Ah, the world of technology. Virtual classrooms, Face time, conference videos. It's the second best thing to actually being with someone or a group of people.
My grand children have been using two particular platforms to do their distance learning. One is called Google Classroom and the other is one I recently discovered. It's called Zoom. You can video chat with one or more people, together or separately. They're both amazing.
I've been using Zoom to do my weekly discussion groups with a group of seniors in an assisted living home. It can be done from anywhere with any computer, iPad or notebook that has an internet connection.
The other thing I use Zoom for is to video chat with a group of former colleagues who are spread all over the country. Six or seven of us got together recently and reconnected from the comfort of our homes.
The part of Zoom that I especially like beside the technical features is it's free for a 40 minute meeting. More than that and you have to pay a monthly fee. I find 40 minutes to be quite sufficient.
Can you imagine the fix we'd be in were it not for these technologies? Schools and businesses would be completely shut down. Some companies are thinking of continuing with this format even after the pandemic.
Not so the schools. Distance learning is no where near as effective as being in a classroom but it's definitely better than nothing.
Who knows what the future has in store for these kinds of technologies? That's the challenge for our children and grand children. For now I find Zoom plenty challenging-and fun!
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