Being a teacher, what you honestly feel online education is good for our children?

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misbah sdaqaat

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I have been a classroom teacher, then an outreach school teacher and finally an online teacher with Covid 19 precipitating my situation.
If I had children I would not really want them to do online schooling. I think a classroom experience with their friends and a well experienced teacher is the best method for learning. There is a joy in a lot of classroom…yes…joy. I loved being with my students.
 
It’s not a replacement for a face-to-face community. My classes moved online in March, and it was abrupt and rocky. Many students dropped out because they did not have home computers, or an adequate Wi-Fi connection, or the technical skills required. We, the teachers, lacked training or preparation for a sudden shift to teaching online...
 
I started teaching online before the pandemic. I think it works well for some students but others really need the classroom, but all in all I didn’t find there was that much difference.
 
I pretty much had the same lectures online as I do in the classroom but there is less opportunity for discussion. There are things like Zoom but too many students couldn’t mange those.
 
I have spent a lot of time and money creating an effective classroom. I do not like teaching out of my house. I do not want all my teaching materials at home. I taught a zoom class recently and my internet went out in the middle of a lesson. Live education is better.
 
If parents are happy with social distancing and masks, we can probably open. If parents want plexiglass guards between student desks, many districts will not be able to accommodate that.
 
It’s not ideal. We are trying to make it work, but I like to interact with my students; gauge their interest, see how they respond, reply quickly to thoughtful questions, share a laugh with them, read their facial and body language as they express themselves..
 
I missed the human interaction and the serendipitous topics that came up when we were discussing a topic or reading a passage. I also saw a rapid decline in student involvement.
 
You can give students the best online instructor and the best YouTube videos, TedTalks, and so on, but in the end, the students want authenticity and a person they can communicate with on a human level. So, I am not a fan of online teaching.
 
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