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Gilly Shankland

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Jun 18, 2020 3:51 pm

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Some children on my caselist are shielding or are not choosing to return to school.
I am seeking solutions that would bring the classroom (and its CYP) into the home for these students.
I've looked at Microsoft and Zoom Whiteboards, but I don't think these can achieve both of the above?
Ideally, it would be good to use the IWBs in schools to combine with the teacher voice and, if possible, interactivity from home.
We want to include these children with their classes and have looked at the AV1 Robot, which we love but will have some issues for schools. Sadly we will not be able to afford to trial these.

Our preference is for tech that is already in use in schools and can be adapted to combine home and school learning for our children.
Any thoughts/ideas are welcome?

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Donna Carter

Jun 18, 2020 4:46 pm

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Hi Gilly,

If I need support at home DCC Service Desk can tap in to my laptop and see my screen to support with any IT issues - I wonder if there is some technology out there to do a similar thing to enable children to join?

I know of teachers that are using Skype/Teams to share lessons and actually filming lessons.

Microsoft Teams enables you to mirror/share your screen could this help?

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Gilly Shankland

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Jun 20, 2020 8:47 am

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<p style="text-align: left;">Hi Donna,</p>
Thank you for your thoughts

We're looking for a way to include the CYP who is shielding/part-time timetable/unable to attend, to participate and engage in classroom learning from home.

We also have 'remote desktop' but it doesn't enable participation and the CYP's voice.

I'm currently looking at Microsoft Teams (using Microsoft's integrated Whiteboard & Stream) and can see how this might work but ideally I want the CYP at home to have a voice and be an active class member to enable the fullest possible participation.

Any thoughts?

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