emily: how do you and google and google classroom -- how do you think google and google classroom coulde your products could see major leaps they might not have seen if you had not had all this demand. zach: it is a really good point. our products are having to evolve faster than they have ever evolved. things i talked about, how to engage students and how to have better visibility and how students are interacting in terms of reaching every student. i hope the things we are changing now are useful even when in person classes resume. the technology, whether it is looking around the room and seeing everyone's faces or actually checking whether they started the work online, those are tools teachers have to better reach their students. our goal is to give teachers as many tools as possible, give schools as many tools as possible so they can do their jobs. they are the experts after all. we really want to make sure we are just empowering them. yeskel who heads up google for education. more throughout the week, we are going to be hearing from the ceo of master class, an alternative education

we will talk to the head of google classrooms, the founder of an online academy, investors and innovatorsfirst, a sobering assessment of where we are now. ofe is former u.s. secretary education arne duncan. we should not be in this situation. other countries are not. we should not even be talking today. lost,f thousands of lives the impact on millions of millions of children, education around the country, is extraordinary. it is tragic, there is no easy way to put it. having said that, on the local level, unbelievable leadership empathy, compassion, urgency. i'm talking about superintendents across the country trying to figure out food distribution, telehealth, social and emotional health during tough times, and yes, education. horrific leadership at the top and amazing and inspiring leadership at the local level. so as a have four kids, parent i am feeling this, my kids are learning remotely as we speak. we are lucky we have access to technology. still, even i am concerned. what are your biggest concerns about how this could play out? mr. duncan: on socially, multiple concerns. one is th

. >>> we don't know what google classroom is an hour children need to do that. >> distance learning is a challenging way for many. of the community college that's helping parents tackle new tech knowledge he. >>> we're tracking air quality is wearing as well as the bay area weather. i'll see you back on the five day. >>> hundreds are rescued after hurricane sally made landfall. why officials say more flooding can be on the way. >>> a new program in san jose aims to help parents with their kids online schoolwork. the parent academy is helping with language and technological barriers. >> reporter: distance learning is not just a challenge for students. parents are expected to rise to the technological challenge. for many in the immigrant communities, that's proven to be hard. >> we don't know what zoom is or google classroom is an hour children need to do that. >> reporter: enter the parent academy. is offered through the center will say evergreen college community district. is designed to help parents help their students at home. >> not because the parents don't want to because they don

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daughters personal going online is taking on a new role during the pandemic they're using it to google classroom, some saw and canvas to learn from home the mother of 3 says at times is challenging there was probably a its 4, 5, different apps for each grade unfortunately there can be creditors out in the world, you know and just realize there's also an online so much and you know i have faith that our our schools can do as. >>much as they can in regards to safety precautions and then the rest comes to putting in the lord's hands she says despite the fear of hackers virtual classes are the best option for her family we do immune compromised person in our household. my husband is 3 years cancer free. you know going through chemo and all of that not sure you know exactly how strong was in system as we have been very very careful since march. and for this fall semester, her kids won't be in the classroom again, she's opted for them to learn online her oldest salon is heading into her junior year. >>in high school so you as a platform treaty us afters that spring break time to finish off second seme

is google classroom or seesaw and it explains that.it says that virtual interactions with students require a strong understanding of digital agency and thoughtful consideration of how to best meet students' learning needs. the guide to virtual meetings with students contains information with a digital agency, norms for online learning resources as well as information on selecting the best tools. this also talks about families and this idea that families are partners in their children's learning. at the very end of this section it says sfsud google accounts and badges are accessible through the family portal for sfsud, and parent view and parent portal and student view that. is not true. we do not as parents have access to google classroom through parent view if the act counts are not linked. if the accounts are not linked then the teachers must upload their assignments into parent view. (please stand by) >> i think it's a great way to commit to communicating with family it is, there's the other piece of getting them connected to it. ma

we will talk to the head of google classrooms, the founder of an online academy, investors, and innovators sobering assessment of where we are now. here is former u.s. secretary of education arne duncan.

