Weez911 Supersonic March 28, 2020 Share March 28, 2020 (edited) . Edited March 28, 2020 by Weez911 ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yishunite Turbocharged March 28, 2020 Share March 28, 2020 (edited) Expected this after my girl came home with home study pack last week But shock that only one day a week. And her after school care remain open but now with sch holiday surcharge on the noschool day... Simi sai neither here nor there measure Edited March 28, 2020 by yishunite 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryn Turbocharged March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 All New Zealand schools are closed. is not so much a matter of kids getting sick, more a matter that they can transmit / carry the disease. And we all know how good hygiene is for kids. the whole point here is two fold 1. You can have Covid-19 for two weeks before show symptoms 2. Kids may be totally asymptomatic You want to stop community transmission Dad catches from colleague, passes to child, child passes to 3 school mates, 3 school mates go home and pass to maid, mum and two grandparents - then how? As already said - either safe or not safe, this is a half fark measure that is not going to go anything 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkseah Supercharged March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 I see this more as an exercise to test out the e-learning platform and resolved any issues where students are unable to access. Resolving the problems will make any subsequent lockdown go smoother. But this exercise should have taken place earlier rather than this week. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianli Hypersonic March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 21 minutes ago, Darryn said: All New Zealand schools are closed. is not so much a matter of kids getting sick, more a matter that they can transmit / carry the disease. And we all know how good hygiene is for kids. the whole point here is two fold 1. You can have Covid-19 for two weeks before show symptoms 2. Kids may be totally asymptomatic You want to stop community transmission Dad catches from colleague, passes to child, child passes to 3 school mates, 3 school mates go home and pass to maid, mum and two grandparents - then how? As already said - either safe or not safe, this is a half fark measure that is not going to go anything Just wondering, in NZ, school closed, students still got homework, onliine lessons and test or exam to do? Here in SG, pretty much kiasu mentality, if school closed, schools MUST pile the kids with homework, projects, assignments, online lesson, online tution, online test and exam. All my friends with school going kids discussing what to do if school closed. How to keep the kid busy to keep up with their studies. None of them mention letting their kids have a break or do other enrichment non-study activities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 14 minutes ago, Tkseah said: I see this more as an exercise to test out the e-learning platform and resolved any issues where students are unable to access. Resolving the problems will make any subsequent lockdown go smoother. But this exercise should have taken place earlier rather than this week. e-learning platform isnt new leh. They have been doing this e-learning whenever they free up days to mark PSLE papers in the past. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkseah Supercharged March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Watwheels said: e-learning platform isnt new leh. They have been doing this e-learning whenever they free up days to mark PSLE papers in the past. It's same that many companies have VPN for many years and still got problem when BCP activated for staff to work from home.. have to do another round of testing before go full fledged.. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mkl22 Twincharged March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 25 minutes ago, Tkseah said: I see this more as an exercise to test out the e-learning platform and resolved any issues where students are unable to access. Resolving the problems will make any subsequent lockdown go smoother. But this exercise should have taken place earlier rather than this week. absolutely right. thats why they also stagger the e learning days to not stress the system too much. i guess the damn system cannot cope with the load and will crash BIG TIME if every school goes into e- learning. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianli Hypersonic March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 15 minutes ago, Mkl22 said: absolutely right. thats why they also stagger the e learning days to not stress the system too much. i guess the damn system cannot cope with the load and will crash BIG TIME if every school goes into e- learning. So far, 8 weeks into e-learning. System no crash at all. The Zoom/Microsoft Teams session handled 300+ students at the same time w/o any problems. Some more lecturers were using multiple video screening. Lockdown browser handling 500+ students doing online test at the same time w/o any problems. All the university have been using online learning for the past few weeks liao. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mkl22 Twincharged March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 18 minutes ago, Adrianli said: So far, 8 weeks into e-learning. System no crash at all. The Zoom/Microsoft Teams session handled 300+ students at the same time w/o any problems. Some more lecturers were using multiple video screening. Lockdown browser handling 500+ students doing online test at the same time w/o any problems. All the university have been using online learning for the past few weeks liao. e learning not only on zoom. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 It's only on two Wed, 01/04 and 08/04 ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianli Hypersonic March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 27 minutes ago, Picnic06-Biante15 said: It's only on two Wed, 01/04 and 08/04 ... April's Fool Day? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianli Hypersonic March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 38 minutes ago, Mkl22 said: e learning not only on zoom. Uni is pretty much self-learning. So mostly is lectures and tutorials on Zoom/Microsoft Teams. Tutorials done on Zoom is pretty interactive. Lecturer chooses a name, unmute the person and he/she have to give an answer. The person can also annotate on the screen with drawings and typing. Also can ask questions, unlike in classroom, ppl scare to raise hands. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsswan 6th Gear March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Tkseah said: I see this more as an exercise to test out the e-learning platform and resolved any issues where students are unable to access. Resolving the problems will make any subsequent lockdown go smoother. But this exercise should have taken place earlier rather than this week. We are doing exactly the same this week for our very small office...….trial of wfh, flatten the kinks before we have to stay home - there are a few kinks this moment 😕 but Day1. Agree with you the schools already should have done, there are far more kids in the school than our little office. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mkl22 Twincharged March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, Adrianli said: Uni is pretty much self-learning. So mostly is lectures and tutorials on Zoom/Microsoft Teams. Tutorials done on Zoom is pretty interactive. Lecturer chooses a name, unmute the person and he/she have to give an answer. The person can also annotate on the screen with drawings and typing. Also can ask questions, unlike in classroom, ppl scare to raise hands. I guess we are talking about different things. I’m referring more to local primary and secondary school e learning platforms. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dleodleo Twincharged March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 (edited) On 3/27/2020 at 7:19 PM, Starry said: actually I don't understand why they so worry about parents not able to take care of their kids if school close. Then may I ask.....during school holidays how? Let the kids all run wild outside is it? Those young one also run wild outside during holidays? People tell me I can just don't let the kids go school if wan to be safe. But I dun like the kids to ponteng school leh.... I think they are worrying for childcare/student care centres. If all schools close, childcare centres and student care centres will have to be closed too. Then no people will look after the kids. But why close tuition centres and open schools? Aren't schools have more students in one class? Edited March 30, 2020 by Dleodleo 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_blade Turbocharged March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, Dleodleo said: I think they are worrying for childcare/student care centres. If all schools close, childcare centres and student care centres will have to be closed too. Then no people will look after the kids. But why close tuition centres and open schools? Aren't schools have more students in one class? I guess they are keeping only the essentials opened for the time being. Tuition, enrichment class, CCSs, etc are extras. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tianmo Hypersonic March 30, 2020 Share March 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, Dleodleo said: I think they are worrying for childcare/student care centres. If all schools close, childcare centres and student care centres will have to be closed too. Then no people will look after the kids. But why close tuition centres and open schools? Aren't schools have more students in one class? because tuition centres have students from different schools coming together. If one student becomes virus positive, a few schools mayb affected, suspended for a few days for cleaning. Whereas if students from the same school keep to school and home only, chances are if any student is virus positive, only that one school is affected. the worry is if a few schools announce virus positive at the same time, even if it is via the same tuition centre as the source, ppl still going to get panic. But if one school, then higher chance of an isolated case. but this is my thinking only lah.. ↡ Advertisement 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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