Evolith
2021-03-26 10:45:43
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You would all be amazed at how many people can handle their phone quite well, but as soon as it comes to the computer, they become dummies. I work in IT and sometimes I have to explain to some how to turn on the PC. I don’t even want to start talking about the background of a [VPN access]. Best example: A colleague always plugged his headset into the same USB port. Then he seriously asked me (the port somehow didn’t respond and I advised him to try another one) whether it would even work at all. He thought the headset only worked in that one. I always have to make a conscious effort to remember that not everyone is tech-savvy.
To simply demand a Teams meeting on the fly from the teachers (no matter how motivated they are) is a bit much.
The main culprit, in my opinion, sits in the ministries of education. They needed to react quickly and promptly to the pandemic. Adjust curricula (The banana can also become acquainted with the condom in a year), prepare the teachers digitally (that could have been done during the summer holidays) and also equip the students (it doesn’t have to be necessarily the iPad, a ruggedized tablet/netbook also works). If the conditions are met, the teachers can unfold their potential.
We once had a really great music teacher who took on our pubescent emotional baggage, incredibly committed. We loved her. But she was a complete disaster when it came to technology. She couldn’t even send a simple text message. She wouldn’t have managed the last year at all.
To simply demand a Teams meeting on the fly from the teachers (no matter how motivated they are) is a bit much.
The main culprit, in my opinion, sits in the ministries of education. They needed to react quickly and promptly to the pandemic. Adjust curricula (The banana can also become acquainted with the condom in a year), prepare the teachers digitally (that could have been done during the summer holidays) and also equip the students (it doesn’t have to be necessarily the iPad, a ruggedized tablet/netbook also works). If the conditions are met, the teachers can unfold their potential.
We once had a really great music teacher who took on our pubescent emotional baggage, incredibly committed. We loved her. But she was a complete disaster when it came to technology. She couldn’t even send a simple text message. She wouldn’t have managed the last year at all.