I'm an illustrator, and a mother to 3 boys. My heart sank when I read your story, but I felt glad to hear you are in remission now. I've spent months with my twins in the hospital, so I can imagine how stressful and taxing it must have been on you and your family.
I have a question for you about education, if you don't mind. You are well spoken, so I guess education is very important to you. I'm an illustrator, currently employed for an educational publisher. Our publisher has been looking into the online schooling of children with a chronic disease, cancer, or children who cannot go to school due to a disability. Goal ages 6-14. They are working on an online platform, where teachers can post homework and grade students online. It's not limited to that, students who are unable to attend school can make an 'avatar' that can run around in an online world, part MMO, part school. Another included option is life-streaming the classes, during which you can ask questions directly to your teacher or classmates. This requires an installment inside the classroom which allows life-streaming / contact between the teacher/class and student. This set up allows the student to choose when to follow classes, so they can make their own schedule depending on their medical needs.
You are currently working with a homebound teacher, which is a good solution to keep up with school, and is something different entirely, but would you prefer to be able to connect with your classmates and friends digitally? Would you prefer to learn via lifestream if at all possible? Or do you have no preference when it comes to the subject?
(Apologies for my rather poor english :)). But I would love to hear your opinion on this online platform idea.
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I'm an illustrator, and a mother to 3 boys. My heart sank when I read your story, but I felt glad to hear you are in remission now. I've spent months with my twins in the hospital, so I can imagine how stressful and taxing it must have been on you and your family.
I have a question for you about education, if you don't mind. You are well spoken, so I guess education is very important to you. I'm an illustrator, currently employed for an educational publisher. Our publisher has been looking into the online schooling of children with a chronic disease, cancer, or children who cannot go to school due to a disability. Goal ages 6-14. They are working on an online platform, where teachers can post homework and grade students online. It's not limited to that, students who are unable to attend school can make an 'avatar' that can run around in an online world, part MMO, part school. Another included option is life-streaming the classes, during which you can ask questions directly to your teacher or classmates. This requires an installment inside the classroom which allows life-streaming / contact between the teacher/class and student. This set up allows the student to choose when to follow classes, so they can make their own schedule depending on their medical needs.
You are currently working with a homebound teacher, which is a good solution to keep up with school, and is something different entirely, but would you prefer to be able to connect with your classmates and friends digitally? Would you prefer to learn via lifestream if at all possible? Or do you have no preference when it comes to the subject?
(Apologies for my rather poor english :)). But I would love to hear your opinion on this online platform idea.
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