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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527</id><updated>2024-05-04T10:45:43.076-05:00</updated><category term="video"/><category term="Dr. Z"/><category term="Education"/><category term="Second Life"/><category term="ITEC"/><category term="twitter"/><category term="Web 2.0"/><category term="Zoom"/><category term="ISTE"/><category term="gaming"/><category term="google tools"/><category term="learning"/><category term="Iowa"/><category term="TED Talks"/><category term="University of Northern Iowa"/><category term="online learning"/><category term="youtube"/><category 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term="website"/><category term="widgetbox"/><category term="wifi"/><category term="wikibooks"/><category term="zoho"/><category term="zotero"/><title type='text'>Dr. Z Reflects</title><subtitle type='html'>Dr. Z works to make 21st Century Learning a reality. He shares ideas, strategies, and technologies for engaging learners. He writes for educators who want to make a difference.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default?alt=atom&amp;redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default?alt=atom&amp;start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Dr. Z</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01420546861775303616</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2P5Iie8BpuHDBQnIHg66NKGRYJBj1UZqbqwts5j6tdc9N5bLAnKKHmITAxliDwXNmgtZOYKfmV91-5WHXXbqzMOF0CngsiGnzi5zUWWBn7ME8iAFMKeYSBaCoThw1g/s220/iPodZeitzHead.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>480</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-7620644194239266947</id><published>2023-08-29T19:34:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2023-08-29T19:34:27.093-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="AI"/><title type='text'>Title: Navigating the Controversy: AI in the Classroom - Challenges, Cheating, and Benefits</title><content type='html'>&lt;span id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-f4146074-7fff-0fc0-11e8-167a98403b8d&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9r3VAL4vVDooNYzWgSSuKCA666JfaNuAZzxPZviQpL4ORL1M263OmrTIi-oFtzS66kJ3mFBbSKzA8cpQgUwJJRzEM91ZofPR1vIuwS4gTMmwxnnUhOikkl5WMPs3rG-iJ2JZnSnbDrwhDChMdyhnL37TepQCgPdHjU79MReUFY3MxBb4-kPIu/s300/Owl%20for%20Introducing%20Yourself(1).jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;AI grapic - Looks like meteor with AI on it.&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;168&quot; data-original-width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;179&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9r3VAL4vVDooNYzWgSSuKCA666JfaNuAZzxPZviQpL4ORL1M263OmrTIi-oFtzS66kJ3mFBbSKzA8cpQgUwJJRzEM91ZofPR1vIuwS4gTMmwxnnUhOikkl5WMPs3rG-iJ2JZnSnbDrwhDChMdyhnL37TepQCgPdHjU79MReUFY3MxBb4-kPIu/w320-h179/Owl%20for%20Introducing%20Yourself(1).jpg&quot; title=&quot;AI  Meteor&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;If there&#39;s one topic that&#39;s been buzzing around the teacher&#39;s lounge lately, it&#39;s the use of artificial &lt;/span&gt;intelligence (AI) in our classrooms. As we stand at the intersection of tradition and innovation, let&#39;s dive into the exciting yet somewhat controversial world of AI in education. Today, I&#39;m sharing my thoughts on the concerns about cheating, along with the incredible ways AI can be a game-changer for us in K-12 and higher education.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;The Cheating Conundrum: Addressing the Elephant in the Room&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;First things first. I get it. The thought of AI potentially leading to more cheating and academic dishonesty is unsettling. We&#39;ve all worked tirelessly to cultivate a fair and honest learning environment. The idea of students exploiting AI to ace tests or assignments is worrisome. But here&#39;s the thing – technology isn&#39;t the villain; it&#39;s all about how we guide its use.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Instead of crossing our fingers and hoping for the best, let&#39;s proactively set up guidelines and ethics that show students the value of genuine effort and learning. It&#39;s our chance to shift the focus from rote memorization to meaningful understanding. By encouraging critical thinking and problem-solving skills, we&#39;re making cheating less tempting and helping students develop the skills they&#39;ll truly need in life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;AI: From Worry to Wow for Educators&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Now, let&#39;s flip the script and talk about the exciting side of AI in education. Brace yourselves; this is where it gets interesting. AI isn&#39;t just a buzzword; it&#39;s a tool that can transform the way we teach and interact with our students.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Picture this: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;personalized learning pathways that cater to each student&#39;s strengths and needs. With AI, we can dive deep into analyzing how our students learn best and serve up lessons that match their unique learning styles. It&#39;s like having a teaching assistant who knows your students inside out, making your lessons more effective than ever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;And speaking of assistants, how about getting some help with those time-consuming administrative tasks? I&#39;m talking about AI-powered grading tools that free up your precious time. This means more one-on-one interactions, more time for creativity, and more of what drew us into teaching in the first place – connecting with students.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Let&#39;s not forget about those learners who might need a little extra support. AI can be a game-changer for students with disabilities, offering real-time captions, translations, and other tools that level the playing field. It&#39;s all about creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;Striking Gold: Balancing Tradition and Innovation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;So, what&#39;s the bottom line here? Yes, the AI debate is real, and yes, cheating is a concern. But as educators, we&#39;ve always been champions of balance. We&#39;re used to finding the sweet spot between old-school wisdom and new-age technology.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;As we navigate this journey, let&#39;s keep our hearts open to the possibilities. Let&#39;s be proactive in teaching our students about the responsible use of AI, helping them see it as a tool for growth rather than a shortcut to success. And hey, let&#39;s stay curious – let&#39;s embrace training and professional development opportunities that keep us at the forefront of this ever-evolving landscape.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;&quot;&gt;In the end, AI in the classroom isn&#39;t just about algorithms and data. It&#39;s about us, the educators, guiding its potential to empower our students and reshape education for the better. So, let&#39;s take that leap, blend tradition with innovation, and lead the way into a future where technology and teaching go hand in hand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 15pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;BTW, This posting was written almost completely by ChatGPT.