Lofty Suggestions From the Other Side of the Screen

Suggestions From the Other Side of the Screen I am not generally a complainer. If I see a problem, I immediately want to solve it or find a better way. Remote learning has been taxing for me mentally and emotionally because I am constantly wondering what I could/would do differently or better if I were on the other side of the screen. It's a limited view, because I can only see through my own lens, but it gets wider every time I talk to a teacher, parent or educator willing to share a small piece of the puzzle. In that spirit, I humbly share the following lofty suggestions. Lofty Suggestion 1: Plan from what matters most. There's a reason the phrase " Maslow before Bloom " was on the verge of overuse in education, even before COVID-19. We must not only acknowledge the importance of basic needs before academics, we must also prioritize and plan from this understanding. I'd argue the continuum of need in remote learning/hybrid learning and safe return to school sho