When I first started this blog I had great hopes for education blogging. I am a teacher but haven't posted much about education. The reality is that I can't do everything. I have some ideas but I'm not on fire about it. I'm very disappointed in the education situation and schools in general.
My kids enjoy online school and staying at home learning although the oldest is looking forward to joining the basketball team when school opens again. The youngest says there is no reason at all for him to be in school. They love learning at their own pace and in their own style instead of being herded around all day.
I have been spending this semester making English Language videos for my students but also got a chance to make some phone calls. I asked them what they want to do and so many answer, "I want to go to school." They say they miss their friends and miss the school lunch. Some of them already forgot my name even though I introduce myself in the beginning of every video.
Basically the thing keeping me away from Groovy school is that I'm not so excited about school anymore. I thought idealistically that I could change school and make something new. I saw an ideal place that experts could help others freely and grow together as a community of learning and fun.
I don't want to invest in something that I'm not 100% into. I would love a fun exciting way to learn with spiritual values, but there are already plenty of schools like that. They also face challenges in education. There really is no solution I see in the education problem.
For my kids learning at home is working and in the future I will look for an online high school for my oldest son. As for teaching, I will share some teaching materials here when I can.
The most important thing is to start small and simple. I always have great dreams about what things can become, but even if they do become a reality I find that is not really what I want. This makes me give up hope and give up desire to do anything about that dream. It can be called a fallen dream.
That's Groovy School, my fallen dream. I will not kill it though. Today will be my first official Groovy School post in 2020.
I will share an online Live worksheet today.
This is a basic worksheet made from ppt to pdf and then set rules to drag and drop and connect. You can learn to make your own live worksheets here:
https://www.liveworksheets.com/yn1153885mq
The worksheet corresponds with the video I made for students. It's kind of depressing to teach "what did you do" because they all answer: "I stayed home."
How are online classes effecting you? Did you have to change anything? Did you learn anything new?
My kids are 16 and 13 and both are loving online school... They miss their friends but they are making an effort to meet up with them for bike rides. The best part is that my kids are becoming very good friends. They spent 4 hours together taking photography and making movies along the River. They actually filmed a deer ... took photos from a distance. I will share their work here on Blurt.