{"id":1603,"date":"2020-08-13T05:51:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T12:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2020-08-13T05:51:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T12:51:36","slug":"distance-learning-is-in-the-best-interest-of-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/?p=1603","title":{"rendered":"Distance Learning is in the best interest of WHO?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1604\" width=\"225\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image.png 225w, https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, I was asked to \u2018weigh in\u2019 on \u2018virtual\u2019 learning as a replacement for \u2018brick and mortar\u2019 learning for an elementary age youth \u2014 you would think an opinion would be a no brainer. However, consider this scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yo are a kindergarten student who has graduated from a stimulating preschool filled with blocks and activities to now be shown (thanks to COVID) your next year long education experience: A computer screen. (see side New Yorker image). WHAAAT?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Academy of American Pediatrics is clear that any more than 2 hours of \u2018on screen\u2019 time can be detrimental to kids, and encourage total \u2018turn off\u2019 to learning if they are forced more screen time. Experts suggest screen time for kids leads to obesity, moods swings, even speech delays. In the end, it would appear that if all you exercise is eye and hand movement, other areas of development will falter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, when you add COVID-19 to the mix with a school board that amends regulations in the face of changes in politics and strategy, you have an interesting conundrum \u2014 if the opinion is to return to school, how do you keep kids safe in a brick and mortar school to keep it as safe as a \u2018virtual\u2019 experience. The AAP provides guidelines as well as does the Association of School Superintendents in keeping kids within small groupings within \u2018bubbles\u2019 or \u2018pods\u2019 of learners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you concerned as an attorney, a judge, a parent or professional in what the immediate (and long term) future holds in education? What other safeties need to be in place? I have my opinion, and I\u2019m interested in hearing yours. Please contact me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I was asked to \u2018weigh in\u2019 on \u2018virtual\u2019 learning as a replacement for \u2018brick and mortar\u2019 learning for an elementary age youth \u2014 you would think an opinion would be a no brainer. However, consider this scenario. Yo are a kindergarten student who has graduated from a stimulating preschool filled with blocks and activities<a href=\"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/?p=1603\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Distance Learning is in the best interest of WHO?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slug"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1632,"href":"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions\/1632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drmarkburdick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}