Challenges & Benefits | Maple Leaf Academy

Challenges and Benefits

Technological challenges for both students and teachers
Challenges with audio and Smartboard settings
Online students have difficulty hearing in-person students at times
Connecting with and involving both online and in-person students
Increase in workload and prep time at first
Covid-19 self assessments and protocols
Maintaining PBLA portfolios for online and in-person students
Front-end staff involvement (e.g. distributing handouts to in-person students when the teacher was online)
Classroom management
Some students may feel neglected if teacher doesn’t balance time appropriately

Flexibility for teachers and students
Benefit of in-person instruction and online attendance when in-person attendance isn’t possible
Lesson prep and classroom management becomes instinctive and routine
Class notes and documents are emailed to everyone
In-person students can maximize their learning – digital and physical study
In-person students can study material from missed classes
Minimal disruption of service to students
Increase in digital literacy skills for everyone involved
Increased outreach to students and teachers
HyFlex classes to continue after Covid-19!!