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I was informed by the school the my son was nominated and won the award for participation as well as several other kids. The email complimented my son being the few that has performed all required class assignments as well as excellent participation during online schooling.
My son does get good grades and have won the Principal student of the year awards twice in the past and other awards. So I expect nothing less from him with participation with class.
But, he mentions that more than 1/2 the classes that he attends students are just goofing off. Interrupting and not following the teacher's directions. And is very difficult learn with lots of distractions and sometimes the teacher ends certain classes early due to disruptions and kids dropping off the virtual classroom.
He is in 8th grade and we are in a pretty good school district.
The main reason for this post isn't just about my son, is more about how difficult online classroom is for teachers and parents too. My son described often lots of background noise and kids not participating and the teacher don't have the bandwidth to manage online classroom easily.
Fortunately for me, I rarely have to check on my son while class is in session.
It's an issue of self-discipline, really, and it's encouraging that he is showing he has it.
I've noticed this trend in Zoom meetings for work, where people were very tuned in at first, and then once the novelty wore off (and they figured out how to turn off the video option), people paid less attention.
I've noticed this trend in Zoom meetings for work, where people were very tuned in at first, and then once the novelty wore off (and they figured out how to turn off the video option), people paid less attention.
That's been my experience as well. I am soooooooooooooo over Zoom anything. If that's the case for me, a moderately well adjusted adult, I can only imagine how much more it would be for kids.
A relative, who teaches in a specialty area, has 60 students (several different classrooms). She posted videos of her weekly lessons on a private YouTube channel. Since mid March only 13 students/parents have signed on to view her lessons and only 5 or 6 students have watched all of her lessons. Needless to say, she is pretty bummed out by the poor response. This is a significant difference to how active and interested these same students were during her live teaching (from September to mid-March).
BTW, I have watched a few of her lessons and they are pretty interesting. Her principal even sent some to other teachers to use as samples of how to give good on-line instruction.
A relative, who teaches in a specialty area, has 60 students (several different classrooms). She posted videos of her weekly lessons on a private YouTube channel. Since mid March only 13 students/parents have signed on to view her lessons and only 5 or 6 students have watched all of her lessons. Needless to say, she is pretty bummed out by the poor response. This is a significant difference to how active and interested these same students were during her live teaching (from September to mid-March).
BTW, I have watched a few of her lessons and they are pretty interesting. Her principal even sent some to other teachers to use as samples of how to give good on-line instruction.
Because being home, learning and participation becomes a chore while the kids can be doing some other stuff on their PC and the Zoom meeting is now a side show. If this thing drag on for 3-4 years we'll have a skillset gap for many young folks. They wasted 3-4 years goofing off and not learning and slow their development due to having too much distractions on their Home PCs than focusing on the school session.
When I give training sessions at work, often after 8mins there is this silence and I know I am talking to myself for the rest of the 1/2 or one hour.
What you describe is what my son's in-person classes are like. He has been thrilled to be home. Being disruptive didn't keep them from getting Perfect Attendance Awards, while getting straight As was never acknowledged. And this in a supposedly really good district in NJ.
Because being home, learning and participation becomes a chore while the kids can be doing some other stuff on their PC and the Zoom meeting is now a side show. If this thing drag on for 3-4 years we'll have a skillset gap for many young folks. They wasted 3-4 years goofing off and not learning and slow their development due to having too much distractions on their Home PCs than focusing on the school session.
When I give training sessions at work, often after 8mins there is this silence and I know I am talking to myself for the rest of the 1/2 or one hour.
Well, if it indeed were to go on that long I would hope more parents would step and do the right thing as far as making sure their children were properly educated.
I was informed by the school the my son was nominated and won the award for participation as well as several other kids. The email complimented my son being the few that has performed all required class assignments as well as excellent participation during online schooling.
My son does get good grades and have won the Principal student of the year awards twice in the past and other awards. So I expect nothing less from him with participation with class.
But, he mentions that more than 1/2 the classes that he attends students are just goofing off. Interrupting and not following the teacher's directions. And is very difficult learn with lots of distractions and sometimes the teacher ends certain classes early due to disruptions and kids dropping off the virtual classroom.
He is in 8th grade and we are in a pretty good school district.
The main reason for this post isn't just about my son, is more about how difficult online classroom is for teachers and parents too. My son described often lots of background noise and kids not participating and the teacher don't have the bandwidth to manage online classroom easily.
Fortunately for me, I rarely have to check on my son while class is in session.
In terms of the other kids, it gets better once he gets to high school. Usually, the bright, motivated kids self-select into all honors/AP classes, and the yahoos wind up in the regular track. Of course, if you have a wonderful teacher, they can keep all the kids engaged and in-line, but in high school, the honors and AP classes wind up being more like a college class, in that everyone there wants to learn, wants to be there. Now let's just hope for in-person school in September!
Because being home, learning and participation becomes a chore while the kids can be doing some other stuff on their PC and the Zoom meeting is now a side show. If this thing drag on for 3-4 years we'll have a skillset gap for many young folks. They wasted 3-4 years goofing off and not learning and slow their development due to having too much distractions on their Home PCs than focusing on the school session.
When I give training sessions at work, often after 8mins there is this silence and I know I am talking to myself for the rest of the 1/2 or one hour.
Oldest DD is really ticked off at grandson's school...she (rather WE, because I spent the lockdown at her house) made sure he did all of his on line assignments and his Social Studies, Writing, Reading, Art, and Music projects. He also takes Chinese and Spanish. He completed the math workbook sent home in TWO WEEKS (said it was too easy), and DD contacted his math teacher who complied with giving him more challenging work. He's 6, just completed first grade, but attends a private school for gifted students. His teacher (awesome) was extremely helpful, and adapted an advanced math course for him...grandson was doing fourth grade math at the end of the school year.
To DD's (and many of the other parents') disgust, their remote schooling WASN'T GRADED, so we have no way to measure his advancement in those last 3 months. Absolutely no report card (they call it a progress report) for the last quarter. FYI, at this school, students are placed in the subject grade for which level they are working, they aren't kept with the "herd". How are they going to assess what grades to place him in when (if) school resumes in the fall?
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