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Secondary Schools providing Lesson Videos

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jacobibatoli · 26/04/2020 23:00

Is there any reason why are the secondary schools cannot provide lesson videos?
The schools in the US are doing this
universities are doing this

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BlessYourCottonSocks · 26/04/2020 23:03

Yes. It's called safeguarding. We have been forbidden to do so at our school.

whoosit · 26/04/2020 23:08

My child's school are providing video/live lessons using Google classrooms. Secondary in england.

littleducks · 26/04/2020 23:10

Video conference calls or video of lessons?

Both primary and secondary here have teachers recording video clips for lessons (very short for year one primary like 5 min clips and link to Read write Inc on YouTube which post longer like a full phonics lesson).

My daughter secondary has video registration and assembly or pshe or both not sure. But academic lessons are on Microsoft teams with teacher video clips and text 'chat' between students.

CalleighDoodle · 26/04/2020 23:11

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bettyboo40 · 26/04/2020 23:12

Trying to teach live lessons online aren't practical. Many students do not have appropriate laptops etc or even WiFi at home. There are also safeguarding concerns doing this.
For pre-recorded videos, I could find a much better quality video already produced online, and provide students with a link to watch it and give them an appropriate worksheet. Teaching isn't about giving lectures.
There are many threads on this already if you do a search.

Uygop · 26/04/2020 23:17

I know someone who teaches at a French secondary school. She is giving lessons online, though using audio only. Referring to exercises, etc. Basically normal lessons. This could be done in the UK too. My 15 year old has so far received no work at all from her school. Literally zero.

whoosit · 26/04/2020 23:18

You could also check out the bbc or oak national academy lessons if you are looking for something for your child. Full programme of lessons there.

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jacobibatoli · 26/04/2020 23:20

Dear CalleighDoodle
I don't know why you are so aggressive.
The school my kids go to don't offer Lesson Videos, and speaking to teachers of other schools in the local area, they didn't provide Lesson Vidoes either, so I assumed that the secondary schools weren't providing them period.
Are you a teacher?

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DippyAvocado · 26/04/2020 23:21

I'm a primary teacher. I've tried to do some video clips to help my kids but the technology I have at home is not up to it. I spent an hour and a half trying to record a 5 minute video but the sound on my crappy old school laptop kept failing. I had to do it in my bedroom out of the way so my kids wouldn't interrupt, with just a mini-whiteboard to demonstrate on. I can't go into school to do them because my school has been completely shut. We are teaching key worker's kids at a hub school but only the classrooms used for that are opened up to avoid having to deep clean everything else so I can't go into school and record things. I have managed to record some audio over some powerpoint slides that I've made but that's as far as I've been able to get.

We have an online learning platform set up that we can set activities on, but nothing like Teams or Google classroom already in place. Maybe US places of education and universities have been funding technology properly for the past decade rather than cutting everything to the bone.

The government has set up the online Oak National academy which has videos and online lessons as well as video lessons through the BBC.

Pipandmum · 26/04/2020 23:21

Our private school is doing all the lessons online. They are keeping to regular schedule, starting with registration and ending the day with the various clubs that can be done remotely. I'm not sure what the safeguarding issues are - it's the usual teacher conducting the lessons live from their home, in some cases from school (which is open for key worker children).
Everyone has wifi, and for those that do not have equipment (or more likely with several children, not enough) the school were able to provide some. But the majority have at least one computer and iPad or similar. The junior school may be run slightly differently with perhaps not all day in front of screens and more independent work, but my child is in Y10.

CalleighDoodle · 26/04/2020 23:22

Yes i am. But thats not the only reason i can do a topic search. it is a pretty basic skill.

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jacobibatoli · 26/04/2020 23:23

littleducks
I meant video of a lesson that could be downloaded, rather than live video/conferencing
Schools could build up a good library resource

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middleager · 26/04/2020 23:24

We have been told it's because not everybody has access to a computer or device, therefore nobody can have video lessons.

There's going to be a bigger divide between schools that offer video lessons and those that don't.

littleducks · 26/04/2020 23:24

What is the provision for your kids?

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jacobibatoli · 26/04/2020 23:26

CalleighDoodle
I don't understand the hyperbolic agression
There is a mryiad of replies that show that some schools do and some schools don't (and for different reasons)

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bettyboo40 · 26/04/2020 23:27

Pipandmum, many students in state schools do not have computer facilities and WiFi. It would be very different for children from
affluent families who go to private school. And there are huge safeguarding issues. I'm too tired to discuss them here, but just read one of the other many threads posted about exactly the same thing.

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jacobibatoli · 26/04/2020 23:27

Homeworks and coursework using various educational sites

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bettyboo40 · 26/04/2020 23:29

And as I and others have mentioned, the recording quality of anything I try and produce at home would be awful. I could find a link to an appropriate video already produced.

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jacobibatoli · 26/04/2020 23:31

bettyboo40
I agree if not all kids have not got access to wifi and a computer that would be an unfair disadvantage
we(me) take it for granted when we have them
thank you all

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CalleighDoodle · 26/04/2020 23:31

That doesn't mean the thread hadnt been done before. Several dozen times. Whats with the need to post it again? Seriously? Why post the same thread for whats probably the third time this weekend?!

middleager · 26/04/2020 23:31

Mine are y9 by the way.
Some of the independent schools by us are doing video lessons.

They'll also be applying to our 6th forms with the advantage of having had live lessons.

I asked my year 9s if they prefer learning via textbook/online as opposed to lessons. They both said lessons were so much better and that video lessons would be helpful.

Uygop · 26/04/2020 23:34

Thanks for mentioning the Oak Academy. It only covers some subjects though. I know for a fact that some French and German teachers are using conference calls, either with or without video. So they are actually talking to the children. It's possible. Saying that no-one is allowed any real teaching because some don't have a laptop is a weak excuse. In China, loads of children manage with mobile phones. And better to teach 2/3 of the class than nobody.

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jacobibatoli · 26/04/2020 23:38

CalleighDoodle
next time I will do a basic search otherwise I''ll get another U

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whoosit · 26/04/2020 23:40

I do think it's down to the individual schools. My child goes to a regular state school in England, not independent, and they have live online lessons. Some video pre recorded stuff too but basically a timetable to follow.

bettyboo40 · 26/04/2020 23:43

'Real' teaching is impossible at the moment. Students not having laptops isn't an excuse for no work I agree - they are sent hard copies of work. This was a discussion of providing online videos.
An example of just 2 of my days this week. Looking after key worker's children in a hub school one day. Another day setting and marking work and responding to numerous emails. I also had Video meetings with colleagues regarding grading year 11 students. It took about 6 hours one day ranking GCSE students in my subject. Plus I was looking after my own children. I couldn't physically teach live lessons all day.