Almost-A-Month of Online Classes Thoughts Part 2

This is the teacher's perspective by the way. If you haven't read my article that shows how students handle the ongoing online classes, please do check it out by clicking on the link below.

https://read.cash/@stellaluna/almost-a-month-of-online-classes-thoughts-part-1-b3daa933

I have seen mixed comments regarding my article and how the students struggle to keep up with this new method of learning. I would say that I deeply understand each and every comment. Whether they are okay with this new learning system or how they want it to stop so most families can save time, money and effort. Time because I know many people that uses social media, not only to get rid of boredom, but to be able to make and find jobs. It is so important to those who got affected by the pandemic lockdown since most businesses are still closed and are not going to open unless the problem is over. Money because most students are just buying load for their internet or data connection so they can keep up with the online classes. Not all are provided with the module or paper works that are said to be given to those people who can't afford to be logging-in in Google Meet or Zoom or Discord, but the otherwise happened. And effort since not all are actually learning. Students just do requirements for the sake of passing their grades and not really learning the lessons they should be learning.

But for every problem, there is always two sides of the coin. And you can't look at only one side then judge everything. Everything must be fair even though life is never fair.

I have seen my teachers do more works than students. Physically and mentally speaking, they are tired. Looking at my computer professors, I will not say that all of them are good at what they are doing, but some are. For example, one professor manage to help students when it comes to data consuming or band with and how they can learn anytime they want. One of my professors used Discord as our online platform for our classes. He is the only who used that out of six of my classes. Few reasons why I love being in his class is because how he handled his way of teaching and how we can learn from it. He has this channel where all of his lectures are in a video. In that video, you can hear him explaining everything about one or more topic. But the catch is that the video is posted in his YouTube channel. In which for me, it is amazing. You can go back to the video every time you want and if there is something that doesn't sound right or isn't well explained, you can send a private message to him which he will respond immediately, depends if he has other classes or none. Another is the way his voice isn't that much of a struggle to understand which I really appreciate. I think he really knows how to handle a class, online or offline mode.

Some professors of mine tend to just read whatever is in the Powerpoint presentation or module. That thing is not really interesting. I mean, yes, you can read it but somehow do it passionately. What does that mean? For example, first and foremost, if you are to put something in a presentation file, just put little amount of words. Audience are not fond of too many things in a presentation because it just makes it boring and another is that most of it are not really related to the topic the speaker is explaining. Also, for teachers like that or tends to be like that, explain outside the box. Not say things that we can read too.

What really bothers me in the side of the teachers is how this modern technology is not relatable to them all. I have seen teachers and professors struggle on how to use a laptop or even move the cursors to where it has to be. It is so hard since most of them are already old and these modern era things are not easily thought. I feel for bad for them, especially to those who doesn't have someone on their side who can able to teach them even if it takes so much time. For students who notice that their teachers struggle to like to go to the next Powerpoint slide or open a document or even open a folder, please do teach them. Instead of making fun of them, help them. In their part, everything in the computer is hard since it's new for them. It will not only make them know how to do things but for your class to be productive little by little. Lessons or topics can be thought, respect and discipline is within you.

What do you think of your professors when it comes to online classes? Should we continue or should we have an academic freeze?