Heard from a couple teachers that some students are doing great with the online schooling. Anyone have teachers at home that think its working well for some? With all the online college degrees becoming more popular, I could see some districts offering this as an option to some students. Obviously not an option for everyone though.

its going well since there are so many homeschool curriculums available, for instance, is what I've heard in these parts.

The fact that so many parents are grounded right now probably helps too. And the quality of the parent doing the teaching and disciplining.

I have a daughter that was taking in-person classes and was switched to online classes like everyone else. The classes are going terrible, she is an engineering major and the Profs that tried to keep teaching had a very hard time accomplishing anything worth while. Many just quit doing anything, several she did not hear from for weeks and then they just ended the class. She had an internship lined up for this summer and they called her on Friday and asked her to report for her internship on Sunday because it was a high need area making medical supplies.

schooling online sounds fiscally responsible,..carried forward,. I could see where elderly tax-payers could feel somewhat less stressed

This might path find a new future"?

Oh my....I can hear the unions now!

I teach and online schooling is not the answer. Whether people want it or not they need interaction. The kids want to go back to school.

Our teacher's unions wield a lot of power and are dead set against on line education for fear that it could impact on the profession. It was a major negotiation issue in the recent province wide strike which essentially got shut down due to the virus. Government fiscal responsibility is not a concern for teacher's unions here.

Each family should decide what is best for them and their children.


Personally....I want my kids in a traditional school. I want them to have face to face social interactions and competition. I do not want them to grow into basement dwellers being conditioned to stare at screens.


I know plenty of people that did fantastic with home schooling and had great childhoods. However....they never really seemed to take off as adults.

Granted.....this is only anecdotal.

"On line" could never replace the value of a class room setting, but not having it as part of a complete education plan is delaying the inevitable.

Sounds like maybe the profs were looking for a coronavirus holiday like so many others. Conversely, my young lady wrapped up 3rd year of a psych specialist program at a major Canadian university on line and it was well organized and successful. In fact, her summer work, serving in the food industry is on hold and to make best use of her time she's signed up for 2 on line summer courses.

I am posting assessment and have been giving work for my students on line. I am a high school teacher. I will tell you for me this sucks. For the majority of my students this is inadequate. A few it works but the kids want back in school. We are missing so much not only socially but intellectually. Right now my juniors are studying the Vietnam war, the Civil Rights movement, the cultural changes of the time. We are missing so much detail and the importance of this time to our country and how things changed. We can't really get into the importance of free speech, protests, etc, and the comparisons to the erosion of our liberties today is so relevant. (yes I get how without the lockdown we would not have some of these points). lol

PS Trapperman we blocked buy our school filter but I take a lot of leads or information off here so it is unblocked in our school!

I have taught University level adult education....in face.....and online.......and in my experience.......how well online works depends entirely on how the course is setup and delivered. It is the difference between reading a bullet point outline......and watching someone explain the same concept via a 15 minute youtube video.......and then what happens next......students have to apply what they have just learned......with a feedback loop.

Putting together an effective online course takes a great deal of time and requires an in depth understanding of how people learn.......and their learning styles.......and online education caters to all of them...all learning styles....so that at the end, they get it. Done right......it is effective and everybody gets it. At least the same number as would "get it" in a face to face classroom.

The social aspect is real, but can also be incorporated into online. Most isn't, however.

Yesterday a densely populated region near here lost internet connections from overload.
I hope hospitals and doctors and such (T1, T3?) connections are separate from this.


I'm all for it and reduced tax burden, and am not going to poke this Tman hornet nest lol.

My daughter set up the online learning for her school, grade 4, She incorporated many techniques and activities and the kids are doing very well, better then the other 4th grade teachers who can't seem to get it together and are "confused" by the process, even though it's so simple even a 4th grader can do it, lol. The parents are happy because they're not home schooling.
These kids get the computer stuff, as long as the courses are properly set up, I think it will become an important tool in the future and probably sooner then you'd think.
The kids who miss out the most will be in the sports teams, but this lockdown won't last forever.

There is a lot of homeschooling where I live , and has been for a long time.. I have seen the products of that, including one of my own, and with the exception of one kid,all are light years ahead of their peers as adults.

The key, IMO, is having the discipline to keep at it and a structured schedule just like a normal school day.
I hope this works out well and I believe it CAN for most students. It would be a wonderful thing....again IMO...to move completely away from public schools. It would also be a benefit to re-involve parents in their kids' lives. A huge complication is going to be single-parent households. It seems to me that public schools have become nothing more than day-care facilities.

LOL think about it. The parents of the kids are the ones reporting on the progress.
The US has been behind in so many subjects compared to other countries for years . THIS will set them back even farther. The next thing you will hear about when they go back is there will be NO MORE testing to see how we rank.
Another thing every child Doesn't have a computer , heck tons don't even have internet !!!
This is a joke and a band aid for education. I know most won't agree but the kids should have to redo or go back when safe.
Ask yourself . If a kid had missed this much school would they be promoted onward?

Having voiced my opinion I realize educators have their hands tied. There is no perfect fix. BUT don't puff and blow how well it's working until there is some basis to measure progress or recession .

My wife teaches college Algebra . She had the forsite and WE spent hours making videos of her lectures over the last 4 years. The transition to virtual classrooms was easy for her. With that said about 50 % of her students are all that are joining any one session. So how many younger students do you think are actually doing the packets ?

I completed my associates degree with a blend of on-line and in-classroom courses. I am currently taking an EMT-B training course that was transferred from a classroom to an on-line format.

Personally, the only value I see in the classroom setting is that it helps force regular participation and helps keep the student working steadily on a schedule. With the on-line classes there can be a tendency to procrastinate and do everything at the last minute.

Other than that, I think the learning through on-line classes is just as effective or even more effective than the classroom courses. The classroom and face-to-face time with the teacher is largely a waste of my time. I can learn faster and better by keeping my head in the textbook and completing homework and quizzez on my own.

When I completed my CPCU coursework, I did unguided self-study for several of the courses. It worked out well, too. All I had to do was order the books and show up to take the exam at a specific date/time. It was a three hour exam where you had to answer nine of ten questions in an essay format. There was no internet at that time and having no instructor at all made no difference to me.

I got my associates degree taking online classes and can honestly say I didn’t learn enough, I retained the information enough to pass the exams and forgot the info the second we started something different

Yes but try to apply this to elementary, middle school, high school, Most kids aren't doing crap !!!!!!!!!!!