Bad Software, No Training, No Equipment (Score 2)

Live online training is actually really hard. From not having the proper training to use the many pieces of software, to not having the appropriate equipment. In addition, most software sucks for live learning learning.
I have been watching my mom attempt to teach gymnastics conditioning to her competitive gymnasts of all ages from 6-16 years old, and I have had her try different web conferencing platforms. Watching her struggle, in addition to my own work experience with different setups. I think the large lot of platforms suck. Most platforms lacks the following features:
Proper Audio mixing - Ever been on Zoom, WebEx, Adobe Connect, Skype, etc and had multiple people talking at once, then had to stop and say "Go Ahead" to someone who talks at the same time as you? Your audio typically ends up in some kind of garbled state. All the software sucks at mixing the audio of large groups of people. If one person has a bad internet connection, it drags down the audio quality for everyone. Now amplify this for students who don't have professionalism. For school/classes, you need all of the students audio/video on to find out if they are on task, and also for easier communication.

1:1 communication - Most platforms don't support quick voice side conversation, which is what a teacher needs to communicate quickly with one student so the whole class doesn't hear. Sure you can send a text message, but that is not very effective, especially if you have students with learning disabilities, or are developmentally challenged.

Audio/Video Override: Sometimes you need to override the students audio and video, to turn them on when a student turns their audio/video off. This is not about being controlling, but students do things. I constantly have my mom telling her gymnasts, "Katie, where did your video go? Turn it back on. I can't correct you, If I can't see you." Or she asks them a question then has to say "Bonnie, we can't hear you. You need to turn your sound on."

Ease of use - Using some features, is just plain hard and not intuitive enough

Lack of Features: A lot of teachers need an easy way to show/present photos (sometime multiple photos), video, audio. Having multiple "whiteboards, so students can present work to class". Sometimes teachers need visible timers. It is easier doing this in video production apps like OBB.

Then you get to training. There are a lot of really great teachers who know technology and know how to use different technology, but there are very few of them out there. Then there at the teachers who are perfect for in person teaching and you learn a lot from them due to their different methods; stick those in front of Zoom, all the things that make them great disappear, and they spend a lot of time fumbling trying to translate their excellent teaching style to a digital method. Then you have the technically challenged teachers who struggle with technology (raise you hand, how many of you out there were the Teachers "technology assistant"?). After that you have the teachers who are just plain bad at teaching. They all struggle with technology.

After that you get to equipment/supplies, not a lot of teachers have decent audio or camera equipment. They also do not have large monitors for viewing the multiple video screens of students. Most teachers for school need something like a Wacom tablet to do drawing on screen (ever watched Khan academy videos? Most use a Wacom tablet of some sort). I doubt most teachers have a decent enough computers at their homes, that has descent enough power to properly power web conference platforms, video and multple other applications. Then, most of the curriculum the teachers use is not in an easily usable digital form; all their good curriculum is in books, and more supplementary books.

Overall we are not ready for digital schooling.