&amp;nbsp; I made some modifications, but they were minimal. I have posted it as an experiment. I want to find out what reaction there might be to it and I want to see how I will react to using it.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Will write about these in the near future.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/7620644194239266947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2023/08/title-navigating-controversy-ai-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/7620644194239266947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/7620644194239266947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2023/08/title-navigating-controversy-ai-in.html' title='Title: Navigating the Controversy: AI in the Classroom - Challenges, Cheating, and Benefits'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9r3VAL4vVDooNYzWgSSuKCA666JfaNuAZzxPZviQpL4ORL1M263OmrTIi-oFtzS66kJ3mFBbSKzA8cpQgUwJJRzEM91ZofPR1vIuwS4gTMmwxnnUhOikkl5WMPs3rG-iJ2JZnSnbDrwhDChMdyhnL37TepQCgPdHjU79MReUFY3MxBb4-kPIu/s72-w320-h179-c/Owl%20for%20Introducing%20Yourself(1).jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-2238272087527147562</id><published>2023-04-04T15:53:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2023-04-04T15:59:18.275-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pedagogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="University teaching"/><title type='text'>Sometimes Educators can be their OWN Worst Enemies.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLTVtgZ6BWvpTA9xi-iBM8139KMfywCeBc1qmClLvly-O0bbj1Z2MuYpoJeAQHjID0qLzMOqq99FYm49SRdUHMdj4nHTJetdO5G81dsOUINr2To2Ecw40m1yhigaB7ExKnn_AbLStZwW2HdJYSx0QItXo4LRkIF5IgIYP6kOSI8Wt0Zdv8w/s246/download.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Abstract Picture of a Book&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;205&quot; data-original-width=&quot;246&quot; height=&quot;167&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLTVtgZ6BWvpTA9xi-iBM8139KMfywCeBc1qmClLvly-O0bbj1Z2MuYpoJeAQHjID0qLzMOqq99FYm49SRdUHMdj4nHTJetdO5G81dsOUINr2To2Ecw40m1yhigaB7ExKnn_AbLStZwW2HdJYSx0QItXo4LRkIF5IgIYP6kOSI8Wt0Zdv8w/w200-h167/download.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Picture of a Book&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;I am an associate professor of Learning Technologies at the University of Northern Iowa.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;One of the classes I teach is an educator preparation course where we prepare future teachers to use technology to support learning in their classrooms. This course is provided in a T-Th 50-minute session format.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;A couple of years ago, we changed our class into a blended format. We provided the weekly lectures online so we only needed to meet for 2 days to work in our labs.&amp;nbsp; The learning strategy was that our students would read, watch, or listen to the foundational material for the week and then watch the video lecture which was between 20 - 40 minutes long. On Tuesdays, the students would break into their working groups of 3-4 individuals and discuss what they learned in preparation for this class session.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;At the beginning of the semester, this worked well. Most of my 35 students followed the learning strategy and came to our Tuesday class prepared to discuss the topic at hand.&amp;nbsp; It might be Global Collaboration, Digital Citizenship, Systematic Instructional Design, Classroom Computing, or any of a large selection of topics.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Today&#39;s Discovery&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Today, I noticed the discussions seemed strained and asked how many of my students had read the material and watched the lecture. Only 6 students raised their hands. I asked why, and they told me that they did read and watched the content after our Tuesday class. They learned a great deal in the lecture/discussion I held on Tuesday so they could use that knowledge as background for their learning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;I examined how I had run the Tuesday classes.&amp;nbsp; Instead of asking my students to provide the content for the discussions, I was providing an overview of the content in a slideshow.&amp;nbsp; This provided a source for content other than the aforementioned resources . This meant that &lt;b&gt;I was completely undermining the classroom discussion pedagogy because my students were not coming prepared.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Having realized the problem, I discussed the situation with my students.&amp;nbsp; I made it quite clear that I was not criticizing them or blaming them for the situation.&amp;nbsp; I pointed out that this was an example of a teacher working against themselves. They needed to pay attention to situations like this when they have their own classrooms and are organizing their learning environments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;From Here Forward&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;One of the things that my students liked was discussing content with their group. I pointed out that if they didn&#39;t prepare for the discussion properly, they wouldn&#39;t have anything to discuss. I didn&#39;t want to deprive them of their discussion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Before we moved on to the rest of the class, I told the students that I would be changing my teaching strategies for the rest of the semester.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;I would no longer present the content material but rather discuss the content with them after they had had a chance to discuss it with their group members.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;I look forward to next Tuesday to see how the discussion goes and whether or not their quiz scores have increased.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Will keep you informed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Z&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; image: pxfuel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/2238272087527147562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2023/04/sometimes-educators-can-be-their-own.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/2238272087527147562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/2238272087527147562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2023/04/sometimes-educators-can-be-their-own.html' title='Sometimes Educators can be their OWN Worst Enemies.'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLTVtgZ6BWvpTA9xi-iBM8139KMfywCeBc1qmClLvly-O0bbj1Z2MuYpoJeAQHjID0qLzMOqq99FYm49SRdUHMdj4nHTJetdO5G81dsOUINr2To2Ecw40m1yhigaB7ExKnn_AbLStZwW2HdJYSx0QItXo4LRkIF5IgIYP6kOSI8Wt0Zdv8w/s72-w200-h167-c/download.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-5013924128876687865</id><published>2022-03-23T09:35:00.010-05:00</published><updated>2022-03-23T09:47:52.049-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="podcast"/><title type='text'>Dr. Z Shares his Research on Building Student-Teacher Connections on the Teaching-in-10 Podcast</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.audible.com/pd/Social-and-Emotional-Learning-SEL-in-the-College-Classroom-with-Dr-Leigh-Zeitz-Podcast/B09SYD8KSJ?ref=a_pd_Podcas_c3_lAsin_0_0&amp;amp;pf_rd_p=625c212d-b95a-47db-8d56-d35a359de6e9&amp;amp;pf_rd_r=9XP1S6M77BWE6EFSZJAJ&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibv8RAZKoZbIMlXRqt3_kfihpbFRHNPaLJpZ1K5tKi2tMgu09DMQGpm3U2P1yi31oOJd1RP7zAK1-70d1XaSyFHM-ARMewoFjM-zCDrPxO9qo9L9f6_T4lEyDdNUyNKG_5VdSzhl2vSVHww08icCf2oHNaV9h7YpXd2LZGvfnPgLsZv7VQg/s863/Podcast%20Screen.