How is "distance learning" going for you and your children?

[Jdog]

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.

 

[Deuxdiesel]

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.

 

[JohnGraham]

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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.

 

[BackOff]

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...

 

[RichinRidgewood]

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"

 

[Deuxdiesel]

Seems like schools have turned into taxpayer funded daycare

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.

 

[BackOff]

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.

 

[Fern]

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

 

[PC1978]

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.”

Abeka | Product Information | Grade 4 Tuition and Books Enrollment

 

[Diesel7886]

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.

 

[T4R2014]

Frankly I never learned shit in school and ended up having to google everything, but I do feel bad for all these kids who missed out on the social interaction.

 

[Lex16161]

I am curious as to how things are going for parents and their children who have been forced into learning from home due to the pandemic. As a middle school teacher who has been forced into "educating" students remotely, I am looking for some additional perspective on this. If you could please answer three questions I would appreciate it.

1. What is going better than you expected?
2. What has been the most difficult part of this experience?
3. What one thing would you change that would offer the most benefit?

Thanks in advance for any constructive input-
D.

I can tell you that it is a wonderful experience. It has been a great opportunity for me to get involved in my own self-organisation. I am wildly pleased that my child is able to do all the tasks on her own. But he was poorly developed in creative thinking, he is more capable of the exact school subjects. I realised that my child is not developing enough in a creative way. At some points, I had to switch on my own ingenuity and help him with creative tasks. For example, my son needed to make a presentation on his small school project on astronomy, so I discovered an online service for creating presentations Loveslides. Overall, my child and I have started to appreciate our time more and manage it more wisely. We have learned the benefits, most likely because we don't live in a flat, but in a private home.

 

[Carten]

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, Proctoredu) 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....

My fellow teacher says that subjectively the level of knowledge assimilation decreases by at least 30% when kids have to shift to online education.

 

[Jensen735]

1. I cannot say, unfortunately, that something is going better, the kids not leaning much.
2. The distance learning is not taken seriously by small kids, they do get distracted often when at home, there is no interaction with teacher comparing to when they are in the classroom. Also spending too much time looking at the screen is bad for their eyesight. Parents have to be by their side all the time helping them.
3. Most educational institutions were not prepared for distance learning and they need to work on it.

 

[Asylvester]

It's amazing to me that so many Americans are willing to sacrifice children's education to hopefully prevent what is likely a very small percentage of fatalities among adults mostly 50 years and older. Sacrafice the future generation to save the old?

If this distance learning is continued in the fall Millions of American children may be so behind in math and reading that they will never catch up to what would have been.

I am not blaming anyone, especially not teachers or parents but I think we all need to be honest about what these stay at home orders are doing to the children.

And we should ask ourselves is it really right to sacrafice the young to save a tiny percentage of the old?

Keep in mind that just today University of MN published a report estimating that over 50 million (up to 15% of US pop) have ALREADY been infected. What does that say about the death rate? Well at a minimum it is much much lower than the crude fatality numbers.

So there is a very good chance all this damage is behing done to children and 1) the virus will still spread and 2) the virus is very dangerous but nothing like the crude death numbers imply.
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I agree with Brian SD. I think so much of this is over the top and the kids are paying the price. As Brian says, over 50 million have been infected yet the media and gov’t have been silent on natural immunity, something we all learned early on in our 8th grade science class. The obsession over the vaccine is mind blowing and the utter disregard for natural immunity tells me that it’s driven by money. It doesn’t help that many of the mainstream news media outlets are sponsored by the big pharma vax makers. I blame the media for ramping up the fear on this virus. I had Covid so I refuse to get the jab. I would have gotten the jab if I never got covid tho. Now that we have a vax NOTHING should be shut down, especially schools! Lastly, thumbs up to the recent trucker convoy in Canada to protest the political tyranny that Covid has brought to us. I stand with them for freedom!

 

[mtstream]

Our schools are shutting down this coming Wednesday, too many teachers, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, janitors out sick.

With multiple respiratory infections floating around now, it’s not just COVID knocking people out but it’s still the majority.

Can’t just look at deaths but economic impact. Too many business can’t keep their doors open at the moment.


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