When you’re teaching online, you likely use Zoom breakout rooms to create engagement and get your students thinking more in-depth about a complex idea. Maybe you bop around in the breakout rooms, listening to great ideas and students chattering. However, when you return to the shared space and ask students to share what they discussed… Read more »
We’ve all been there. You’re a participant in a webinar and just as the facilitator starts to give instructions for an activity your kid starts demanding more cookies, or your dog starts demanding more cookies, or you were in the kitchen getting more cookies. You missed the instructions and now people are headed to breakout… Read more »
Almost two years into the pandemic, most of us are experts at being in a Zoom presentation. However, if you’re like me, maybe you still get caught off guard when you’re suddenly asked to participate. (What! I’m not ready to participate – I’m refilling my coffee!) Our students can similarly be caught off guard when… Read more »
As we approach the middle of the semester, you probably have a good sense of how your students are performing in class. But do you have a sense of how they are feeling about your course? Do you wonder what suggestions they might have that would improve their learning? Now is a good time to… Read more »
Nonverbal feedback in Zoom meetings can be a quick and easy way to gauge the meeting. You can ask your students to show their understanding with a quick “thumbs up” or “thumbs down.” Have you noticed that you could make your Zoom more personal by changing your Zoom reactions’ skin tone? This might help you… Read more »
In our use of Zoom over the past year, many of us got used to the “backchannel” conversations that happen in the chat tool. Those chats could be students asking questions, someone providing a useful resource, or just fun asides. Even when you are teaching in-person, backchannel chats can be useful ways to let students… Read more »