in our school district for my children, google classroom is used significantly.een microsoft a lot. i think they have become attuned, and even more so as folks like zoom come into the market. what we are seeing is something like prezi, our video product which we released last year has now been welcomed into microsoft's marketplace, zoom's marketplace, google now. one of the ways in which they are becoming attuned is there are other tools out there that are not even necessarily part of their platforms, but they are welcoming them into their market places so that their users can enhance the capabilities. alix: it seems like you are making a distinct and between live teaching and recorded messages and videos. how to set interaction wind up playing in a school environment? jim: what we are seeing is both. definitely the highest usage we are seeing is in recorded videos , where you have more flex ability. they can be taken home, use offline, but also, as you have mentioned, prezi video can also bring the video graphics right into the screen live. what we are seeing is

3 daughters learned going on 9 is taking on a new role during the pandemic they're using to google classroom and canvas to learn from home the mother of 3 says at times is challenging there's probably a its 4, 5, different apps for each grade unfortunately there can be creditors out in the world, you know and just realize there's also an online so much and you know i have faith that our our schools can do as. >>much as they can in regards to safety precautions and then the rest comes to putting in the lord's hands she says despite the fear of hackers virtual classes are the best option for her family we do immune compromised person in our household. my husband is 3 years cancer free, you know going through chemo and all of that not sure you know exactly how strong he is in system as we have been very very careful since march. and for this fall semester, her kids won't be in the classroom again, she's opted for them to learn online her oldest salon is heading into her junior year. >>in high school so you as a platform treaty us afters that spring break time to finish off second semester. we d

. >> we don't know what google classroom is an hour children need to do that. enter the parent academy. is a series of classes offered through the evergreen community college district. they are designed to help parents with their students at home. >> the not because appearance don't want to but because they don't have the skills. >> reporter: the academy hopes to change that with classes offered in spanish and vietnamese. with topics from technology to time management. ortiz medina wanted to help her three dollars daughters. and she explained through a translator that it's already working. there his and added benefit also. >> it's helping me learn and function for my uncles. >> reporter: 140 parents signed up for this week's orientation. about 54% of them do not have a high school diploma. administrators learn what they have here is just beginning. >> we are >> classes are free a not too late to enroll. the parent academy fall session is just getting underway. >>> sonoma county's publ at 13 different preschools and home-based day care centers. 62 cases are tied

. >> we don't know what zoom is or google classroom. our children need to do that. >> reporter: parent academy is a series of classes offered through the evergreen community college district it is designed to help parents help their students at home. >> it's not because the parents don't want to but because they don't have the skills to support them. >> reporter: the academy helps to change that with classes offered in spanish and vietnamese. classes in time management and technology. this woman wants to better help her three dollars. she explains to translator that is already working. there has been an added benefit also. >> is helping me learn for my own goals. >> reporter: 140 parents signed up for this week's orientation. 54% of them do not have a high school diploma. administrators hope what they learn here is just the beginning. >> we are here to help you get there. >> classes are free and it's not too late to enroll. the fall session is getting underway. >>> san mateo county is giving away thousands of free mask. today they were

kids going back to school are doing some version of hybrid a lot of that is happening either google classroom or zoom. zoom is now a verb it's a sonoun it's part of the lexicon i'm in the stock i took my original cost out of it it's all house's money that's the only one i can get my mind around holding something with this high of a beta and this much risk i will not sell it i expect volatility going forward in both directions i'm perfectly fine with it because i think zoom is here to stay >> it's amazing how zoom has become a verb. it was a stock and a company that very few of us heard of a year ago they out flanked over lard incumbent companies like microsoft, like google that had similar products out there but they were the ones to do it. we take that as an endorsement and a hold from you as what you got in that stock. let's bring in rahel with a number of calls out in the food space. >> i hope you are hungry i have quite the line up for you. raymond james is downgrading brinker international. the stock is up about 5% from a new 52-week high they are also downgrading darden restaurants who