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;457&quot; data-original-width=&quot;863&quot; height=&quot;169&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibv8RAZKoZbIMlXRqt3_kfihpbFRHNPaLJpZ1K5tKi2tMgu09DMQGpm3U2P1yi31oOJd1RP7zAK1-70d1XaSyFHM-ARMewoFjM-zCDrPxO9qo9L9f6_T4lEyDdNUyNKG_5VdSzhl2vSVHww08icCf2oHNaV9h7YpXd2LZGvfnPgLsZv7VQg/s320/Podcast%20Screen.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;I recently had the privilege of being interviewed by Dr. Sarah Montgomery for her &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.audible.com/pd/Podcast/B08K56JFFH&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Teaching in 10 &lt;/i&gt;Podcast.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; This podcast is&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;designed to allow&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;higher education faculty to share teaching strategies and stories about how they engage students and support student success and well-being.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;In my session, I discussed how I have been using an Opening Question Activity in my classes (both on-line and in-person) to build connections with my undergrad students.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;I begin each class session by asking each student the question for the day.&amp;nbsp; These questions might be &quot;What are your hidden talents&quot; or &quot;If you could have a super power, what would it be?&quot;&amp;nbsp; Taking the time to ask each individual provides them a chance to share something about themselves and for me to learn more about them.&amp;nbsp; The most important part is that it builds a connection between me and my students.&amp;nbsp; It makes a BIG difference.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;We discuss the research I have been doing on using these questions to start a class. You may remember that I discussed this earlier in Dr. Z Reflects &lt;a href=&quot;https://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/04/connecting-with-your-students-through.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;(Connecting with Students through Opening Questions&lt;/a&gt;).&amp;nbsp; We even discussed the additional research that I did at the same time about &lt;a href=&quot;https://drzreflects.blogspot.com/search?q=why+students+turn+off+their+camera&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Why Students Turn Off their Online Cameras&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;which I also shared on this blog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Please give it a listen and give me some feedback about what you have experienced using icebreaker questions or other methods for connecting with your students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Looking forward to hearing from you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Z&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/5013924128876687865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2022/03/dr-z-shares-his-research-on-building.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/5013924128876687865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/5013924128876687865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2022/03/dr-z-shares-his-research-on-building.html' title='Dr. Z Shares his Research on Building Student-Teacher Connections on the Teaching-in-10 Podcast'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibv8RAZKoZbIMlXRqt3_kfihpbFRHNPaLJpZ1K5tKi2tMgu09DMQGpm3U2P1yi31oOJd1RP7zAK1-70d1XaSyFHM-ARMewoFjM-zCDrPxO9qo9L9f6_T4lEyDdNUyNKG_5VdSzhl2vSVHww08icCf2oHNaV9h7YpXd2LZGvfnPgLsZv7VQg/s72-c/Podcast%20Screen.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-6379972146410589071</id><published>2022-01-26T15:02:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2022-01-26T15:02:36.534-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mindfulness"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="webinar"/><title type='text'>Mind-Up for Life with FlipGrid</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoSaaLNFtLCcDbv6GAprAK2cjNwbj1RUTcpgrd47UL-OIUEpKFyRfdOGpScLQ-fNBQ0WbHnQ7t2xggaEItxQbZ_DOejxwDq_Z7zU2lJ4iCyXq4ankFJw3DTOnJzkoxu0lQjIgegyHZv7K4sUN5Oahf6GHgZrhYjyv_DhQAptx79fk30LGSHw=s284&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;164&quot; data-original-width=&quot;284&quot; height=&quot;190&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoSaaLNFtLCcDbv6GAprAK2cjNwbj1RUTcpgrd47UL-OIUEpKFyRfdOGpScLQ-fNBQ0WbHnQ7t2xggaEItxQbZ_DOejxwDq_Z7zU2lJ4iCyXq4ankFJw3DTOnJzkoxu0lQjIgegyHZv7K4sUN5Oahf6GHgZrhYjyv_DhQAptx79fk30LGSHw=w329-h190&quot; width=&quot;329&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I just partook in an interesting FlipGrid Live Event called &quot;Build Your Mental Fitness with Goldie Hawn and Dido Balla.&quot;&amp;nbsp; This was part of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://info.flipgrid.com/blog/get-inspired/upcoming-flipgrid-live-events.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;FlipGrid Live Event&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;series that I had not previously attended.&amp;nbsp; Great event.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.didoballa.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dido Balla&lt;/a&gt; was the main presenter.&amp;nbsp; Goldie joined us through some pre-recorded videos but she was informative.&amp;nbsp; Dido shared the intricacies of the mind and how mindfulness can help you get the most out of our noggin. His website identifies him as a &quot;brain trainer.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-qV5yRS5_mHOqslg0ucsVNZCGw0RUhzGECKodt6yDGEzijBWAJtDwrb8tdys2fGUVo2o1fkrXV1LkYEDjv_YNTkKlxNAL2WR12IuAE7aXIlNGBzr-eMEdgYF7sylvrEyyFSauXVs6NiwDl8dci-gWu-xY2DuRkx3VC0zuc5I__o17tLflvg=s728&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;728&quot; data-original-width=&quot;728&quot; height=&quot;109&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-qV5yRS5_mHOqslg0ucsVNZCGw0RUhzGECKodt6yDGEzijBWAJtDwrb8tdys2fGUVo2o1fkrXV1LkYEDjv_YNTkKlxNAL2WR12IuAE7aXIlNGBzr-eMEdgYF7sylvrEyyFSauXVs6NiwDl8dci-gWu-xY2DuRkx3VC0zuc5I__o17tLflvg=w109-h109&quot; width=&quot;109&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;My favorite parts were where Dido explained the intricacies of the mind using simple metaphors. He described the problem of test anxiety using his fist. The premise was that people can have problems with tests even though they know the material completely.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately, the emotions in the brain cloud the cognitive function.&amp;nbsp; The &lt;b&gt;knowledge was represented by the thumb &lt;/b&gt;and the &lt;b&gt;emotions were the four fingers covering it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;The pathway toward success is to find a way to &quot;open the fingers&quot; so they can free the &quot;thumb&quot; to share the knowledge.