Sometimes we lose track of what matters most. At times we don't value
having just the bare necessities in life. Spending way more time with my family at home and not having to go out all the time to eat or shop brings things into perspective. My wife and I don't order as much online since
this pandemic. We've actually been spending more time with the kids on
their homework and just talking with them all the time. Not that we haven't done this prior to this health crisis, but we're doing much more of it now
that we're constantly around each other day to day.

My wife works in the healthcare industry so she's always leaving the house
to go to work, but I've been home since the lock-down. I'm not sure how
I'll be after the kids are allowed back to school. I've gotten so used to having them around everyday. The distance learning works well minus the
social aspect of being around a teacher and other kids. I know they miss
their friends, but for even a few weeks I feel like I've ventured into space like the Robinson's family and have gotten closer with my kids. The kids would've probably preferred to have travelled outside of the home for this week's spring break. It's too bad that it's been raining all week too. We usually take a trip during this time.

The only thing that this pandemic didn't help is our diets. I know that
we've all gained a few pounds being couped up at home. Eat, sleep, repeat.
:P hehe.

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Re: COVID-19 (appreciating being ALIVE)
By: Smooth to All on Thu Apr 09 2020 09:38 am

I'm not sure how
I'll be after the kids are allowed back to school. I've gotten so used to having them around everyday. The distance learning works well minus the social aspect of being around a teacher and other kids.

It's been great for me to get involved in my 4th grader's schoolwork. Since they moved from a totally old-school paper classroom to Google Classroom I don't have to rely on my daughter's perception of what she needs to do, and she's moving to a more structured lesson plan.

Instead of being spoon-fed what to do each day, she'd had weekly lessons where she's had to pace herself, and I think it's helping her structure her day.

On 09 Apr 2020, poindexter FORTRAN uttered the following at 04:16pm ...

It's been great for me to get involved in my 4th grader's schoolwork. Since they moved from a totally old-school paper classroom to Google Classroom I don't have to rely on my daughter's perception of what she needs to do, and she's moving to a more structured lesson plan.

I actually like it too, poindexter. I'm proud and amazed with that my son is able to execute his lesson plan to the "T". The only thing I've been
pushing for him to do is to leave comments after each lesson task so that there's some kind of interaction between him and his classmates or teacher.

His teacher came by yesterday with her husband to drop of books and
supplies. Within the next few days after Spring Break she'll be running
some live lessons with her students over Zoom, Google Hangouts, and or
Youtube. Their principal started a Youtube channel a few weeks back to do read-a-longs with students. Several teachers are following her lead. The future of distance learning for grade school - high school kids is here. It took a pandemic to jump start it.

Instead of being spoon-fed what to do each day, she'd had weekly lessons where she's had to pace herself, and I think it's helping her structure her day. --- SBBSecho 3.10-Win32

It definitely pushed for my kids to be a bit more responsible. Especially since they don't have a mentor looking over their shoulder or checking on
their progress throughout the day.

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Bad side of home-schooling is that some parents are doing children remote
tests and exams.
I myself don't like that, but it seems that remote school and work are
future. Technological advancement will be isolating us from basic face-to-face integrations more and more.

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from desk to desk, many students miss out on personal assistance like they normally do at school. Some parents are too busy or do not have the know
how to help their kids at home. Other parents may not be computer or
internet savvy enough to search for the solutions for their kids.
Connectivity in the home is a major issue for distance learning. Just
setting up a wireless internet in the home is key for children to properly learn remotely. A badly setup wireless router in the home could cause lag
or connectivity issues. Nothing sucks more than having connectivity issues when there is several other students video streaming on a single meetup call. The most common complaints that I hear daily when my son is in class is:

1) I can't hear the teacher (or other students).
2) I can't see anyone else's video.
3) I keep getting disconnected.

Although it could be the laptops that the school provides for them. My son
has never had any of those issues in our home (Thanks to Dad. <smile>). But not all households have that luxury as it may not be something that all
parents have the skillset or knowledge for. Everyone can't afford the
fastest internet, but it's not always required for something like distance learning. It's just a matter of knowing how to setup your home for the best possible throughput and connection to the wireless internet router.

I think schools should have a help page for that on their website. Many parents still struggle with searching on Google or YouTube for the answer.
hehe

I myself don't like that, but it seems that remote school and work are future. Technological advancement will be isolating us from basic

I think so too. Although many places conduct everything through Zoom and Google Meetup video calls, improvements will be made to sites like Google Glassroom, Google Docs, and Cloud Storage Services (Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox) to integrate well with someone's educational or job workflow.

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ll be made to sites like Google
Glassroom, Google Docs, and Cloud Storage Services (Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox) to integrate well with someone's educational or job workflow.

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