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aha - that certainly seems to make more sense!
https://gov.wales/coronavirus-regulations-changes-monday-22-june
This explains the changes.
aha - that certainly seems to make more sense!
I've been going in twice a week to keep things ticking over and it's weird being in there yourself. Hopefully we won't be at home as long as you are planning but I have organised my first lesson online on Thursday which looks like the start of things to come.Went into my university today for the first time in 3 months, to collect any items I'd need. It's likely we'll be based at home for the next 15-18 months, just going in for small group classes should they run from September. I could have one slot, which I've taken, apart from collecting my OH-specific chair which I can do next week.
I was the only member of staff there and it's hit me that it will be a long time before I see colleagues and others in person.
I'm currently teaching 6th form over Teams. It's awful. They have their cameras off so I can't see from their reactions whether I am going too fast or too slow, I'm sitting in my living room rabbiting on to a PowerPoint on my iPad. It is almost impossible to get any meaningful interaction with the class. I hate it. I also question it's benefit over providing recordings, professionally made videos etc.I've been going in twice a week to keep things ticking over and it's weird being in there yourself. Hopefully we won't be at home as long as you are planning but I have organised my first lesson online on Thursday which looks like the start of things to come.
The main problem is the government not investing in the resources families have to access online learning.The OU have some some great stuff to get you use to teaching online. They are happy to help any education provider with how to do it.
It's all about the right tools for the job. School ect have just not invested in staff or tool's for true online learning.
I'm currently teaching 6th form over Teams. It's awful. They have their cameras off so I can't see from their reactions whether I am going too fast or too slow.
Safeguarding. Even if they had cameras on, i can only see 4 people at once on my screen (and one of them is me) and when I am sharing a PowerPoint, I can only see the PowerPointOf course it's going to be awful. Why on earth do they have their cameras off ?
Do they conceal themselves when they're in the classroom ?
That sounds awful, my only solace to your comments is that I'm delivering commercial training that the learner is paying for and can't get back to work until it's completed so they are desperate to get this done. That said, we will need to deal with what you describe when we return to apprenticeships but hopefully we will have overcome those issues by then. I know all the schools were given Teams, and we work quite a lot with the app for sharing and meetings but when it comes to delivering, zoom makes a difference and you can see everyone to check their reactions. Not a lot of help to you if you can't access it though.I'm currently teaching 6th form over Teams. It's awful. They have their cameras off so I can't see from their reactions whether I am going too fast or too slow, I'm sitting in my living room rabbiting on to a PowerPoint on my iPad. It is almost impossible to get any meaningful interaction with the class. I hate it. I also question it's benefit over providing recordings, professionally made videos etc.
My son is using zoom to access lectures/tutorials (university). It certainly has more useable features than Teams. I think most schools initially rejected zoom due to security concerns.That sounds awful, my only solace to your comments is that I'm delivering commercial training that the learner is paying for and can't get back to work until it's completed so they are desperate to get this done. That said, we will need to deal with what you describe when we return to apprenticeships but hopefully we will have overcome those issues by then. I know all the schools were given Teams, and we work quite a lot with the app for sharing and meetings but when it comes to delivering, zoom makes a difference and you can see everyone to check their reactions. Not a lot of help to you if you can't access it though.
Huge difference between youths and adults, obviously not all but very much in general that shouldn't be underestimated.Interesting article here: https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/2020/03/29/zoom-safeguarding/
My own experience, as an adult learner on Zoom, is pretty positive. I've been studying Italian at the local college for the last 3 years in a smallish class (6-8 learners) and following the lockdown, lessons moved to online.
Other than not being able to pass the biscotti around, there's very little difference - if anything, we're more attentive in front of the laptop than we were in the classroom.
I appreciate, of course, that there are some considerations that apply more to school pupils than to adult learners.