Our lifestyles have been abruptly altered with the presence of Covid-19. Like it or not, we were forced to accept online; adults working from home and children studying remotely using online platforms.
After having 2 months of online classes with my students, I have observed some of the norms and below are the ways to make remote learning more interesting and easier to adapt for your child.
1) Tired eyes
We encountered tired eyes after spending a good deal of time staring at screen from laptops, smartphones or even television. The strain of looking at the screen constitute to eyes fatigue.
Therefore, apply the 20-20-20 rule. After 20 minutes staring at the screen, look away for 20 seconds and be looking at something 20 feet away. (This is applicable for adults as well). For me being confined in a room, I usually look out from the door or windows to relax the eye muscles.
2) Disruption Online
Do prepare the children that there will be disruption online and this is okay. Do not get panic but do login again. I'm pretty sure teachers will understand and will not penalized the child.
3) Different learning method
Remote or online learning is a new trend and the children may fumble with the technology. Teach the children at least how to login in order to cease their worries of disconnecting from the class. Believe me, I have students in Year 1 who are now very familiar with Zoom and some even help to remind their classmates to mute while I'm talking or to use emoji to give me signals!
Children learn fast and digital is their era!
4) Be on time
Like our classes in school, we have to be on time so that we will not disrupt other classmates. Not only that, sometimes teachers may lock the meeting for privacy purpose and that may restraint late comers from joining.
5) Explore, explore, explore
As for now, remote learning is our best option to keep the children learning. So, use this opportunity to explore different education platform such as quizzes, puzzles or even online arts. Besides, this we can boost the child's confidence in using education platforms.
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