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For some, virtual learning during the pandemic was extremely challenging - but others liked the new way of schooling so much that they're bringing the method into the new school year.
For 24 years, Ami Anderson’s professional headquarters was her Jordan School District elementary school classroom where she taught third grade and later, fourth along Utah’s Wasatch Front. Then came the coronavirus pandemic and last spring’s shuttering of schools, which meant Anderson, along with educators across the country, made a sudden pivot to virtual teaching to finish the school year. This past fall, Anderson excitedly planned to resume teaching in person. Three days before the start of the school year, she was asked to teach third grade virtually with the district’s online ele...
This Utah school district is committing to a virtual future beyond the pandemic Courtney Tanner © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A students does her online school work at the Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building in Riverton, on Monday, March 8, 2021. Even when the pandemic is over, 16-year-old Ava Gibson doesn’t want to go back to the classroom. After the past year of learning entirely online, the junior at Bingham High has found her rhythm logging on for language arts and Zooming through U.S. history. She turns in assignments with the click o...