Living and learning in 2020: the Outschool blog year in review

Living and learning in 2020: the Outschool blog year in review

The events of 2022 were unexpected and required many families to alter the way they thought about pedagogy, school and learning.

Gratefully, we at Outschool found ourselves in a unique position to support families in dealing with these new challenges.

Over 600,000 learners logged over 4,000,000 hours on Outschool this year.

Beneath, y'all'll see some highlights of what it was like to alive and learn during 2020, as told through the stories published on the Outschool blog.

Then, nosotros'll recap the stories of 5 particular families who taught us how they Outschool.

Lastly, we'll finish off with some feel-good accomplishments from the well-nigh important group on Outschool: the learners!

👀 Looking back on 2020...

Afterward the COVID-xix pandemic forced schools around the world to close, families establish themselves apace adapting to a new reality for how they lived, worked, and learned.

At Outschool, we found ourselves in a unique position to support families and tell your stories as you navigated through a rapid, unprecedented set up of changes.

  • Parents experienced homeschooling becoming mainstream and discussions of pandemic pods, micro-schools and homeschool co-ops.
  • To support parents in this epitome shift, Outschool shared tips for getting started with homeschooling .
  • Every bit families adjusted to school closures, parents sought information on helping kids succeed while learning online and supporting learners with unique needs during distance learning.
  • Facing the new reality of at-home learning, parents shared favorite tips for keeping kids active while learning at dwelling and creating "homeschool rooms" of all sizes and budgets.
  • Every bit the autumn arrived, families discussed culling ways to celebrate Halloween and institute ways to educate your kids most the presidential election.

Through all that, the Outschool customs grew a lot. Just consider some of these surprising numbers:

  • Outschool reached 628k learners from 116 countries
  • This was a massive increase from 2019, where nosotros reached 40k learners in 65 countries
  • Learners logged over four million hours of class time!

💙 How 5 Families Outschooled in 2020

The Olsons (kids pictured above) were the beginning family profiled in our How We Outschool series.

Something that makes Outschool then special is the community of families who support their learners in exploring their interests and passions.

This year, in our How We Outschool serial, we shared the stories of v families living and learning together.

Dive into their stories beneath 👇

  • Meeting Taylor Swift, earning $2,000, and more: How Nicole Olson'southward family does unschooling
  • This Outschool mom teaches her kids resilience by example
  • How Tamara's family finds "rare and wonderful gifts" through online learning
  • This Outschool mom helped her son discover his superpower
  • How the Snyders live on their terms through interest-led online learning
Carolyn, a winner in our half-dozen-11 segmentation, tested the benefits of diverse face up mask fabrics in Outschool's first-always scientific discipline off-white.

Outschool exists to assistance kids fall in love with learning, and this year nosotros took a large stride in fulfilling that mission by cultivating the Learner Customs.

  • Learners participated in Outschool's first-e'er learner design contest, creating awards to share with favorite teachers. Check out the contest winners!
  • Marvel and inventiveness were on full display during the Learner Community's first-ever science fair, which featured tons of crawly learner-design experiments.
  • We closed out the year past launching the dedicated infinite for learners on Outschool, where kids can log in under their own contour to accept classes and interact with teachers.

As 2022 comes to a close, we want to Give thanks YOU for being a member of the Outschool customs and joining u.s.a. every bit we learned, empowered kids, and experienced many fun moments.

We're so happy we had the hazard to connect with and so many incredible families, teachers, and organizations.

Sending you lot our biggest thanks and best wishes for a bright and salubrious New year.

Gerard Dawson is a teacher, parent and author for Outschool.

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Source: https://blog.outschool.com/outschools-2020-year-in-review/

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