My son is autistic and we use the k12 program through his ABA therapy. The K12 seems pretty intuitive.. my son having learning disability did give us some obstacles but we were able to find ways to work around or enhance them... like with the math, we were able to print out line graphs that we can use for him to actually have a object in his hand for counting .. if your not on K12 (and it's not just for special needs children) maybe give it a look or see if there are methods you can create to enhance or get him more engagedMy son has really been struggling with the online format, and from speaking with his guidance counselor, he's not the only one.
Anyone else seeing the same things? I think it's great as a backup for snow days but as a replacement for in-person instruction, I think it's awful.
I know my son in second grade struggles with it. I think it is probably OK for kids in high school, but for young kids in elementary school they need a teacher to guide them. I would love to be able to guide him more, but as a single father who works a lot of hours, there just isn't enough time for me to be a full time teacher as well.
As the spouse of an administrator, I can say that this is completely new for them .... and a cluster ****.I have no experience with in-person school with my kids, but my kids have all don online charter school for high school. From conversations with friends who were in "traditional" schools and have transitioned to eLearning, what they describe sounds nothing like what my kids do. I don't know that "traditional" schools have the knowledge base for this. It seems like they are simply trying to do regular school online. That doesn't work.
As someone who's worked with college students in the last decade, I can say that "college material" ain't what it used to be.I joked around but was half serious that if the kids didn't go back to school I was stopping the 529 college savings account. No way they would be college material if we continued the home schooling through the schools program.
I taught in a law school for 10 years. The "quality" of the writing I saw would not have been acceptable for high school in the '80s. To be more clear, the students at the top continued to be at the top, but the bottom kept getting lower and lower.As someone who's worked with college students in the last decade, I can say that "college material" ain't what it used to be.
There's a big push to send everyone to college - which ignores a whole lot of facts...I taught in a law school for 10 years. The "quality" of the writing I saw would not have been acceptable for high school in the '80s. To be more clear, the students at the top continued to be at the top, but the bottom kept getting lower and lower.
I likely wasn't college material either It took me a couple years of growing up before it clicked that this is my future and I better start paying attention. I wouldn't mind at all if the kids choose a different path than a traditional college.As someone who's worked with college students in the last decade, I can say that "college material" ain't what it used to be.
It has been 10 years since I taught engineering classes. My observation then was that students were being taught to follow a recipe, not to be able to bake by just gathering the ingredients. Too much dependence on learning how to input stuff into a computer and not enough emphasis on the why. No ability to recognize when the results didn't make sense.As someone who's worked with college students in the last decade, I can say that "college material" ain't what it used to be.
One of my engineering profs would never answer a question directly, instead he would ask you questions. When I was a freshman I couldn't for the life of me understand why he just wouldn't answer my questions. Often times I'd leave his office in anger and no answers. It took me longer than it should've to realize he wasn't there to spoon feed answers(my high school teachers) but teach me how to find the answers myself. Last I heard he was getting reprimanded by the school because not enough kids are passing his classes but a large percentage are not even turning in assignments.It has been 10 years since I taught engineering classes. My observation then was that students were being taught to follow a recipe, not to be able to bake by just gathering the ingredients. Too much dependence on learning how to input stuff into a computer and not enough emphasis on the why. No ability to recognize when the results didn't make sense.
Cooking can be an art. Baking is repeating a science experiment: if you don't follow the steps, ingredients, ratios, temperatures, etc. correctly, your not going to get the desired outcome.My observation then was that students were being taught to follow a recipe, not to be able to bake by just gathering the ingredients.
This describes my experience with many "proprietary" IT classes by software companies and even in some IUPUI IT courses.It has been 10 years since I taught engineering classes. My observation then was that students were being taught to follow a recipe, not to be able to bake by just gathering the ingredients. Too much dependence on learning how to input stuff into a computer and not enough emphasis on the why. No ability to recognize when the results didn't make sense.