Amongst other things today, like preparing an online exam, I have been thinking of child poverty and the whole free-school meals debacle. Friends who are creating online learning for schools should consider this: Paulo Friere, the founder of critical pedagogy and an influential educational philospher, had to drop out of school after the death of his father and the 1930’s economic depression. It was not because of his lack of interest or ability (as we now know), but the distraction due to sheer abject hunger; he went on to take up stealing in order to sustain his family.

Two points come to mind:

1) Everyone has a back story and a struggle that they are trying to climb out from. So be kind, it costs nothing.

2) If you think currently, children that are homebound, are having a merry time, watching YouTube, Instagram or something else, think again…

See more here >> https://youtu.be/tyZEJHcY6q8 and here https://www.downes.ca/post/71819 via Stephen Downes