Episode 3 - New Skills (Full episode)

Story 1 | A Whole New Ballgame: Engaging Indigenous Students Online

For the first time in Australian history, a school semester has started without students in the classroom. While the transition from classroom to online has been mostly seamless, there are still many challenges to face. For Tyrone Bean, Indigenous programs coordinator at Trinity Grammar School in Melbourne, remote learning could set back years of work to close the gap between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous students.

Reporter: Georgia Bennett-Murphy

Story 2 | YA Communication

For many young adults, communication pre COVID-19 consisted of texts, Snapchats and instant messages. Now, since real human contact doesn’t go much further than immediate family, and seeing friends has become a distant notion, many young adults are craving more meaningful contact than the instant messages. So what do they do? They are relearning the skill of making a phone call.

Reporter: Katelyn Kalaafatis

Story 3 | Online Dance

The introduction of social distancing restrictions has seen the closure of dance studios around the country. Taking this in their choreographed strides, instructors and dancers have taken to the internet to teach and perform, and found new ways to move and communicate in the process.

Reporter: Simone Etheve

Story 4 | Business Survival

COVID-19 has brought a fair amount of challenges for everyone. But it has hit businesses, particularly small ones, the hardest. Many have gone from thriving to just trying to survive almost overnight. “Adapt or die” is the ultimatum many Australian businesses are facing at the moment. Two companies, Stagekings from Sydney and BC Global in Melbourne, are proving the best way to survive is by utilising existing skills in new ways.

Reporter: Willem Van Denderen

Story 5 | Introverts

Who would have thought that in 2020, introverts and extroverts would be spending their Friday nights the same way? Yet, here we are. Luckily for us who are more extroversion inclined, two introverts have recognised our plight and are here to discuss what it is like being an introvert in isolation and share a few tips along the way.

Reporter: Saba Hashmi