Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many cities chose to resume classes virtually.
Although this new modality protects them from a possible risk of SARS-CoV-2, the reality is that children who take classes online are exposed to more distractions, a situation that can affect their achievement.
Check out the five distractors in your child's study and how to combat them.
1. See beyond the screen.
Silvia Rincón
, education advisor and
Enrique Lara
, technology expert, explained in Un Nuevo Día that, on many occasions, children are more focused on seeing what happens at their partner's house than in their own class.
For this reason, they propose a solution, which consists of using virtual funds that can give you more seriousness and privacy while taking your classes.
In this way, you will avoid so much that he is distracted, as well as that his colleagues see what your home is like.
In addition to this, the experts highlighted that some teachers have put this advice into practice with their entire classroom and in this way, avoid distractions.
Lara recommends that it be a flat background, that is, of solid color, that gives a feeling of greater professionalism and a more attractive environment to look at.
See also: How to make virtual classes efficient for students and teachers?
2. Emails.
Because many teachers send their week's work material via
, checking each e-mail they receive causes them to shift their focus without giving themselves enough time to refocus on the task at hand.
While it's important to check your inbox, constantly doing it becomes ineffective.
The best thing you can do is close your browser tab and disable any notifications during the period you are studying.
This way you will be forced to define a time to check your mail as a scheduled activity.
3. Social networks.
While it's important to keep in touch with those closest to you, what starts as a quick jaunt to Facebook or Instagram ends with hours of wasted productivity.
And, according to
Jonathan Long
, from the Entrepeneur site, updating the status of these social networks can considerably absorb your time and kill your productivity.
Therefore, specialists recommend closing all applications, the open tabs for social networks and disabling notifications, so that you only focus on the tools and pages necessary for your learning.
Like email, it is advisable to set aside a specific time to review them.
See also: Tips for staying focused during online classes
4. Boredom and feeling of exhaustion.
Sometimes studying too long can make you feel exhausted and bored and want to put your school activities aside.
However, in many cases this is not possible.
But what you can do is take a break at set intervals.
This will help you stay focused and prevent you from losing focus entirely.
The Grupo Geard portal advises practicing
timeboxing,
which consists of focusing on a single task for a fixed period, avoiding interruptions and, when the established limit is reached, the task is interrupted and what was achieved is evaluated.
This technique can be applied to any type of task, from work and study projects to personal ones.
5. Unexpected family visits.
While the necessary authorities have recommended staying home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, some cities have begun to reopen.
In addition to this, family and friends tend to think that the fact that children are not in a classroom means that they are available at any time.
Given this, remind your family and friends of the study schedule established for your child and tell them that you would like them not to interrupt it until it has finished.
Put these tips into practice and help your children adapt better to virtual classes.
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