Educators confident online learning will work

Educators have been working for months to make sure online learning is a smoother, more effective process than what parents saw in March.

TO RELY ON DE PEREPUBLIC HEALTH FORGUIDANCE.... AS TO...IF AND WHEN.... THEYSHOULD CONDUCTCLASSES ONLINEEXCLUSIVELY."The digital learningtoward the end of last year- it was extremelydifficult.""It was a challenge forsure."WE'VE HEARD FROMPEOPLE WITHCONCERNS.THE MESSAGE THATWHEN SCHOOLSSWITCHED TO DIGITALLEARNING IN MARCH..IT WAS HARD.NOW..

MANYDISTRICTS AREPREPARED TO TRY ITAGAIN.IN TONIGHT'SREBOUND REPORT..NBC26'S MATTJARCHOW TALKS WITHEDUCATION LEADERSWHO ARE CONFIDENTTHIS TIME WILL BEDIFFERENT.WHILE STUDENTSHAVE BEEN AWAY..LEADERS OF THEPULASKI SCHOOLDISTRICT HAVE BEENSTUDYING UP..AMY UELMEN, PULASKICOMMUNITY SCHOOLDISTRICT INSTRUCTIONTECHNOLOGYCOORDINATOR"Really it's been awhirlwind since March."NOW..AS SEPTEMBERAPPROACHES..IT'S TIME FOR THETEST.AMY UELMEN, PULASKICOMMUNITY SCHOOLDISTRICT INSTRUCTIONTECHNOLOGYCOORDINATOR"It's absolutely achallenge, but I will saythat we have many staffwho have been workingreally hard and diligentlythroughout the summer tosupport our teachers andprovide the bestenvironment we can forour students and families."AMYUELMEN..PULASKI'SINSTRUCTIONTECHNOLOGYCOORDINATOR..SHOWED US WHATTHE DISTRICT'SONLINE LEARNINGPLATFORM WILL LOOKLIKE.IT'S DONE THROUGHTHISPLATFORM..CALLEDCANVAS.AMY UELMEN, PULASKICOMMUNITY SCHOOLDISTRICT INSTRUCTIONTECHNOLOGYCOORDINATOR"The homepage will showcourse information, it willhave links to studentsCanvas resources for helpand parents Canvasresources for help."AND IT'S HERE WHEREMIDDLE AND HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTSWILL DO A LOT OFTHEIR LEARNING..THEY'LL BE FULLYVIRTUAL THREE DAYSA WEEK.AMY UELMEN, PULASKICOMMUNITY SCHOOLDISTRICT INSTRUCTIONTECHNOLOGYCOORDINATOR"When you get intomodules, this is where allthe learning activities areposted.

For example,there will be a studentguide, so this will provideinformation on what theirweek will look like."STANDUP MATT"What Pulaksi hasprepared for is similar tomany other districts inNortheast Wisconsin.

Thespecific learning platformsand plans might vary, buteducation leaders believeas a whole, schools arenow prepared toeffectively teach kidsonline."JEFF DICKERT, CESA 7AGENCYADMINISTRATOR"It'll look a lot different."CESA 7ADMINISTRATOR JEFFDICKERT WORKS WITH38 AREA SCHOOLDISTRICTS..AND HASSEEN THE PLATFORMSAND PLANS MANY OFTHEM WILL USE FORDIGITAL LEARNING.JEFF DICKERT, CESA 7AGENCYADMINISTRATOR"I think the districts areexceptionally in a betterposition than we were inMarch.

Are they totallyready?

No.

I think they'regoing to have to movethrough this as well."DICKERT SAIDSTUDENTS ANDPARENTS ARE GOINGTO HAVE TO LEARNTHIS TECHNOLOGY..AND TEACHERS WILLTOO.DICKERT SAID THAT'LLBE AN ADJUSTMENTFOR ESTABLISHEDTEACHERS.AMY UELMEN, PULASKICOMMUNITY SCHOOLDISTRICT INSTRUCTIONTECHNOLOGYCOORDINATOR"I'm very confident in ourteaching staff and all ofour staff.

They are hardworkers and theypersevere, and they havea joy for students andlearning and will workreally hard to do what thedo for the success of all."..A LOT OF THAT HARDWORK HAS ALREADYBEEN DONE..WITH STUDENTSREADY TO LOG BACKIN..ONLINE LEARNING ISREADY TO GO..MATT JARCHOW, NBC26.IN DECISION 2020COVERAGE..