we had an E-Learning Day on wednesday.
students do not need to be in school but they have to go through the lessons prepared and set up by their teachers online. Different types of lessons were prepared.
poor teachers.
we have to crack our brains to think of what's the best topic to be put online, how they can access it, blah blah blah.
i had to do it for art for my sec 3 and sec 4 kids. all seems well. but the line got flooded by kids from about 10am to 5pm. that seems to be the popular time for kids to be awake and be doing work. thus the E-Learning was extended, they were back in school on thursday, but still have to complete their E-Learning tasks online after school.
poor students.
i enjoyed that day as the school was quiet enough for us to catch up with the other tons of work we have besides our daily teaching load. had extra time to carry out fruitful meeting with my boss and department as it is not interrupted by other factors such as students-looking-for-you, need-to -attend-to-so-and-so, etc. best of all, all the staffs had lunch together at the same time instead of da-bao-ing from the canteen or coffee shop outside, and eating at our desks or the freezing staff lounge at strange hours (3pm, 4pm, 4.28pm, etc)
but i still love the old school approach - human interactions.
it is still nice to see my students, talk to them and such, even though it can be pretty tiring.
this is a try-out for future emergency. i think it is rather good to have it once in a while even without any emergency where schools have to be closed. it gives us more white space and help the kids to be more independednt and responsible of their own learning.
it doesn't apply to all subjects though.
i find that for art, direct interactions is really important. my discussion with my students on their works mostly bring me closer to them. it also helps them to be more open in their thoughts and opinions. more sharing was done in that way.
we shall see how things go.
reader k | 4/06/2007 01:44:00 PM |
