Students finding ways to use technology to skip distance learning

Some students are finding ways to make believe they are in the virtual classroom.

ARE TAKING PART IN DISTANCELEARNING DURING THE PANDEMIC.BUT ARE THEY REALLY IN THEVIRTUAL CLASSROOM?

WPTVNEWSCHANNEL FIVE'S TANIAROGERS WITH HOW THEY COULD BEUSING TECHNOLOGY TO SKIPCLASSES.GRANDMOTHER CORA HATCHER, SAYSWATCHING HER GRANDSON INDISTANCE LEARNING INVOLVED THEENTIRE FAMILY.

"TO WATCH HIMTO MAKE SURE HE IS DOING WHATHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING."BUT SOME STUDENTS ARE FINDINGWAYS TO MAKE BELIEVE THEY'IN THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM.

"IHAVE HEARD THAT SOME SCHOOLSHAVE THAT ISSUE GOING ON,PROBABLY THE CLASSES ARE MORENUMEROUS THAN WHAT I HAVE.

ATTHE TIME I ONLY HAVE 14STUDENTS SO IT'S HARD FOR THEMTO FIND THOSE LOOPHOLES."TECHNOLOGY EXPERT DAVIDANEFILS SAYS FRIENDS STARTEDTELLING HIM THEIR KIDS WERFINDING WAYS TO FAKE BEING INDISTANCE LEARNING.

"SO THEY'VEBEEN USING VIRTUAL LOOPHOLESIN ORDER TO FAKE THEIRATTENDANCE ONLINE.

WHAT THEYARE DOING IS EITHER PUTTING UPEITHER PICTURES, STILLPICTURES OR PRE- RECORDEDVIDEOS OF THEM AS IF THEY AREIN ATTENDANCE." HE SAYS KIDSARE USING APPS OR VIDEO GAMINGCHAT SERVICES.

"THEY ARE USINGTHESE THIRD-PARTY APPS TOSHARE THE STUFF THEY MISSEDWHILE NOT IN ATTENDANCE,THINGS LIKE HOMEWORK, TESTANSWERS." HE TELLS HFRIENDS.

"MY BIGGEST ADVICE TOTHE PARENTS IS TO MAKE SUREYOU CHECK IN WITH THE TEACHERSOR THE TEACHERS THEY HAVE.""THE TEACHERS CAN HAVE THESTUDENTS AT LEAST EVERY 30MINUTES SAY LET'S HAVE ASTRETCHING EXERCISE SO THATYOU CAN DECIPHER WHO IS INATTENDANCE." AS FOR THINTEGRATED STUDIES TEACHER."WE ARE CONSTANTLY ASKINGQUESTIONS AND THEY ARE GRADEDON PARTICIPATION AND THEY ARECONSTANTLY BEING INVOLVED INTHE CONVERSATION." TANIAROGERS, WPTV, NEWSCHANNELFIVE.JUST MOMENTS AGO- THE TA