What do Keys students think about the new normal for their education? We asked a few, and here’s what they had to say:
Max Childress
6th Grade
Marathon Middle High School
Have you tried your new platform yet? Yes, it was Google classroom. I already know how to do that and sign in. I did all my work in about 1.5 hours this morning, but I think more stuff will be posted this afternoon. I have a video conference that I can join if I want to, but I don’t have any questions so I won’t.
Are you feeling confident about virtual school? Yes, because I do well in school and I think it will be just as easy at home.
What do you think will be the strangest part? I guess not having a teacher there to teach me. I just have to go on there and read stuff, I guess. For P.E., I have to watch a video about doing yoga every morning.
Isaiah Cosme
Junior
Coral Shores High School
Have you tried your new platform yet? I tried it for the first time today (April 1).
Are you feeling confident about virtual school? So far from what I have done online, I am feeling confident in online school. It seems like all my teachers want me to excel and are making it as easy as possible for everyone to learn while under these unnatural conditions.
What do you think will be the strangest part? The strangest thing for me is not physically being at school, being isolated without everyday contact, with not only friends, but teachers as well.
Evelyn “Eva” Norwood
4th grade
Poinciana Elementary School
Have you tried your new online platform yet? Yes, today (April 1) was the first day.
Are you feeling confident about virtual school? I think so, but getting started was sort of hard. We had to download a lot of stuff, and then it took forever to get logged in. But my mom and other people said not to worry too much in the beginning because everybody’s having the same problems.
What do you think will be the strangest part? It’s not really strange, but I do like being able to see kids in my class, even if it’s on the computer, because we haven’t seen each other in so long. Sometimes my teacher is on the screen talking, and sometimes she shows us what she wants us to see on her screen.
Ali Woltanski
Junior
Coral Shores High School
Have you tried out your new platform? Yes, I’ve been on all the platforms. All my classes are on Google classrooms except for one which uses Canvas.
What’s the best part with this new setup? I’m glad there are still ways to contact our teachers, like office hours or google meets, but I miss getting to interact face to face and taking care of my fish in Marine science.
