TO
TO MANAGING A DAUNTING WORK+@/LIFE BALANCE AND NEW
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT A MAJORITY
OF AMERICANS THINK ONLINE
LEARNING IS HERE TO STAY TO
TALK AB+@OUT THIS NEW NORMAL, W
ARE LOVED TALKING TO THE
COFOUNDER OF PEARSON'S
CONNECTIONS ACADEMY +@ONE OF TH
LARGEST K-12 ONLINE SCHOOLS IN
THE COUNTRY AND MICKEY THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US.
WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR
FAMILIES EMBARKING ON THIS NEW
YEAR WITH REMOTE LEARNING?
>> OF THE REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR
FAMILIES IS EVERYTHING THEY
LEARNED LAST SPRING WHEN I HAD
TO DO THIS ON AN EMERGENCY
BASIS AND WHAT THEY +@PUT IN
PLACE THIS FALL, IT WILL SERVE
+@
+@ THEM
+@ THEM WELL THE LONG HAUL.
AS YOU NOTED THERE IS A SENSE
THAT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TO
STAY AT THIS+@ POINT AND THAT
ONLINE LEARNING WILL BE A PART
OF EVERYONE'S FUTURE GOING
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
FORWARD. SO THE STRUCTURES YO+@U PUT IN
PLACE RIGHT NOW AND THE
ACCOMMODATIONS YOU MAKE FOR
YOUR FAMILY TO MAKE IT THROUGH
THIS FALL AND THRIVE WILL SERVE
YOU WELL IN THE LONG HAUL.>>
WHAT ABOUT FAMILIES +@WHO DO NO
HAVE THREE OR 4000 FT.2 HOMES
OR KIDS OF MULTIPLE AGES?
HOW DO THEY BALANCE THE KIDS
LEARNING AND THEM ALSO WORKING
FROM HOME?
FROM HOME? >> WE USED TO TALK ABOUT
WORK/LIFE BALANCE NOT
CHALLENGING IT WAS AND I WENT
WORK/LIFE/SCHOOL BALANCE
WORK/LIFE/SCHOOL BALANCE INDICATE EVERYTHING IS
+@ ORGANIZATION FINDING A WAY TO
STRUCTURE YOUR DAY AND MAKE IT
VISIBLE IN TERMS OF YOUR
SCHEDULE BUT ALSO HAVE
SCHEDULES IN PLACE FOR YOUR
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS. THAT COULD MEAN KNOWING ONE OF
YOUR +@KIDS NEEDS TO HAVE A
LITTLE BIT EXTRA HELP TO GET
STARTED IN THE MORNING AND ONCE
THEY GET STARTED THEY ARE GOOD.
AND ANOTHER ONE THEY NEED TO
GET UP AND TAKE A BREAK AFTER
EVERY LESSON YOU NEED TO BE
ABLE TO GO WITH THE FLOW IN
TERMS OF YOUR OWN WORK.
THE REALLY GOOD NEWS IS YOU ARE
NOT LOCKED IN+@ A TRADITIONAL
SCHOOL DAY.
SCHOOL DAY. FLEXIBILITY IS THE KEY TO
EVERYTHING AND THE ABILITY TO
TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND WORK
IN SMALL CHUNKS AND GET UP AND
MOVE AROUND AND MOVED TO A
DIFFERENT PART OF THE HOUSE AND
READ A PAPERBACK BOOK AS
OPPOSED TO HAVING TO BE ON
+@
+@ SCREEN
+@ SCREEN ALL THE TIME.
IT WILL MAKE THIS FEEL LIKE A
NORMAL PART OF THE FLOW EVERY
DAY AND MAKE THE MAGIC OF BEING
TOGETHER AS A FAMILY SOMETHING
THAT PAYS OFF.>> +@THE SOCIAL
LIFE IS A HUGE PAR+@T OF SCHOOL
HOW DO PARENTS HELP KEEP THOSE
CONNECTIONS?>> IT IS A VERY
CRITICAL THING AND MOST OF US
ARE SOCIAL+@ LEARNERS IN A+@DDI
TO BEING SOCIAL CREATURES SPENT
BUILDING INTO YOUR SCHOOL DAY
SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR
CHILD TO INTERACT WITH THEIR
CLASSMATES VIA ZOOM OR
VIDEOCONFERENCE LIKE WHAT WE
ARE DOING NOW OR FACE TIME.
ARRANGING CAREFULLY SOCIALLY
DISTANCED IN PLACE PLAY DATES
WITH FAMILIES YOU KNOW ARE
FOLLOWING THE SAME PROTOCOLS AS
YOU.>> LASTLY WHAT ABOUT THE
YOUNGEST KIDS?
YOUNGEST KIDS? THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE MOST
TROUBLE +@BEING ONLINE AND NOT
HA+@VING THAT FACE-TO-FACE
INTERACTION.
INTERACTION. HO+@W DO YOU STRUCTURE THE DAY
A FIRST GRADER I'M A FIVE OR
SIX-YEAR-OLD IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT?>> THE MAIN THING
IS TO THINK IN SMALL CHUNKS, 30
OR 50 MINU+@TES AT A TIME ONLIN
AND THEN FOR SKILLS LIKE
LEARNING TO READ, THAT HUMAN
INTERACTION IS CRITICAL THAT
CAN COME FRO+@M PARENTS OR
+@
CAN COME FRO+@M PARENTS OR SIBLINGS, IT CAN COME FROM A
ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE TEACHER.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT ONLINE
LEARNING YOU THINK IT HAS TO BE
MUCH MORE THAN JUST KIDS AT
HOME BY THEMSELVES INTERACTING
WITH SOME AT ON +@THEIR iPAD+@?
100%.
100%.
100%. WE
100%. WE HAVE BEEN DOING FULL TIME
ONLINE SCHOOL FOR YEARS AND +@
THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES WHERE THEY
ONLINE SCHOOL FOR YEARS AND +@ THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES WHERE THEY@
INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND
THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH DEEP AND
EXCITING CURRICULUM AND THEY'RE
NOT JUST DOING WORKSHEETS.
THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH VIDEO
AND AUDIO AND INTERACTIVE
MATERIAL ONLINE.
MATERIAL ONLINE. +@
MATERIAL ONLINE. AND WHEN THEY CONNECT WITH
THEIR TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES
IT IS TO DO THAT DEEP KIND OF
WORK YOU CAN ONLY DO PERSON-TO-
PERSON.
PERSON.
PERSON. >> WE'RE ALL CROS+@SING OUR
FINGERS THAT IT GOES BETTER
THAN IT DID LAST SPRING.
>> ABSOLUTELY IT CAN ONLY BE
BETTER THAN