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I had 68 unique work-related text exchanges with kids, parents, colleagues, and partners today. None of which would be “tracked” in the current mechanisms by which data around teacher work is collected (logins, posts, etc), and by which teachers are being judged.
But cool. Use shoddy data to make judgements and pronouncements about what people are and aren’t doing. Just don’t ask those folks to trust your data analysis skills, or opinions, moving forward.
While I’m at it: My friend @hahseinna spends 3 hours/day on Zoom teaching her 2nd graders. She also plans, communicates with families, and, BTW, is a new mom. But she got told that she’s “on a list” of teachers who are not working according to said shoddy data. 
Best guess as to why? If you don’t close all your tabs each day, perhaps the system doesn’t register your Google classroom use as distinct each time? Have any of us been told that? No? Is this a sound way to assess whether people are working? No. And yet...
If you are a politician, policy maker, or journalist, take heed: instead of relying on superficial, unvetted data, actually talk to some kids, families, and educators. Ask what the teaching and learning looks like, and let that drive your data requests.
