not exactly on topic.

My kids and I are ready for them to go back to school.

My wife does some substitute teaching.
NC is doing a mixture currently. Choice of remote learning or going to school.
The remote learning is a disaster for parents not actively involved, many of those kids aren’t doing or learning much of anything.
And for those parents involved it is still an uphill battle for solid learning to be accomplished.

Our oldest son was homeschooled.
Our middle son (high school) is in an early college program at a local community college (5 years and graduate with 2 years of college completed), so he is still going to in person school.
We pulled our two daughters (middle school and elementary) out of public schools after the remote learning disaster at the end of last school year.
Just didn’t feel it was right to put them through all of the chaos/instability that is going on right now in schools.

We home school using Abeka curriculum.
It is an online streaming program, all classes/lectures, books, and quizzes/tests are a part of the program.
So the parents don’t have to do much of the actual “teaching,” just the administration and “motivation.”

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Schools here have been doing a mix of online and in-person. In-person seems to be going well for elementary students. Middle school and high school seem to be doing OK online. As a parent it is a tough decision to balance the education of children and the risk health concerns.

For online class work, we set up a dedicated space for each kid (one in dining room and one in basement) that have limited distractions. Both of my kids are still excited about learning and schoolwork so it has not been hard to get them to complete tasks. However, you can tell that not seeing friends and teachers in person and interacting wears heavily on them. Just have to take it one day at a time.