we don't know what google classroom use. >> classes are taught in a number of languages including vietnameseand spanish. 140 parents have already signed up. >>> i think is a great idea. a lot of the parents, the technology is new to us. let's talk about the weather and bring in our meteorologist rosemary orozco for an update of the week and conditions. >> happy friday. we have good air quality outher another beautiful day around the bay area. time for the weekend and air quality will change a bit as well. a l fog. high-level clouds to go along with the low clouds here today. a little bit of moisture coming in from the south. checking in on the air quality, look at all that green. it is actually a nice view. getting into the north bay, we are with good air quality today. central bay and the south bay. moving through the pacific northwest, you know the one we have been watching all week long. bringing us good onshore breeze at all levels. 65 degrees right now in san francisco and mid-70s and woman read. and in the south bay 74. just a beautiful day around the bay area. some of the inland citie

. >> those were our first thoughts, we don't know what zoom is, we don't know what google classroom isour children don't need to do that. >> reporter: enter the parent academy, a series of classes offered through the san jose community college district. they are designed to help parents help students at home. >> students are getting behind because there is less support at home, not because the parents don't want to, but because they don't have these skills or resources to support them. >> reporter: the academy hopes to change that, with classes offered in spanish and vietnamese, with topics from technology to time management. our sally ortiz medina wanted to better be able to help her three daughters and she explained, through a translator, is already working. >> you cannot be afraid of the technology. >> reporter: there has been an added benefit too. >> also, it is helping me learn options for my own goals. >> reporter: 140 parents signed up for this week's orientation. about 54% of them did not have a high school diploma. administrators hope what they learned here is just the beginni

it's part of what we're looking at and how we'll put that data out of google classroom.t's not just the logging in but the work product that comes from it. it's my understanding it's something that does qualify being present in school. >> that's correct. >> good. >> so i can share with families that this is the process and those who are viewing and see a mistake regarding their attendance can go to the teache and ask them to switch that? what would that process be like? >> it's really just getting the educator know that you have a different source of information and sharing and they can go back and check to see if a correction needs to happen. >> that's helpful. thank you. my next question is around scheduling and yesterday we discussed or how many teachers are using the schedule that we had put in the district learning guide and how we're monitoring that and if we know k-5 is using the district created schedule, how are teachers showing us it's happening and how are we accommodating for the schools that are doing food distributi distribution. the schedules in the distan

>> i think our faculty is really lucky in that we were already utilizing google classroom in all of our classes. so the switch from in-person to online is not as extreme as it may have been to some other faculties in other schools. that said, most of us had never engaged in video conferencing or done any sort of daily online lesson planning. so, i think the same thing i say to parents and students i say to teachers is to just be gentle and give yourself space and know it's ok to make mistakes and it's ok if you're not perfect and we're all sort of learning and doing at the same time. so, that can also be anxiety provoking and that can be hard for taoefers that are used to being really good at what they do and knowing what exactly to say and how to do it every day are grappling with new technology and they're finding that students [inaudible] what they do in person. >> are there concerns about college admissions for high school seniors and juniors? >> i think at first there was a lot of sort of confusion and anxiety for juniors and seniors about colleges. and now that the system has come

>> i think our faculty is really lucky in that we were already utilizing google classroom in all of ourswitch from in-person to online is not as extreme as it may have been to some other faculties in other schools. that said, most of us had never engaged in video conferencing or done any sort of daily online lesson planning. so, i think the same thing i say to parents and students i say to teachers is to just be gentle and give yourself space and know it's ok to make mistakes and it's ok if you're not perfect and we're all sort of learning and doing at the same time. so, that can also be anxiety provoking and that can be hard for taoefers that are used to being really good at what they do and knowing what exactly to say and how to do it every day are grappling with new technology and they're finding that students [inaudible] what they do in person. >> are there concerns about college admissions for high school seniors and juniors? >> i think at first there was a lot of sort of confusion and anxiety for juniors and seniors about colleges. and now that the system has come out with some gu

