House News - Columba
Lockdown N0 5
Our Columba House Leaders and our Student Leaders were asked to list 3 Positives and 3 Negatives to come out of remote teaching and learning. There were some interesting answers. We will let you guess which ones are the teacher or student responses!
Positives
- Sleeping in
- Saving money on petrol
- More time for class preparation
- Diversifying curriculum
- Developing tech skills
- Able to discuss with students discretely on chat
- The comfort of my couch
- No traffic
- I can sleep a little more
- More flexibility
- More time for independent study/learning
- Working in a comfortable environment
- Being more focused by myself
- More time to watch movies
- Easy communication with Teachers and friends
- Easy to contact teachers if we need any individual help
- Teaching in my PJ’s
- Not wearing a tie
- Being able to order Nando's anytime of day.
- Having chance to teach one on one
- Watching Olympics
- Finishing periods early
- Longer breaks
- More time spent with family
- Lives saved due to quarantine
- Time to enjoy and create new hobbies
- Spending more time with family
- Not being stressed
- We can take our own time to do the work.
- The walk to work is a lot shorter than the drive to work.
- The spa is closer.
- I have home-made banana bread in the fridge.
Negatives
- Sitting in front of a screen for too long
- Frustrated my epic-pen won’t work on the whiteboard while I’m teaching on TEAMS
- Mundane – Groundhog Day
- Students don’t always stay on line
- Miss face to face relationship with students
- Difficult to cover curriculum in Practical subjects
- My voice is tired from speaking so loudly to the laptop
- Not seeing friends
- Too long on laptop
- Not being at school
- I miss the fun and games with students and colleagues
- Students struggling to find synonyms for “good” when asked how they are going
- Too many emails and messages
- Being trapped like a caged animal
- The bank balance due to Nando's
- Not seeing Ms McNally dance on funtime Fridays
- Talking to a computer for 6 hours
- Not seeing my friends at school
- Not being able to ask questions in person
- It gets boring
- A lot of things can’t be done through remote learning for example Science pracs
- Sometimes internet problems
- Teachers are not there to help you face to face and that's hard online
- Sometimes not feeling motivated
- Able to discuss with students discretely on chat
- Missing my awesome teachers
- Looking after my siblings
- Not in school environment
- Mental health
- Not seeing friends.
- Hard to understand a concept because it is harder to understand online than in person.
- Missing out on SIS sports and other activities.
- Why is everyone so quiet in the class when I want discussions? It feels weird.
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