Challenges of Recreating the Classroom Experience Online
The sudden shift to remote learning has exposed cracks in today's digital teaching strategies, as parents and teachers struggle with the challenges of recreating the classroom experience online. Demand for ed tech services has surged, as has interest in training for teachers to work online. To prepare for the fall, school districts should vet and limit which products they use, says Josh Golin, executive director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood.
The New York Times looks at how some private schools provide online luxury learning during the pandemic. As many public schools struggle to adjust, the nation’s educational gaps widen.
Los Angeles Times Columnist Robin Abcarian writes, "Two LAUSD students sharing a cellphone to find math quizzes? That’s not school".
Queens College's Dr. Karen Strassler looks at what we lose when we go from the classroom to Zoom.
The rise of proctoring software to deter cheating alarms privacy advocates. Some students and professors find it invasive, too.
AP Tests Begin Online And At Home — But Not For Everyone
Rethinking virtual education (Axios) The Class Divide: Remote Learning at 2 Schools, Private and Public (New York Times) Two LAUSD students sharing a cellphone to find math quizzes? That’s not school (LA Times) What We Lose When We Go From the Classroom to Zoom (New York Times) Keeping Online Testing Honest? Or an Orwellian Overreach? (New York Times) AP Tests Begin Online And At Home — But Not For Everyone (NPR)