First Day of Online Distance Learning

It's funny how you think that you've solved most problems that might crop up before your lessons start. But students are used to being able to ask their teacher or class mate questions that pop up. Online distance learning meant that today I spent a lot of time troubleshooting for students, replying to emails as they navigated their way through tasks and were unsure of a few things, and replying to queries from parents. Building students confidence in being able to work remotely will be a key issue moving forward.
It is important to reassure parents that they are not expected to replace their child’s teacher. Their teachers are the experts in the practice of teaching and learning, and I will support their child in every way I can.

Positives today were

• everyone getting to see each other at our Class Google Meet
• excitement levels were high
• 23 students at our Google Meet
• students emailing me if they encountered problems straight away
• reading their work on their blogs and commenting 

Things for me to think about:

• creating a Google Form at the end of the week asking students how they found the Room 1 Weekly Slides. Were 4 activities each day too much? I know Wednesday would have been a big day with them creating a google slide presentation on Holy Week.
• creating a Google Form for them to fill in if they have problems.