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living online
COVID-19 has brought many challenges to clubs, classes, and churches as they are forced to move online during the Pandemic by annabel freeman design by tanya iyer
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echnology is often seen as the future. Apps, programs and softwares have been created to support human life in one place—the internet. COVID-19 is able to put these developments to the test. Churches, classes and clubs are forced to turn to online communication because of orders for physical distancing. Senior, Anna Kim, is one of the leaders for the Environmental club at North. “The Environmental Club had our main school event, Earth week, coming up but we aren’t going to be in school during that time,” said Kim. Because of school being closed, The Environmental Club has had to brainstorm new ideas to help spread awareness. “We decided to try and switch the
newsletter to being online and have focused a lot more on posting on our instagram. We decided to have different themes for each week and are posting some tips and challenges,” said Kim. Additionally, other organizations such as churches are having to adapt to new ways of spreading their messages. Sophomore, Aiden Rose, has to learn new ways to stay connected to his church. “We now have churches online which is the first time I haven’t been to church besides sickness and vacation,” said Rose. To keep members involved, churches are turning to various apps so everyone is still able to be involved. “We’ve been using Zoom and any other form of social media and we have little groups that we call every one in a while to connect and do
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certain activities,” said Rose. School wide, students are also adjusting to the new way of learning. Junior, Evy Polyak, is figuring out life without having to balance extra curriculars and AP classes. “I would be trying to keep my school workload under control while in tech and dress rehearsals for the musical,” said Polyak. However, Elearning isn’t much easier. “The hardest part has been finding motivation. I think people probably care less about work when it’s online,” said Polyak. Although Elearning can be stressful, it isn’t completely bad. “The best part is I can do classes in whatever order I want. I’ve learned to pace myself so I don’t have to sit all day working,” said Polyak.
People use different apps and website to adapt to the online situation
Snapchat lets you contact your friends
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Google classroom lets the teachers invite students into a virtual “classroom”
Itslearning lets teachers post the assignments for the students to look at Zoom lets teachers and students have conference video calls or just anyone in general
Remind messaging lets you contact your teachers
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Instagram lets you connect with your friends
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