Friday, March 27, 2020

Day 12 of our captivity: Distance learning

Kiddo has reported numerous shenanigans as everyone gets used to distance learning at the high school this week.  These include (but are not limited to):

--Tech-challenged English teacher couldn't figure out how to schedule a Zoom meeting that would allow all students to access audio; then rescheduled a corrected meeting that no one saw because they were all frantically trying to finish the assignment they got from the no-audio meeting.

--Kid has never used webcam, and just now realized that some internal setting is messed up.

--PE Zoom meeting was cancelled 5 minutes in, to never be repeated, because some sophomore had set his icon to "something inappropriate".  Teacher banned class from Zoom.  Fortunately, their workouts are all logged in a phone app, and have been all year.

--Kid learning to manage bedtime after mistakes were made.  Ooof 4:30am.

--Two amazing, functional Zoom meetings!  Econ and Art.

--Math homework completed after useful video posted by teacher.

Distance learning end date moved from April 3 to May 1.  I expect it to move out again...

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