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Today’s question:
QUESTION: Since most kids are still doing “distance learning,” have you noticed you tend to watch your child’s class, or at least listen to it, to see what they’re learning?
Talk about it….
I think it’s stupid and my kids are not even learning anything on zoom class. They are always getting frustrated to the point my 8 year old son almost started crying cause he isn’t understanding any of it and the teacher really can’t help them one on one
Yes I listen! Very few teachers are good and keep the kids engaged and no offense the others suck! On a positive note I’m re learning things from middle school and high school.
I have only listened if I’m passing by and the speaker is on, I think my wife is a little more attentive as she isn’t working from home.
If we had school aged children on distance learning and I finally retired you betcha I’d be just off camera listening. Posted yesterday about a middle school teacher having a meltdown when a student praised Trump.
Coworker who lives in Pittsburg related to me, a teacher asking students to take their laptop on a scavenger hunt thru student’s home. Coworker and his wife both used the same word to describe the teacher request, “CREEPY”
An viewed request as an invasion of privacy.
Are liberal teachers and school administrators running scared?
“Officials at all county schools are asking parents to sign forms agreeing not to watch these virtual classes”
https://tennesseestar.com/2020/08/15/rutherford-county-schools-tell-parents-not-to-monitor-their-childs-virtual-classrooms/
Any schools in our area asking for signatures ? ? ?
Surprising it has been a good experience so far. Have a grade school kid and he is thriving teacher is great, class time plus one on one time. Homework and reading daily.
Also have a middle school kid doing well. Classes are vigorous, math and science especially. 1-2 hours of homework a day.
We got them started first week and have not walked in the rooms since.
We have the kids recap the day during dinner.
Our kids are all out of school. However I am teaching my university engineering classes online and it’s a lot more work than doing it in the classroom, even accounting for the time saved by not commuting. The parents can listen in all they want.
If I don’t sit nearby and (mostly) pay attention, my son will give up. Online “teaching” is a relative thing. Maybe some students do well with this way of learning, but it’s very hard for the teachers keep a fast engaging pace.
MDUSD is having a discussion about returning to school very soon, so please check the website and participate.
My daughter is in Kindergarten,and I sit with her during every single zoom class as she needs assistance almost every step of the way. There are so many kids in her class who are doing it completely on their own and I feel so bad for them because they get frustrated when they cant find the right papers, or tools that they need. I work night shift and have to come home and do the DL with her before i can go to sleep, but I am so glad that she doesn’t have to do it on her own.
Her teacher is WONDERFUL and so patient, and I actually feel like she is learning a lot so fast! So far it has been a great experience and I credit that to her teacher.
Excellent! Once your child learns how to learn, she will carry this knowledge through her entire life. I wish all children had a mom tutor. They would do do much better in life!
So nice to see your post.
Your daughter is lucky to have you.
I detest parents who spy on their children.
It teaches the child to become secretive even when they’re not doing anything wrong. It also causes them to not trust those around them.
Terrible foundation to build for your child.
nothing in this article about spying and secretive… Is that your point? Parents should be very open about their child’s oversight.
DVC Student- I take it you must not be a parent. It in no way teaches a kid to be secretive. It teaches your kid to be responsible for themselves and their work and it lets them know a parent is monitoring what they are and arent doing. At some point kids usually do take responsibility and start in that routine. You dont just trust your kid is doing what they should be because a lot of kids dont. Its called “BEING A PARENT”. Also- some kids need to be “spied” on. Every kid is different. I hope if you do have any, you get the type that needs micromanaging. You sound like you need a dose of reality.
100% I am paying attention to it. Mostly to keep my kids focused, offer help, and make sure school work is getting done.
At the beginning I was totallly tuned in because i had to be. The kids needed a lot of help at first learning the tech and figuring out how this was all going to work. I don’t always tune in now but my son gets super lonely being alone for school. And…just like right now, he wants me to pay attention if he’s needs a bathroom break so he doesn’t miss something important. I’ve heard and seen some kids getting super stressed and upset when they don’t have a parents nearby to help when they’re confused, have a tech issue, can’t find something etc. These kids are 8 so they’re more independant but still need a little support. It’s really been helpful to me as a parent to see what’s what and I’ve picked up some of their tools to use with my son for his reading and spelling.
On the flip side – who else besides parents is watching the virtual meetings? Are the meetings recorded? How long are the recording retained?
These Fox Baltimore and ABC St. Louis articles are about an incident in Louisiana where during a remote learning session the teacher spotted weapons in the background. The police get called because there are “unsecured weapons in the house.” The arrival of multiple police cars and cops knocking on the door is how the parent/child discover something is up. The school charges the parent/child with “bringing a weapon to school” and suspends the child.
The school and police will not show the parent the screen shot that they claim shows the weapons. The school will not say who has access to the virtual sessions, if they are recorded, etc.
Also in Louisiana is https://nypost.com/2020/10/05/parents-sue-after-4th-grader-suspended-for-bb-gun-during-virtual-class/ is a similar incident where this time a sibling of the remote student tripped or stumbled over a BB gun. The student, who is 10 year old boy, moved the gun out of the way but apparently it was visible for a moment. That student was suspended for six days for “brandishing a weapon in class.”
I suspect a student and parents will soon get charged with distributing child pornography when a younger sibling walks into camera view while in their underwear or nude. We already had a similar case in San Jose, CA where a high school teacher was topless on one of those very hot days we had recently. Or this one where mom walked in nude and did not realize she was in view of a live camera… The video of mom gets recorded and splashed all over the Internet.