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Hi all hope you are all keeping safe and well:
Another busy #Dyslexia day yesterday, 5 students, doing a lot on well being. Students stressed, too much time on line, too much isolation, too much stress and anxiety. If we learn anything from this its online teaching can;t replace in class teaching yet. The technology isnt here yet to make it work for students or staff.
Students spending up to, and over, 40 hours a week online attending lectures, doing group work, researching, writing assignments etc, too much time with eyes on screen, to much time sitting at the screen impacting on eye sight, physical impacts on neck, back and wrists etc
Dyslexic students will be spending even more time on line. DSA training isnt working. I am not apportioning blame but more needs to be done. One of my students has dropped out, too heavy a workload, isolation, stress. She is a bright, talented student and shown tremendous determination, strength of will and courage to hang in there with her course. I am so proud of her.
Yep remote teaching is the only game in town right now but its impacting on student physical and mental health that will have life time consequences, not enough is being done, its not even in the conversation.
Even before COVID we were spending to much time staring at our screens and not enough time looking at the stars. Too much time living in social media land and not the real world. Too much time living in a virtual world dreaming virtual dreams.
Thanks for reading
Steve McCue
#PeaceLoveGroovyness to you all
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