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Then that would be part of essential learning experience (not being locked in to arbitrary applications) —- as important as reading and math. If Zoom goes down

Then that would be part of essential learning experience (not being locked in to arbitrary applications) —- as important as reading and math. If Zoom goes down, so long as there’s some other service, the teacher can send out URLs to the class via emails, and people should be able to get setup quite easily, and help each other out. There will be some corner cases which will involves a bit more of a struggle, but it should be relatively smooth (easier than the first time around).

PretzelFisch 6y ago
There is the cost of the other service, the districts/school have to have contracts with both. The teachers and students have to be trained on both. If webex does not work for the day our school is out. In our district although the teachers can work remote( most do) when the school site loses power or has fire evacuation orders instruction stops for all it's students.
scottlamb 6y ago
> Then that would be part of essential learning experience (not being locked in to arbitrary applications) —- as important as reading and math. I'm already sad about the time my son is spending learning about video chat etiquette instead of in-person etiquette or reading and math. Even as an ex-SRE who likes to be n+1 on many things, I can't get excited about kindergarteners spending extra time learning _another_ app. Packaging it as an essential learning experience about vendor lock-in isn't going to change that.