Parent Driven Development
Episode 057: Virtual School
03:30 Virtual school with school age children
- Kindergarten, middle school, high school
- Missing out on the life experiences
- Pros and cons
05:25 Exposure to other students
- Not enough time to build up relationships within the zoom chats
- Teachers stepping up to engage the kids with each other and in class
- Tough in kindergarten because the kids can’t break off without a teacher
11:29 Less the supervising time on virtual school
- First week, very hands on, but less and less over time
- Kids have learned to adapt quite quickly
14:00 Extra hands to help
- Parents can do work, but not focused work while supervising zoom school
- Extra help definitely makes a difference
15:45 Homework
- Losing track of how to turn in assignments for middle/highschoolers
- No take home HW for kindergarten
- State assessments
- Perk - you can rewatch the class video if you have questions
21:45 Teacher Props!
- Powerpoints
- Yoga and stretch breaks
- Partner reads
- Side chats
- Parent updates
25:00 Is life better with zoom school?
- Allison is satisfied with the cards dealt, but mourns the first day of school memories
- Chris thinks in some ways, it’s better
30:15 Genius / fail moments
- Chris figures out how to turn facetime back on his son’s devices, but has to keep track of his use.. #genius/fail
- Allison plans her move around the time of year her kids would need to change seasonal clothes. Less work, more organized #genius
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