Here we are in the COVID pandemic and it seems the research students are the ones most prepared to deal with the ire of virtual learning. Never did I expect that a sample program with Chromebooks would grow to such a vital part of the educational landscape. Fortunately, the learning curve varies and students and teachers are collaborating and working their way through the gulf that distance learning must navigate to better or worse success.
Since this initiative began, a whole host of technology programs have sprung up - it's a whole new technological world into which we're all plunged! Luckily, we can see benefits and the holes for improvements to come...a blessing and a curse. Often the students lead the way toward improvements which is probably due to their familiarity with technology all their short lives whereas many of the adults in the room grew up with touch-tone phones and typewriters!
