Thread by @NycTeaching

So, where do I start. I know many schools who are using google classroom who gave this schedule to staff. It makes no sense to use a bell schedule for such a platform @NYCMayor @DOEChancellor (cont.)

1- there is NO WAY of tracking which students sign in and at what time using Google Classroom
2- even if you could, why reduce learning to 25min periods when this platform allows for students to have access to assignments 24/7, that's the whole point of online courses! (Cont.)

3- the time time flexibility of an online course is exactly what students need, especially in a time when many parents may be working from home and may need to use the computer
4- this takes NO ACCOUNT into families with multiple children who need to sign on
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5- having a bell schedule? Are virtual students, that you cant track, who may not be able to sign in, going to be marked late??? This whole idea is laughable and reeks of @DOEChancellor , @NYCMayor and his lackey superintendents having no clue how this platform works..(cont)

I wonder if they even know how to turn on a light switch, let alone run Google Classroom.
6- staff, parents , and students have had little if any training on this. Admins have spent the better part of the 3 days trying to figure out how to track teachers (cont)..

7- for all the talk by @NYCMayor about poverty and the social emotional needs of our students, this is the plan put forth, it doesn't take into consideration students with little or no tech or families with parents working from home who need to use computers for work (cont)

Dont worry @DOEChancellor and @NYCMayor , us teachers will continue to work and not "steal your money." I just wonder what you do to earn yours @UFT #teachers #nycteacher #doe