even once we go back to in person learning, we will still be using canvas or google classroom.now days will be out the window. if you get the flu, you can probably teach from home. my kids now, i have a seventh grader and a fourth grader at home, they are learning how to powerpoint,ocs, they are learning technology skills they would not have come otherwise. host: i am glad to hear from you. let's go to dan, also under educator line, in new york. sides of the two coin. procedures that are used for protective means are not known to work out. bacteria, it is a different situation. a lot of people are very contagious before they are ever symptomatic. on the other site, i really schools ora lot of trying to go into the hybrid system, where you show up a couple of days, you don't a couple of others, and then others you stay on the computer. i would like to point everyone yu,professor galloway at n who is accusing universities of looking more at their bottom line the safety of students. he presents a history of higher education and how it has been porkbarrel for the system rather than

>> i think our faculty is really lucky in that we were already utilizing google classroom in all of ouritch from in-person to online is not as extreme as it may have been to some other faculties in other schools. that said, most of us had never engaged in video conferencing or done any sort of daily online lesson planning. so, i think the same thing i say to parents and students i say to teachers is to just be gentle and give yourself space and know it's ok to make mistakes and it's ok if you're not perfect and we're all sort of learning and doing at the same time. so, that can also be anxiety provoking and that can be hard for taoefers that are used to being really good at what they do and knowing what exactly to say and how to do it every day are grappling with new technology and they're finding that students [inaudible] what they do in person. >> are there concerns about college admissions for high school seniors and juniors? >> i think at first there was a lot of sort of confusion and anxiety for juniors and seniors about colleges. and now that the system has come out with some guid

>> i think our faculty is really lucky in that we were already utilizing google classroom in all of our switch from in-person to online is not as extreme as it may have been to some other faculties in other schools. that said, most of us had never engaged in video conferencing or done any sort of daily online lesson planning. so, i think the same thing i say to parents and students i say to teachers is to just be gentle and give yourself space and know it's ok to make mistakes and it's ok if you're not perfect and we're all sort of learning and doing at the same time. so, that can also be anxiety provoking and that can be hard for taoefers that are used to being really good at what they do and knowing what exactly to say and how to do it every day are grappling with new technology and they're finding that students [inaudible] what they do in person. >> are there concerns about college admissions for high school seniors and juniors? >> i think at first there was a lot of sort of confusion and anxiety for juniors and seniors about colleges. and now that the system has come out with some g

and this morning google drive users reported issues accessing their drives the problem has has since been resolved, but it is a stressful time for teachers and their virtual classrooms. assignments were posting and virtual classes had to be rescheduled. and if your kids play with legos you'll notice a difference in the packaging soon lego announced today that it stop. >>using plastic bags inside its box sets and replace them with paper ones that winemaker says it will make the switch starting next year and expects plastic bags to be completely phased out in the next 5 years lego says children riding in inspire them to make the change as for the plastic bricks themselves that lego says it's still looking for a durable replacements. and we're monitoring hurricane sally expected to hit the gulf coast tomorrow bringing with it historic life threatening flash floods. we'll have a live report when we come back stay with us. >>talk about a very active hurricane season and we're almost out of storm names for 2020, but good news here in the bay area air quality showed some improvement today, this is a live picture at our bay bridge camera. but we're going to show that to you

classroom than to be learning from home and suggesting that some kids are falling behind. as they do all of this distance learning. anexpert alyzednd having too ma students at once on google meet and zoom is robbing children of the opportunity to engage or get the proper feedback from teachers. >> we're seeing children who whether they are elevated in their learning or below in their learning and even mid line coming in way below with this type of offering. >> the center for education reform in washington, d.c., is a nonprofit, pro charter advocacy group. it releases a yearly parent power index in which california scored a d in the area of digital and personalized learning because of last april when schools went online and the state lacked laptops and wi-fi hot spots to connect all the students from home. san francisco's school board is set to give an update on the fall learning plan later today. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you, amy. >>> later today more counties expected to move up to the next level in california's reopening plan. health and human services secretary dr. mark ghaly to reveal the changes at noon. this comes as the s