That's it -- 2020-2021 School Year is over! It has been a strange and exhausting but also fairly productive year. Will finish packing my classroom tomorrow and take a few days to relax, before jumping in my summer to-do list.
By the way, doomsayers who insist that technology will take over and kids will not want to connect have been proven so wrong, again and again, especially this year. I threw a pizza party for my online students today and they absolutely loved hanging out in "their" classroom (that they have only seen through webcam until today), talking about this past school year, and sharing plans for the summer. They did really well with technology and most of them earned Microsoft Office Specialist designation (PowerPoint, Word, and Excel). Yet, their online classroom community spilled right into the physical setting.
Congrats on ending the school year.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness the doomsayers were proven wrong once again. People constantly underestimate the resiliency of children, as well as their need to socialize. I'm so glad your class was able to finally blur the line between virtual and physical classroom, and that being together felt natural for them. Enjoy your few days off! What's on your to-do list?
ReplyDelete