3 Major challenges Students are facing with transition to online leaning

I asked Dianna Daou of True Coaching to share some of the initial findings of her parent survey and suggestion solutions to help support our Melbourne parent community

Challenge: Student are getting distracted by other websites during school hours. From social media to gaming sites it is easier than ever for students to be distracted by these sites while they should be focusing in class or completing their homework. 
Solution: Website blocker such as Self Control (apple) and Wild Turkey (Microsoft) allow you to block access to certain sites like YouTube, Facebook and Instagram for a period of time. This could be for a 1 hour class, an 8 hour school day or a 5 day school week. These apps make it easier to focus on work without having to worry about being distracted and losing hours of precious study time! By eliminating the temptation and ability to be distracted, they are in a better position to maximise marks and minimise stress!

If you have a MAC, there is Self Control App:
https://selfcontrolapp.com/

“SelfControl is a free and open-source application for macOS that lets you block your own access to distracting websites, your mail servers, or anything else on the Internet. Just set a period of time to block for, add sites to your blacklist, and click “Start.” Until that timer expires, you will be unable to access those sites—even if you restart your computer or delete the application”

For Windows user, the equivalent is Cold Turkey:
https://getcoldturkey.com/

“Use Cold Turkey to block anything from a specific webpage to the entire Internet. You can also block applications and even lock yourself out of your computer!

Not looking for a complete block? No problem. Cold Turkey lets you add Pomodoro-like timers or daily time limits to add breaks to your block. You can also add website exceptions to make sure certain sites don’t get blocked.”