School learning from first day of distance learning

School learning from first day of distance learning

DISTANCE LEARNING... AFTER THEFIRST DAY OF CLASSES SAWMANY CHALLENGES.23ABC'S DANIELA GARRIDO SPOKEWITH A BAKERSFIELD CITYSCHOOL DISTRICT PRINCIPAL ONWHAT THEY LEARNED FROMDAY ONE.GOODMORNING,AHEAD OF THIS WEEK, SCHOOLDISTRICTS ANTICIPATEDSOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD ASSTUDENTS STARTED SCHOOLFULLY ONLINE.BUT YESTERDAY - ZOOM, THE APPMANY SCHOOLS ARE RELYING ONTO MAKE DISTANCE LEARNINGPOSSIBLE, COMPLETELY SHUT DOWNNATIONWIDE CAUSING A BIGGERPROBLEM THAN ANTICIPATED.CLASSES WILL CONTINUE AT ADISTANCE EVEN AFTER MANYSTUDENTS AND PARENTS WEREN'TABLE TO LOG IN ON THE VERYFIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THEBAKERSFIELD CITY SCHOOLDISTRICT.LEMUEL KWON/PRINCIPAL AT CASALOMA ELEMENTARY: "IFOUND OUT AT 7:45 A.M.

'HEY ITSNOT WORKING' AND THAT GOT MEWORRIED AT FIRST"ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPAL OFCASA LOMA ELEMENTARY,TECHNOLOGY ISSUES WERE THE MAINREASON OF ABSENCE ON THEFIRST DAY OF DISTANCE LEARNINGCLASSES."PARENTS WILL CALL OR MESSAGE USON A TOOL OR PARENT SQUAREAND THEY WILL TELL US THEIR TECHISSUES LIKE WIFI, CHARGERS,AND WE CAN TROUBLESHOOT ANDSWITCH OUT WHATEVER THEYNEED AS FAR AS RESOURCES ORTECHNOLOGY"ASIDE FROM ZOOM APP SHUTDOWNS,MALFUNCTIONING HOTSPOTS ANDCHROMEBOOKS WERE SOME OF THEOTHER TECHNOLOGYISSUES PARENTS AND STUDENTSENCOUNTERED."SOMETIMES THE KIDS WOULD GO INAND OUT AND TEACHERSEXPRESSED THAT CONCERN IM SURETHE DISTRICT WILL WORK ON THATONE OF THE THINGS WAS ALSOVERIZON HOTSPOTS HADUPDATES OVER THE WEEKEND SO IGUESS THAT WAS A SMALL HICCUPALONG THE WAY"THE SCHOOL PLANS TO DO HOMEVISITS FOR STUDENTS WHODON'T SHOW UP AND SAY THEY WEREABLE TO RESOLVE ABOUT50 OF THOSE STUDENTS ABSENT ONTHE FIRST DAY WEREDUE TO TECHNOLOGY ISSUES.

"WEHAVE A TEAM THAT WAS ABLE TOVISIT THE FAMILIES THAT WERE NOTLOGGING IN AND IF THEY HAD TECHISSUES WE SUPPORT THOSEFAMILIES WITH A NEW HOTSPOT ORDEVICE AND WE CAN DO THATRIGHT ON THE SPOT"MOVING FORWARD - THEY HOPETECHNOLOGY BARRIERS CAN BESOLVED DURING THE FIRST WEEK ASTHEY LEARN TO NAVIGATEDISTANCE LEARNING."WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARENO BARRIERS ALONG THE WAYAND ALL OF OUR KIDS HAVE ASMOOTH DAY TWO OF LEARNING"SURELY THIS WEEK WILL STILLCONTINUE TO BRING DIFFERENTCHALLENGES.THE PRINCIPAL WE SPOKE TO HOPESTHE DISTRICT CANLEARN FROM THE FIRST COUPLE OFWEEKS AND THAT SOON IT'LL BESMOOTH SAILING.WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU BACKTO SCHOOL STORIES.IN BAKERSFIELD, DANIELA GARRIDO,23 ABC NEWS CONNECTING YOU.A LOCAL SPA IS GETTING CREATIVEIN ORDER TO STAYOPEN DURING THE PANDEMIC.EUROPHORIA MEDICAL SPA ISBRINGING THEIR PERSONAL