
Coronavirus has brought a variety of changes to our everyday lives. Masks, social distancing, working from home. Many children have had their routines upended as well, having to go to school online. Every state and county adhere to different policies, but most kids have experienced remote learning at some point over the last 8 months. With this new norm comes new technology and new dangers that you may not be familiar with. Safely learning from home will be accomplished by understanding where possible dangers might lie and how to combat them.
Also called distance learning, remote learning is the act of learning in an arena which isn’t face-to-face. Most distance learning takes place at home, over the internet. With the need to quarantine and social distance due to Coronavirus, distance learning became a way for kids to still go to school.
If your child is enrolled in remote learning, their school should provide you with guidelines for both students and parents to follow. Every school is different, so you should take the time to read over all policies and guidelines.
The first step to keeping your child safe is to know what to look for and what not to do.
Distance or remote learning looks like it will become more and more common in the future. If you use the information above to your advantage, your child will be safely learning from home with no issues.