Life was going smoothly for millions around the world until January 2020, schools were functioning well, people were moving around freely, and students were preparing for their classes and exams. In about a couple of months, the pandemic started spreading very rapidly around the globe.
Suddenly, one piece of news dropped like a bombshell – schools are closing down in view of the massive outbreak of COVID-19. Parents started panicking, teachers were confused and stressed, and children were excited about the unexpected long vacations they were going to get.Everyone had to say goodbye to the classical physical classrooms and the days of the old traditional schooling system.
Teachers face a new experience and a new challenge.They need to prepare themselves for digital classrooms, they need to ensure they are efficiently familiar with the necessary tools and need to be internet savvy. Classrooms will be converted to virtual ones. The pandemic had an enormous effect on the educational system. School classrooms were replaced with digital classrooms where teachers and students were working from home. Teachers started teaching students through online communication platforms such as Zoom, GoToMeeting, Google Hangouts, etc.We as FUSION teachers are ready to take our place in future’s education.
Our project FUSION involves future inside ,we are future-minded 21st century teachers.We are trying to find the right skills to be part of digital transformation of teachers with synergy of all partner schools and innovative teams.We have already done more than 6 online meetings and adapted digital skills into our lessons.
On the 31st December at one second past midnight the day will change from Thursday to Friday and the year 2020 will end,2021 will begin.
2020 is felt like the worst year ever by people around the world because of the deadly pandemic.But,new year means new beginnings and fresh starts.At the end of the year we not only evaluate the year and its achievements or failures but also look at the future with hope.I wish the new year will bring back our normal days and an end to the pandemic.
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year from us.
On the behalf of FUSION team
Hacer Yayla
Project coordinator
