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Disasters are also opportunities. Inventing and re-inventing, in a hurry, can force us to put in 'good enough' solutions, which end up iterating into true innovation and paradigm changes.

This is not a "schools are broken" rant. There are schools, staff and teachers which do tremendous, underappreciated work. With 4 kids between the ages of 9 and 19, I have seen it first-hand.

There is always room for improvement and improving remote education would make learning opportunities available to many more people, and be a great experience for many.

The 'conversation' theme in this post for example: https://seths.blog/2020/03/the-conversation/

And the 'collaboration' theme in this post: https://avc.com/2020/03/teaching-online/



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