Member-only story
I have become the de facto IT support team for an elementary school. Being a technology expert in Silicon Valley, I have also developed a few insights on remote learning, teachers, parents, and the old world of school technology. I would like to share my ideas with you now. More importantly, addressing the conflict of interests that continue to vex our education system. As we progress through this new world order, we need to develop a new world-class system to support online education.
School districts are underfunded and unprepared for this sudden requirement. Smart classrooms have been the tag line for decades. Funding has never supported the expectations, and this new isolation requirement is massively out of scope. Smartboards, multimedia support, online homework management, and a whole host of other services are a patchwork. Whatever has worked is now locked away in a facility and not useful for remote learning. Old IT policies are rapidly crippling change. Overtaxed Jr. IT people are being asked to do expert level administrative tasks that business people think is a standard operating procedure.
Home environments are underfunded and unprepared for this sudden requirement. No defined workspaces, multiple students at different grade levels in the same time slot, four people on video chat at one time, and low bandwidth connections all contribute to complete loss of contact…
