Zoom After Distance Learning

There is so much complaining and frustration around the use/overuse of Zoom during distance learning. Trust me,I get it...students are burnt out, I am burnt out. Zoom Fatigue is a real thing. 

Keeping the above in mind, I find myself equally fascinated with the idea of going back to face-to-face teaching 100% next fall with a classroom of students who are EXPERTS in using a video conferencing platform. Kinda amazing!?!

The reality of this new skill set might just open up a bunch of new opportunities for leveraging Zoom while all students are on campus. I am excited to see what this new skill set can offer. Below are a some initial ideas I have:  ​

• Host online office hours/study groups the night before a test or exam.
• Use as a simple substitute to screencasting application to record their presentations and office hours.
• Quickly get questions answered from teachers when students are on a different part of campus.
• Encourage students to rehearse and record presentations via Zoom prior to class for analysis.
• Collaborate during lab experiments/activities with students at another school simultaneously.

The above list is small (hopefully growing) but again, I am still SO FASCINATED with the fact that students K-12, all are walking around the world with the ability to video conference in their back pocket. Crazy!