Covid19

Anne Helen Peterson’s latest midweek edition of her newsletter talks of what it might be involved in being ready, or not ready for the resolution of the pandemic. She makes the point: “… few people are actually making room for an actual strategy. Americans in particular are very, very bad at grieving. We don’t allocate space for personal tragedy and we don’t allocate space for national tragedy, other than brief displays of televised political grief theater, generally with lots of flags. ...

“The best time to be is now, and all’s we can say is…Let’s rock!” The origins of Dueling DJs are here in Sacha’s post. The idea for Zooming DJs, is a COVID/#stayhome reboot, with a focus on just having some fun while connecting with friends and whānau. The aim is to all win by having a bit of a smile and laugh. It’s a bonus if you learn about some new tunes. ...

The drive to lift and shift the “business as usual” of public education into the home as a result of COVID-19 and potential lock-down situations is a completely broken and shameful response to the reality of these times By any measure, these are extraordinary times. Jacinda Ardern said “Be strong, be kind, we will be OK.” At no point did she say, “We need SSO credentials to deliver the NZ curriculum into every home, with an app and a Blockchain enabled website to support parents while teachers will need to redesign their pedagogy to deliver lessons via Zoom.” ...