Teaching Seven Year Olds Over the Internet: How Hard Could It Be?
By Kyler Van Vliet
Remote learning has proven to be a real learning curve for both the college student and professor, but perhaps the true struggle lies with the job of trying to manage the education of 22 six and seven year-olds.
Jana Schubert of Blenman Elementary School is a first-grade teacher who has been adapting to remote learning since the fourth quarter of the 2019-20 school year.
Schubert, 58, spent the bulk of her 21-year career teaching at White Elementary before moving to Blenman two years ago.
For the past year, her and her peers have been on the frontlines of educating elementary students through remote learning, guiding curriculum from home. Schubert stressed how difficult the year has been for not only herself and the staff, but also for the students. She said that ...