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjL-1YUv4TC5_HjX3qtu8vCxAYwi5c6yF10ZgNwFzZzwAOLvJ8-HxRjMUjgwqfh0e9T8Ds8rycOXCp3z17g7Mkb5Bz2AibwdXXocWMgiQxvoTHTWzNe6KQJ99-CdiqpufPuiFvQVKm8aHfN9NNU8kzUeKMlTFrp8xn2wfdVm1UMjYtx-YpZqw=s680&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;510&quot; data-original-width=&quot;680&quot; height=&quot;233&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjL-1YUv4TC5_HjX3qtu8vCxAYwi5c6yF10ZgNwFzZzwAOLvJ8-HxRjMUjgwqfh0e9T8Ds8rycOXCp3z17g7Mkb5Bz2AibwdXXocWMgiQxvoTHTWzNe6KQJ99-CdiqpufPuiFvQVKm8aHfN9NNU8kzUeKMlTFrp8xn2wfdVm1UMjYtx-YpZqw=w311-h233&quot; width=&quot;311&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Dr. Z and Dido Balla&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;His answer to this problem was to &quot;Seize Today.&quot; Spend some time being mindful. Deep breathing and centering your consciousness can bring you to the present. He said that we have to ask ourselves, &quot;Is my&amp;nbsp; mind where my body is?&quot;&amp;nbsp; Ignoring the past and future can provide us with what we need to use to have success today.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I reviewed &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.didoballa.com/blog&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Balla&#39;s blog&lt;/a&gt; and it is filled with videos and postings that discuss dealing with emotions, memories, happiness, optimism, and much more.&amp;nbsp; I know that I will be spending my evenings learning from this blog.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An interesting benefit of this event was my discovering the &lt;a href=&quot;https://admin.flipgrid.com/discovery/partners/mindup/66834?ns&amp;amp;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MindUP Brain Break&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; This is a 3-minute video where Dido Balla leads you in mindful breathing.&amp;nbsp; I plan to use this with my students to show them how they can engage in mindfulness.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have you had an opportunity to explore Mind-Up or engage in mindful learning?&amp;nbsp; Please share your experiences in the comments below.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/6379972146410589071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2022/01/mind-up-for-life-with-flipgrid.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/6379972146410589071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/6379972146410589071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2022/01/mind-up-for-life-with-flipgrid.html' title='Mind-Up for Life with FlipGrid'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoSaaLNFtLCcDbv6GAprAK2cjNwbj1RUTcpgrd47UL-OIUEpKFyRfdOGpScLQ-fNBQ0WbHnQ7t2xggaEItxQbZ_DOejxwDq_Z7zU2lJ4iCyXq4ankFJw3DTOnJzkoxu0lQjIgegyHZv7K4sUN5Oahf6GHgZrhYjyv_DhQAptx79fk30LGSHw=s72-w329-h190-c" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-3231930566051305969</id><published>2021-11-05T16:18:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2021-11-05T16:18:12.252-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="OK Zoomer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="workshops"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Zoom"/><title type='text'>Go BEYOND ZOOM BASICS with OK Zoomer!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;You have used Zoom but want to GO BEYOND THE BASICS.&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blogger.com/#&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jj51owsUFRk/YXwOGDfA7uI/AAAAAAABAAs/8rAJXAAFM2UH4eQOFD6yvSfxwOcfHdhvQCLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h196/OK%2BZoomer%2BLogo%2B200.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Doug Shaw and I have been leading educators beyond the basics of Zoom for the past 18 months. It has been a wonderful journey working with motivated educators.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have asked the OK Zoomer, Doug Shaw, to share our journey:&lt;br /&gt;===========================================&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems like an eternity ago, but it has been less than two years since we teachers experienced a global pandemic and associated quarantine. Take a moment to reflect on that – less than two years.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fortunately, plenty of basic “how to zoom” resources appeared. Blog posts, videos, and even workshops. And then more basic “how to zoom” resources. And even more. All covering the same things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the meantime, in the professional facilitation world, people were creating new techniques to use in business contexts. I remember being part of that process – it was so exciting. I’d be on for two hours in the afternoon (for one part of the world) and then two hours after midnight (for another part of the world) – sharing ideas, talking, but mostly playing around. We took ordinary features of zoom and tried to break them – or at least use them in ways that they weren’t intended. And we facilitators from all over the world came up with exciting, wonderful techniques, but nobody was telling the teachers . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2LW-Udxdg5Q/YYWexGw4WMI/AAAAAAABABs/P1Thg2ECpGEM3F_1fGR5QZVOltuAnRu2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s353/DougShaw.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Doug Shaw&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;353&quot; data-original-width=&quot;265&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2LW-Udxdg5Q/YYWexGw4WMI/AAAAAAABABs/P1Thg2ECpGEM3F_1fGR5QZVOltuAnRu2gCLcBGAsYHQ/w150-h200/DougShaw.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Doug Shaw&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Dr. Doug Shaw&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;And thus OK Zoomer came to be . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an exciting, fun, but most importantly intermediate workshop aimed specifically at teachers who were now remote teachers. Word of mouth was amazing, and after the first 100 participants came the first thousand, then the second thousand, and it kept growing. The United States became the US and Canada, and soon Dr. Z and I had officially taught over 3000 teachers from over 20 countries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People love this workshop.  We have dozens and dozens of testimonials, but I think I want to share this one, that I don’t even think Dr. Z has seen, and it really encapsulates a lot:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;I loved the extreme density of useful information in this presentation. So many of these pedagogy webinars (and I&#39;ve been to quite a few at this point, some by very expensive and famous people) end up padding out 2-3 minutes of semi-useful insight with 60-90 minutes worth of time-wasting filler and restatement.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;By contrast, every single minute in this workshop felt well-used and packed with genuinely new ideas. That has literally never happened to me before in any professional-development training and, gotta be honest, it was pretty refreshing to the soul. I also appreciated the psychological insight underlying a lot of the techniques we learned: rather than just focusing on cool tech tricks, this presentation felt as though it proceeded from a genuine understanding of how learners relate emotionally and cognitively to the Zoom experience.  …&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;I appreciated the opportunity to see how an experienced, charismatic performer would handle a lot of the techniques we discussed in the session. Finally, I appreciated that this session also achieved what it proposed to teach: it delivered an &quot;engaging and lively Zoom experience&quot; where I felt genuinely &quot;seen&quot; as a participant and felt myself forming active connections to the other learners present. Having had that experience is going to make it a lot easier to understand my students&#39; perspectives as I work to build the same kind of rapport in my own classes this fall.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of Dr. Z . . .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the&lt;i&gt; Q and A portion&lt;/i&gt; of the &lt;i&gt;OK Zoomer&lt;/i&gt; experience is not to be missed!  As a reader of this blog, you are probably impressed at not just the depth of his insight, but also its breadth.  During the Q and A, the entire contents of his creative and knowledgeable mind are open to the participants, and I’ve never seen him leave a session without answering every question people have, often sharing information for further brainstorming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to know more, please email me at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blogger.com/#&quot;&gt;doug.shaw@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/3231930566051305969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/11/go-beyond-zoom-basics-with-ok-zoomer.html#comment-form' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/3231930566051305969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/3231930566051305969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/11/go-beyond-zoom-basics-with-ok-zoomer.html' title='Go BEYOND ZOOM BASICS with OK Zoomer!!'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jj51owsUFRk/YXwOGDfA7uI/AAAAAAABAAs/8rAJXAAFM2UH4eQOFD6yvSfxwOcfHdhvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s72-w200-h196-c/OK%2BZoomer%2BLogo%2B200.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-49148981589645581</id><published>2021-10-11T13:35:00.054-05:00</published><updated>2021-10-11T19:57:09.969-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chatroom"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="techniques"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Zoom"/><title type='text'>The ENTER key is LAVA!: a Massively Multiplayer Participation Technique</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://draft.blogger.com/#&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Enter Key is Lava&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;228&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lpqYHHaXV24/YWR_qMT7ATI/AAAAAAAA_-8/i1GHLZBCY74ffRejzCkGzJ2dJQYHjNmfwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h228/EnterKeyisLava.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Enter Key is Lava&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dr. Doug Shaw Shares:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Hello.  Don’t you hate it when you look up a recipe online and you have to wade through paragraphs of introductory text about someone’s grandmother before you get to the ingredient list?  I’m going to share an amazing technique with you, and then if you like, you can stick around and read why it is so awesome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;Technique name:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt; The ENTER key is LAVA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;Use:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This technique enables students in an online synchronous class to share their opinions on a prompt or their answers to a question and to then engage with each other’s thoughts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;Time: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;About 8 minutes, but this will vary.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;Details:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Step one: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Tell the students, “I’m going to ask you a question.  Please type your answer in the chat window, but do NOT hit ENTER!  The ENTER key is LAVA!  Just type your answer in the window.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Step two:&lt;/i&gt; Ask your question. Type your question in the chat room as well in case they didn&#39;t hear it.  Follow by typing, “You have [x] minutes. Remember: The ENTER key is LAVA!”  I’ve found that two minutes usually works for me and my students, but it really depends on your topic and your class.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Step three:&lt;/i&gt; While the students are working, I like to play some low-volume music in through zoom.  You can do this by clicking “share screen”, the “advanced” tab, then select the box at the bottom of the window that says “share computer audio.”  Now cue music on your favorite music player. (I’ll tell you why at the end)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Step four: &lt;/i&gt;After the time has elapsed, stop the music, and say, “Okay, we hit ENTER on three!  One! Two! Three! PUNCH IT!”  Observe the huge stream of comments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Step five: &lt;/i&gt;Explain to the students that their next task is to read all the comments, find one that resonates with them, and type a response in the chat window. But DON&#39;T HIT ENTER.  As they do this, cue music and type the instructions in the chat:  “You have [y] minutes.  Read, respond, and the ENTER key is LAVA again!”  The amount of time you give them will depend on how many people are in the class. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steps six and seven: Again, stop the music, “One! Two! Three!” and their final task is to take [z] minutes to read these new comments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;Rationale:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;Equity: &lt;/span&gt;The problem with the Zoom Chat window is that it is modeled after our familiar texting apps.  This means that the place where you type is right below the place where you read responses.  For thoughtful students, this means that they see other students have “finished” with a question before they’ve had a chance to really think it through.  And for easily distracted students (and Zoom has made many people, including me, easily distracted) it becomes difficult to focus on their own answer as they see others’ answers cascading in their field of vision.  Both of these issues are even worse for neurodiverse students. “The ENTER key is LAVA” technique removes those problems.  Every student gets the same [x] minutes to write, the same [y] minutes to read and respond, and the same [z] minutes to read. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri,sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;Encouraging contributions:  &lt;/span&gt;By designating time for students to read as well as write, “The ENTER key is LAVA” technique demonstrates that both activities are equally important.  This message is also reinforced by the music cues – they get music when they are writing, reading, and responding, implicitly signaling that these three actions are all part of the same process.  If we want our students to consistently contribute in classes, it is important to make it obvious that their participation is valued.