Using video-conferencing platforms such as Zoom, Google Classroom, and Class Dojo means that there must be additional laptops in a home, faster Internet and sometimes an adult on standby to remind the children the passwords, unmute or delete computer backgrounds with ocean views saved as children’s faces and generally ensure that online learning happens.
Their children use Google Classroom and Zoom, with their 40-minute classes running from 8am to 3 pm on weekdays.
Unfortunately, the online classes lack physical interaction with the teachers, making it hard to manage a big number of pupils learning on the platforms at once.
“If he doesn’t understand a concept, I have to teach him,” Meshack says, adding that this, together with a lack of physical interaction that young children need, are the disadvantages of online learning.
Dorena Maina, the Head of Prep School, says how the classes are structured and the compassion of the teachers, make it easy to do online learning.
