EDTC 300
Online teaching; the new norm5/12/2020 Teaching in Fall 2020; As a student going into my Internship this fall it is a very unique and stressful time right now. As it is unknown how Internship will work or even if it will occur this fall. I check my email consistently waiting to hear some word about what will happen this fall (which I know right now its hard to figure out but as a student we do not have a lot of lessons already planned so we would need to time to plan). I believe for teaching this fall that if classes were to stay online then they can't make it mandatory for students. Many students learn in different ways and it is hard for students to focus for long periods of time. Plus learning online is new for them, and I know as a university student it can be difficult for me sometimes to learn online so I cant image young students having to learn online. During the zoom meeting lots of people discussed the possibility of half the students going at one time but I am unsure how this would work for parents as jobs are opening up again. I believe if children are not going back to school there is going to be many parents who will be forced to quit their jobs because they have nowhere for their young students to go. My opinion is that it should not be necessary for students to return to schools but if they are choosing to not return then a plan needs to be set up where they still learn from home. Teachers will be brought back to school for the students who wish to learn in person but for the teachers that are high risk they can be the teachers that teach online for the students wishing to learn online. Learning and teaching in 2025 is difficult to understand at this time as we are not aware of how teaching/learning in the fall will happen yet. I am hopeful that they will develop some sort of cure for the corona virus so that schools will be back up and running how they normally would before the pandemic. We also can not afford to put the children's education on hold for many years for the sake of the children and the economy as many parents will not be able to have jobs if they have young children out of schools. A classmate brought up the idea of making sure good digital citizenship is taught to the students, which I believe is very important right now as learning is all online right now. I definitely think by 2025 that students are going to be back in schools of some sort whether its full time or half the time. Right now with the world and education everything is unknown, I hope soon things get back to the norm that we had before the pandemic but I know this won't be possible until a cure is found. The world is a stressful time right now, we all need to support each other as we all learn to teach and learn in a new way. "Norms of Collaboration" by hj_dewaard is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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5/14/2020 09:30:46 pm
I am also stressed about internship in the fall. It's good to know I am not alone in this. I also agree that online learning can be difficult and I am really hoping this will not be reality for fall 2020. I think technology serves a purpose in the classroom but nothing can replace the quality of face to face teaching. Great post!
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