They are mature and ambitious enough to make use of the teacher’s knowledge to further their own ambitions.
But even at Sixth Form it cannot work with kids who need teacher to do what teachers normally do! 2/10
Why does online learning not work, the younger the child is, & less supported at home?
Teacher cannot
1. Check for understanding
2. Hold child to account.
Parent has to get child to focus, check the learning & do what the teacher normally does in the classroom 1/10 THREAD 👇🏼
They are mature and ambitious enough to make use of the teacher’s knowledge to further their own ambitions.
But even at Sixth Form it cannot work with kids who need teacher to do what teachers normally do! 2/10
They don’t just lecture! Not if they are good teachers.
They constantly pepper questions to check for understanding.
They test knowledge retention to judge whether something needs reteaching.
This cannot be done on Zoom. 3/10
Kids have answers in front of them. So teacher can’t test.
With a challenging intake, audio from kids undermines teacher’s authority and allows one child to derail entire lesson.
Kids turn off video and then disappear- not hearing a word! 4/10
1. We mistakenly think kids are like adults and can lead their own learning & behaviour. They can’t.
2. We imagine parents are able to support at home. Many cannot, won’t, do not know how
3. We want to believe there is a solution. 5/10
1. They aren’t teachers.
2. They want to feel they have done something.
3. Andrew Adonis campaigned for Zoom lessons
4. They don’t have the experience of using zoom and then when you see the kids next, realise they have learned little 6/10
1. Not if Zoom is being used. If Google Classroom, yes they can access the work set.
2. BUT, laptops also give access to Instagram/Snapchat
3. Kids spend 15+ hours on SM a day
4. Internet use needs supervision! 7/10
1. Government say bad teachers/schools if you don’t use Zoom
2. Schools pretend to use it or stay quiet about not using it
3. We all want to believe there is a solution
4. Tech is a red herring in pursuit of learning 8/10
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