A ‘Revolutionary’ Year
All of the participants have faced challenges navigating COVID-19, but they also see opportunities and changes that will last well into the future. They have also seen first-hand the challenges schools, teachers, students and parents are facing as they adjust to online learning.
“We’ve taken education and turned it into a screen,” Levitt said.
She asked panelists how this was affecting today’s education.
“Everyone is burned out,” in the second half of the year with the screen-centered approach, Velky said.
Educators, Velky said, “have learned from this experience about how to connect, and how not to connect.” The shift to actual engagement through technology, he said, “will be a more difficult shift than moving to technology.”