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Generality: &lt;/i&gt;Because this technique works for a variety of types of prompts, after students go through it once, you will be able to use it effortlessly throughout the semester.  It will go from a novelty to “this is how our class works.” You will be able to get large amounts of participation and engagement with little work. You will even be able to use it spontaneously, based on what is happening in your class at the moment!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Credits:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Calibri, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This technique was adapted from a workshop by Aneta Key from the Applied Improvisation Network. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Dr. Doug Shaw is a Guest Blogger. He is a Math Professor at the University of Northern Iowa.  He originated the OK Zoomer online workshops in August 2020.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/49148981589645581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-enter-key-is-lava-massively.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/49148981589645581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/49148981589645581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-enter-key-is-lava-massively.html' title='The ENTER key is LAVA!: a Massively Multiplayer Participation Technique'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lpqYHHaXV24/YWR_qMT7ATI/AAAAAAAA_-8/i1GHLZBCY74ffRejzCkGzJ2dJQYHjNmfwCLcBGAsYHQ/s72-w320-h228-c/EnterKeyisLava.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-6012080203211080718</id><published>2021-09-24T06:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2021-09-24T06:10:06.738-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cherish"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="creativity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="innovation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Dot"/><title type='text'>Cherish Their Dots</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_-6s7kzqwHQ/YU2qjcgbLlI/AAAAAAAA_9Q/UlPc8k3UKDwqJrU4xdjKtyV0uO4G853GwCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/TheDot.jpg&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;A picture of the cover of the book, The Dot&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;467&quot; data-original-width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;299&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_-6s7kzqwHQ/YU2qjcgbLlI/AAAAAAAA_9Q/UlPc8k3UKDwqJrU4xdjKtyV0uO4G853GwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h299/TheDot.jpg&quot; title=&quot;The Dot picture.&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Dot by Peter Reynolds&lt;/b&gt; is one of my favorite books. This picture book is a reflection on how to nurture creativity in people.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;It is simple. It is beautiful. It is insightful.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-cc376b64-7fff-ddff-5103-2c30a104f877&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;The story begins with a boy in an art class.&amp;nbsp; He sits with a blank piece of paper in front of him. He is frustrated because he “can’t draw.” His art teacher asks him to make a mark on the paper. The boy slams his pencil onto the paper and makes a dot. “There!”, he says. The teacher admires the dot and says “Now  sign it?” The boy is surprised, but he signs it and leaves.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;The next week, he returns to art class to see his autographed dot framed and mounted above his teacher’s desk. Astonished, the boy looks at the dot and says “I can make a better dot THAT!” He proceeds to create red dots, purple dots, little dots, big dots, on and on. His dot creation is so profuse that he holds an art show to share his creations with the world.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;What happens at the exhibit is wonderful. I won’t share it with you here, but it is well worth &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thedotcentral.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;getting the book &lt;/a&gt;to find out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Cherish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;The message of this book is that everyone must begin somewhere. It takes a great deal of bravery to stick our toes in the world of drawing or painting or writing or cooking or whatever. Making this initial venture can be scary, and whether or not a person continues will lie greatly on how the public reacts to their work.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;This is where &lt;b&gt;The Dot &lt;/b&gt;demonstrates the importance of that reaction.&amp;nbsp; We MUST cherish new ventures. Every venture is better than the vacant space that would be present if nothing was tried. Every venture needs to have a supporter who cherishes the bravery and fortitude necessary to begin this experiment.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;When our children/students/friends &quot;make a dot&quot;, we must support them. We must ask them to sign the dot and cherish what they have created.&amp;nbsp; This can nurture the strength it requires to do it again.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;We MUST Cherish their Dots!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/6012080203211080718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/09/cherish-their-dots.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/6012080203211080718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/6012080203211080718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/09/cherish-their-dots.html' title='Cherish Their Dots'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_-6s7kzqwHQ/YU2qjcgbLlI/AAAAAAAA_9Q/UlPc8k3UKDwqJrU4xdjKtyV0uO4G853GwCLcBGAsYHQ/s72-w320-h299-c/TheDot.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total><georss:featurename>Cedar Falls, IA, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>42.5348993 -92.4453161</georss:point><georss:box>14.224665463821154 -127.6015661 70.845133136178845 -57.2890661</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-128425335450093314</id><published>2021-09-19T12:53:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2021-09-19T12:53:52.529-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fun stuff"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pirate"/><title type='text'>ARGH!!! Today Be &quot;Talk Like a Pirate Day!&quot;</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x1r9ChdeC3c/YUdwNZYlkXI/AAAAAAAA_8o/M5HGhmuAg5ULWuPluM0VyBgTQhKzkSruQCLcBGAsYHQ/s979/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-09-19%2Bat%2B12.14.07%2BPM.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;626&quot; data-original-width=&quot;979&quot; height=&quot;205&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x1r9ChdeC3c/YUdwNZYlkXI/AAAAAAAA_8o/M5HGhmuAg5ULWuPluM0VyBgTQhKzkSruQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-09-19%2Bat%2B12.14.07%2BPM.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&quot;Shiver Me Timbers, Matey.&quot;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;TODAY, September 19 is&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&quot;International Talk Like a Pirate Day.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;This is the day where you can enjoy being crazy.&amp;nbsp; You can dress like a pirate or just throw some &quot;Args&quot; and &quot;Mateys&quot; and &quot;Ahoys&quot; into your discussions with friends.