What is attendance in a virtual learning environment?
Is it turning in your assignments on time?
Logging into your virtual classroom a couple times a week?
Or just checking in with your teacher?
School districts across our area are dealing with a new way of counting attendance.
REPORT THEY'VE SEEN 98 PERCENTENGAGEMENT FROM THEIR STUDENTSSINCE VIRTUAL LEARNINGSTARTED& 95 PERCENT ON AWEEKLY BASIS AND 85 PERCENT ONA DAILY BASIS.
06:09 THE KEYTHERE IS TO FIND OUT THOSESTUDENTS WHO HAVE ONE, HAVEYET TO ENGAGE, AND OURPRINCIPALS, OUR TEACHERS, OURCOUNSELORS ARE WORKING TO MAKESURE WE REMOVE ADDITIONALBARRIERS THAT KEEP STUDENTSFROM ACCESSING VIRTUALLY ON AREGULAR BASIS MANY SCHOOLDISTRICTS ARE CALCULATINGENGAGEMENT OVERATTENDANCE&BECAUSE STUDENTSMAY NOT APPEAR IN A VIRTUALCLASS MEETINGSUBMITTING THEIR ASSIGNMENTSAND COMMUNICATING IN OTHERWAYS.
MERVE LAPUS WITH COMMONSENSE MEDIA - A NON PROFITTHAT IS A SOURCE FOR FAMILIESSEEKING SAFE TECHNOLOGYRECOMMENDATIONS FOR THEIR KIDS- SAYS ENGAGEMENT IS ALSOIMPACTED BY A CHILDENVIRONMENT.
2:24 SO TO HAVE ACHILD FOCUS ON A SINGLE SCREENWHEN THEYRIGHT NEXT TO THEM, MOM RIGHOVER HERE, OR DAD ON A CALL,POSSIBLY IF THEYTHOSE FAMILY MEMBERS IN AHOUSEHOLD, THATAND FILTER OUT.
HE ALSORECOMMENDS TEACHERS WORK WITHSTUDENTS WHO MAY BESELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT SHOWINGTHEIR HOME.
6:07 WE DO WANT TOMAKE SURE THAT ONE, IF WE HAVEANY KIDS THAT FEEL LIKE THEYDONBECAUSE OF PRIVACY OR JUSTPERSONAL ISSUES, THAT WE LETTHEM KNOW ITON CAMERA BUT THESE ARE THECERTAIN THINGS THAT WE MIGHTWANT JUST TO MAKE SURE YOUTHERE AND YOUTHE RESOURCES.
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