With the recent coronavirus pandemic, most interactions and activities have shifted online. The highly contagious nature of the virus drove everyone to stay inside their houses to avoid physical contact and further spread of the virus.
Schools are one of the sectors that are hugely affected by the pandemic. Its highly physical nature makes schools a potential spreading ground for the virus. Because of this, most of the schools shifted to distance or remote learning, a method of educating students without them needing to be physically present in school.
Zoom has been a popular choice to conduct distance learning. It is a live-video platform where different schools can conduct classes online. It can be installed easily in any device.
Even with Zoom that made virtual human to human interaction easier, the sudden shift to distance learning by almost all schools poses challenges to both the schools and the students. Both parties need to have the proper equipment where they can install Zoom in order to conduct a synchronous class online.
Your high school child may have worked with computers and video conferencing applications before but it is a good measure to ensure that your child has everything he/she needs to catch up with the enforced distance learning.