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;What Can You Do on &quot;Talk Like a Pirate Day?&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wikihow.com/Dress-Like-a-Pirate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dress like a pirate.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://pirate.monkeyness.com/translate&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Translate your writings into Pirate Talk.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(See Below)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Gather your mateys to have a Pirate Party.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fleecefun.com/pirate-party-ideas-tutorials-and-free-pritnables/&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;free printables&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;, a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com/category/other/pirate/&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;pirate-themed cake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;or hold a &quot;best pirate costume&quot; contest.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Get Free Booty at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/LongJohnSilvers/photos/talk-like-a-pirate-day-is-our-favorite-day-of-the-year-please-share-with-us-your/10155642213472836/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Long John Silver&#39;s&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- Free Fish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://funkidsjokes.com/pirate-jokes-kids/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tell Pirate Jokes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Go on a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theflourishingabode.com/2012/02/adventure-challenge-week-1-pirate-nature-hunt.html&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;pirate scavenger hunt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Whatever you do, have a fun time being who want to be and doing it with your friends!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;Translated into Pirate Lingo . . .&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&quot;Shiver Me Timbers, Matey.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;TODAY, September 19 be &quot;International Natter Like a Pirate Day.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&#39;Tis the day where ye can enjoy bein&#39; crazy.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Ye can dress like a pirate or jus&#39; throw some &quot;Args&quot; &#39;n &quot;Mateys&quot; &#39;n &quot;Ahoys&quot; into yer discussions wit&#39; scallywags.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Wha&#39; Can Ye Do on &quot;Natter Like a Pirate Day?&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Dress like a pirate.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Translate yer writings into Pirate Natter.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Gather yer mateys t&#39; &#39;ave a Pirate Party.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;free printables, a pirate-themed cake, or hold a &quot;best pirate costume&quot; contest.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Get Free Booty at Long John Silver&#39;s - Free FishTell Pirate Jokes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Go on a pirate scavenger hunt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Whatever ye do, &#39;ave a fun time bein&#39; who wants t&#39; be &#39;n doin&#39; it wit&#39; yer mateys!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
  9. Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/128425335450093314/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/09/argh-today-be-talk-like-pirate-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/128425335450093314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/128425335450093314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/09/argh-today-be-talk-like-pirate-day.html' title='ARGH!!! Today Be &quot;Talk Like a Pirate Day!&quot;'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x1r9ChdeC3c/YUdwNZYlkXI/AAAAAAAA_8o/M5HGhmuAg5ULWuPluM0VyBgTQhKzkSruQCLcBGAsYHQ/s72-c/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-09-19%2Bat%2B12.14.07%2BPM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-4465759582873164081</id><published>2021-08-29T12:30:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2021-08-29T12:30:55.285-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The EASY Way to &quot;Share Your Screen&quot; Smoothly in Zoom</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xD7GRSnWUEU/YSvDFzpOhTI/AAAAAAAA_yQ/SFM04NrLuBMiZc-GEnyFWfXOua0QMzrdQCLcBGAsYHQ/s164/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-08-29%2Bat%2B12.24.21%2BPM.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;160&quot; data-original-width=&quot;164&quot; height=&quot;160&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xD7GRSnWUEU/YSvDFzpOhTI/AAAAAAAA_yQ/SFM04NrLuBMiZc-GEnyFWfXOua0QMzrdQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-08-29%2Bat%2B12.24.21%2BPM.png&quot; width=&quot;164&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sharing your screen in Zoom is not difficult, doing it SMOOTHLY can be challenging at times.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The key is using Keyboard Commands.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is easy enough to just click on the &lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Green Box&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; at the bottom of the screen, but I find it much faster on my MacBook Air to just use &lt;b&gt;Command-Shift-S &lt;/b&gt;(&lt;b&gt;Alt-S &lt;/b&gt;for Windows.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I just finished hosting a Zoom Service for our &lt;a href=&quot;https://cedarvalleyuu.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cedar Valley Unitarian Universalists&lt;/a&gt; today. Using two monitors, I had the slideshow on my separate screen and the Zoom controls on my laptop.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Making smooth transitions from pastor to slideshow and back again is important.
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  11. Looking for a quick way to make the change, I referred to my &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2020/08/18-zoom-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac-and.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dr. Z&#39;s Zoom Keyboard Shortcuts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; page and found the keyboard commands for making this happen.  Funny thing was that I had never used the keyboard to share my screen but it worked BEAUTIFULLY!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How do you use Keyboard Shortcuts when you use Zoom?&amp;nbsp; You don&#39;t?&amp;nbsp; Check my shortcuts chart and tell us which ones you use or will likely find useful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Z&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/4465759582873164081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-easy-way-to-share-your-screen.