As New York faces lockdown over coronavirus outbreak, some schools switch to online teaching but that brings along new challenges
New York's United Nations International School, a private institution of 1,600 students, shut its doors following the coronavirus pandemic.
Ten days after transitioning online, French and Spanish teacher Constance Du Bois says the current situation has "nothing to do with classroom teaching." But even in a school that already uses many tools of online communication – and serves privileged families with easy internet access – Du Bois says transitioning to online teaching did not come without challenges.
The school closed immediately after learning of the positive test – before the online curriculum was ready."We tested the program with a few students, but in reality, we weren't yet acquainted with the platform," she said, having just finished a lesson with teenagers aged 14-15 in front of her computer at home in Brooklyn.Even once those basics were resolved, other, more structural problems appeared.
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