How Older Teachers Are Coping With Technology

Older teachers continue to struggle with online teaching tools as their schools have not organised any training sessions to help them make a seamless transition from physical to digital classes

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With schools still shut due to the pandemic and classes being conducted in full swing on the digital medium, teachers, professors, tutors, have had to equip themselves with new skills in the realm of technology; an unchartered area of teaching that initially was exceptionally challenging for most of the senior staff. In the lockdown months, they have evolved from having a working knowledge about using Zoom, WhatsApp video and other online apps and tools to deliver lessons over the Internet to students in the comfort of their homes. On Teacher’s Day, The Morning Standard spoke to a few elderly teachers about their experience.