{"id":1319192,"date":"2020-03-31T14:08:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T20:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=475883"},"modified":"2020-04-01T08:36:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:36:14","slug":"vail-valley-schools-transition-to-online-learning-not-seamless-but-its-pretty-smooth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/vail-valley-schools-transition-to-online-learning-not-seamless-but-its-pretty-smooth\/","title":{"rendered":"Vail Valley schools\u2019 transition to online learning not seamless, but it\u2019s pretty smooth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.7624020887728\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-475883-756\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-1-1024x640.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Vail Mountain School photo | Vail Mountain School's kindergarten classes had an online party. Schools all over the valley and the country have made the transition from in-person classes to online classes. Locally, it's working well so far.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Vail Mountain School&#8217;s kindergarten classes had an online party. Schools all over the valley and the country have made the transition from in-person classes to online classes. Locally, it&#8217;s working well so far.<\/strong><br \/>Vail Mountain School photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-1-1024x640.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Vail Mountain School's kindergarten classes had an online party. Schools all over the valley and the country have made the transition from in-person classes to online classes. Locally, it's working well so far.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-2-150x150.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-2-1024x662.png\" data-sub-html=\"Vail Mountain School photo | This is VMS teacher Julia Litman's banana bread recipe.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>This is VMS teacher Julia Litman&#8217;s banana bread recipe.<\/strong><br \/>Vail Mountain School photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-2-1024x662.png\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"This is VMS teacher Julia Litman's banana bread recipe.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-3-816x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Vail Mountain School photo | Students can even give and receive virtual hugs.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Students can even give and receive virtual hugs.<\/strong><br \/>Vail Mountain School photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-3-816x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Students can even give and receive virtual hugs.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-4-782x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Vail Mountain School photo | Sometimes online learning means getting out of your chair, like this VMS phys. ed. class.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Sometimes online learning means getting out of your chair, like this VMS phys. ed. class.<\/strong><br \/>Vail Mountain School photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-4-782x1024.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Sometimes online learning means getting out of your chair, like this VMS phys. ed. class.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-5-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Vail Mountain School photo | This dog was positively resplendent in its VMS regalia for the VMS virtual spirit day. \" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>This dog was positively resplendent in its VMS regalia for the VMS virtual spirit day. <\/strong><br \/>Vail Mountain School photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-5-1024x768.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"This dog was positively resplendent in its VMS regalia for the VMS virtual spirit day. \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-6-1024x857.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Vail Mountain School photo | The same basic rules apply for online learning. Students need a spot where they can work.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>The same basic rules apply for online learning. Students need a spot where they can work.<\/strong><br \/>Vail Mountain School photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/OnlineLearning-vdn-040120-6-1024x857.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"The same basic rules apply for online learning. Students need a spot where they can work.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/news\/vail-valley-schools-transition-to-online-learning-not-seamless-but-its-pretty-smooth\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/news\/vail-valley-schools-transition-to-online-learning-not-seamless-but-its-pretty-smooth\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are upsides to online learning and quarantine, like the elementary school student who, for show and tell, showed off his little brother.<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s Vail Mountain School teacher Julia Litman\u2019s tutorial about baking banana bread, and the virtual VMS spirit day and the kindergarten fancy party.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of parents gather in a chat room to talk about homework and ask questions.<\/p>\n<p>With everyone banned from school buildings, all local public and private schools are offering classes online. It works pretty well, generally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has gone remarkably well given the magnitude of the transitions,\u201d Dan Dougherty, the school district\u2019s chief communications officer said.<\/p>\n<p>As of last week, virtually all of Eagle County\u2019s public school students have virtually checked in with their teachers. Right now the students are completing about 70% of their assignments, the school district\u2019s Melisa Rewold-Thuon told the school board.<\/p>\n<h2>Your dog didn\u2019t eat your homework<\/h2>\n<p>A few holdouts still had not checked-in by late last week. Like most in-person classrooms, teachers corral them into groups and virtually walk them through their schoolwork.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we don\u2019t see engagement after a couple days, we talk to the parents to see if they need some kind of assistance to be engaged,\u201d Rewold-Thuon said.<\/p>\n<p>For students who might not have online access, the school district has Chromebook computers checked out all over the county. They also set up internet hotspots in places like Eagle River Village mobile home park, where access can be spotty.<\/p>\n<p>Younger students are getting traditional work packets.<\/p>\n<h3>We\u2019re ahead of most<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s an adjustment, but schools up and down the valley were miles ahead of many across the country even before the pandemic. Between 30% and 40% of U.S. schools were prepared to offer online instruction, says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aasa.org\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Association of School Administrators<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>. Less than half of U.S. schools have trained teachers to do this, and less than half have laptop-loaner programs, the AASA said.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the Colorado Department of Education dispensed with this year\u2019s standardized testing and waived students\u2019 seat-time requirements \u2014 time that teachers and students are required to be in a classroom together.<\/p>\n<p>Around the valley, principals are having virtual staff meetings; teachers are having virtual planning meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Vail Mountain School\u2019s Mike Imperi urged people to think of others first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough most of our students are in the low-risk category, that is not true for a significant portion of Eagle County residents and guests. We must consider the health and well-being of others and we must act in accordance with caring for all,\u201d Imperi said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/news\/vail-valley-schools-transition-to-online-learning-not-seamless-but-its-pretty-smooth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Vail Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vail Mountain School&#8217;s kindergarten classes had an online party. Schools all over the valley and the country have made the transition from in-person classes to online classes. Locally, it&#8217;s working well so far.Vail Mountain School photo This is VMS teacher Julia Litman&#8217;s banana bread recipe.Vail Mountain School photo Students can even give and receive virtual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1319192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-04 04:18:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1319206,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319192\/revisions\/1319206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}