When Learning is Interrupted

“Thoughts About the Covid Gap” 

Poem: “On Nature, by Parmenides 

Statement of the Whole:  Given the current concerns about what happens when disease or some other factor shuts down education in the land, the Backporch boys go on safari throughout history to look at what happened in past instances of such.  How does the purpose of education affect the practice of schooling?  What have other groups done during times of pandemic?  Join in the education.

Children of the Screen

“The Dive into Digital Media” episode 

Poem: “Bed in Summer” by Robert Louis Stevenson 

Statement of the Whole:  Education is now afloat in the digital sea.  How have screens improved education and are there things that are better off without the screen involved?  Steve and Jason download some thoughts on the new world of the digital classroom.  Plug into the conversation.