Snow days are coming to an end in heavily weather controlled areas. Teachers and schools have started working and actually using a new program, where the students can have a "virtual day". These keep the schools from canceling school. Even though having a day off from school might seem like a relief and day off with no worries, a snow day can cost a school district a lot of money. These new plans of "virtual days" will help keep some schools from missing so many days of vital class time.
Of course, I love snow days. It would not be ideal for school to come up with a way to have school anyway, despite the bad weather. Of course, Dallas won't have to worry about this because we rarely have weather days. However, I can see how it would be very beneficial and useful for school districts to do this as a way to save money, and have more class time.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/23/living/snow-days-virtual-schools/index.html?hpt=us_c2
This is a good idea for schools but it probably need a lot of support from the teachers and the students to pursue this "virtual day."
ReplyDeleteWell, this may be a good idea for economic reasons; but what will they do when there's a bad snowstorm and people get snowed in, or when it's simply dangerous to leave the house or drive? These things can happen now and then.
ReplyDelete-Hannah Selby 4th
I agree that virtual days probably won't be very popular among teachers and students. who doesn't love to have days off? -Nia Edwards 4th period
ReplyDeleteI dont really see this working unless there is some form of attendance requirement in where the teacher is aware of who is attending the session and who is not. Regardless it is an interesting idea.
ReplyDeletei dont feel as though i would be motivated to get online and do school work. Of school said there was a "virtual day" i would most likely forget and be counted as absent anyways...
ReplyDeleteYeah no kid would actually "attend" class. Plus, what about the kids who don't have access to the resources like a computer or wifi for something like that?
ReplyDeleteI believe that there is good intent behind the 'virtual days', but I agree with the comment above stating what about the kids who don't have access to computers. It wouldn't be fair to them.
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