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/4465759582873164081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/4465759582873164081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-easy-way-to-share-your-screen.html' title='The EASY Way to &quot;Share Your Screen&quot; Smoothly in Zoom'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xD7GRSnWUEU/YSvDFzpOhTI/AAAAAAAA_yQ/SFM04NrLuBMiZc-GEnyFWfXOua0QMzrdQCLcBGAsYHQ/s72-c/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-08-29%2Bat%2B12.24.21%2BPM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-5903461464864533756</id><published>2021-07-12T09:26:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2021-07-12T09:44:50.372-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="learning"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pedagogy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="youtube"/><title type='text'>How Does Watching/Listening Faster Affect My Learning?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i1551V8oVv0/YOxQXAVL-BI/AAAAAAAA_OE/4KOYxl8kK589UrFnxzYjmtrzxBZP7dJUACLcBGAsYHQ/s376/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-07-12%2Bat%2B10.20.11%2BAM.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;376&quot; data-original-width=&quot;241&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i1551V8oVv0/YOxQXAVL-BI/AAAAAAAA_OE/4KOYxl8kK589UrFnxzYjmtrzxBZP7dJUACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-07-12%2Bat%2B10.20.11%2BAM.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;OK, having read my previous posting,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/07/learn-faster-by-watching-faster.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Learn Faster by Watching Faster&lt;/a&gt;, and asked &quot;How does faster watching/listening affect learning?&quot; How can my brain comprehend content that is faster than the typical human speaking pace?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Good Question.&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; The answer is -&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;It all Depends!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Some research supports accelerated watching/listening.&amp;nbsp; Some research found that students do poorly on tests after watching/listening to videos 2x times the regular speed. The problem with these studies is that they approach it as an either/or situation.&amp;nbsp; They have students listen to content at 2x and then test them.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Success with this process is a personal outcome.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;It depends upon:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Content of the video/audio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Your ability to understand the audio language.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;How much attention you are paying to the audio track.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;People typically&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncvs.org/ncvs/tutorials/voiceprod/tutorial/quality.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;speak English at about 150 words per minute (wpm).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(I would assume that this applies to other languages as well, but I didn&#39;t find any research on that.) Our maximum rate for comprehension is about 450 wpm.&amp;nbsp; This means that we might be able to triple (3x) the speed of discourse and still understand it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4&gt;What Will Work for You?&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p&gt;I must admit that I usually keep my listening at a 1.5x or 1.75x rate. I have tried 2x but don&#39;t find that comfortable. Your choice must be based upon what works for you . . . but what is that magic speed?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/how-to-understand-fast-speech#:~:text=To%20understand%20faster%20speech%2C%20you,playback%20speed%20up%20and%20continue.&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Oxford Online English&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;center suggests a short test to identify which speed works best for you.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/how-to-understand-fast-speech#:~:text=To%20understand%20faster%20speech%2C%20you,playback%20speed%20up%20and%20continue.&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Oxford Online English - How to Understand Fast Speech.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Begin by finding an audio track (maybe on a video) containing the type of information you typically need to learn.&amp;nbsp; Wouldn&#39;t make sense to listen to a highly-technical medical video if you will be listening to lectures for typical education videos.&amp;nbsp; It will work best if you have a transcript of the piece, but not necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Warm up by listening to a few sentences in the video.&amp;nbsp; Try to remember what they said.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Listen to another sentence.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Try to type/write out the sentence exactly.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Repeat this for 2 more sentences.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Compare what you typed/wrote to the transcript (or listen to it again.)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How many mistakes did you make?&amp;nbsp; Every missing, wrong, or forgotten word is a mistake.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;You are only allowed 1 mistake.&amp;nbsp; Any more, then you need to slow down your speed and try again.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you got them all right, try it again at a faster speed. Continue until you find the speed you want to use.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;What worked for you?&amp;nbsp; I had a couple of errors at 1.75x - but I plan to get better.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Pay Attention!&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;div&gt;The most important part of understanding rapid speech is to PAY ATTENTION!&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s too easy for us to try to multitask while watching a video.&amp;nbsp; The problem is that we often don&#39;t remember what we just heard because our minds had drifted to something else. That means that we have to listen to watch/listen to it again.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You have to pay careful attention if you are speeding up your videos. If you speed up a 12-minute video to 1.5x, you will be able to watch it in 2/3 of the time, or 8 minutes.&amp;nbsp; If you try to multitask while listening, you may have to watch it again and extend it to 24 minutes - it&#39;s YOUR CHOICE.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Watching/Listening Faster&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;p&gt;Watching faster can mean a big difference in how much you can learn in a short period.&amp;nbsp; This can be a great boon to your students&#39; learning as well. Chances are that many of them are doing this already, but they may think it is cheating.&amp;nbsp; Let them in on this secret.&amp;nbsp; Try doing it in class so they can see how it works.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Introduce your students (and yourself) to another way in which you can understand the world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have you been speeding up your watching/listening?&amp;nbsp; Leave a comment about what you have accomplished.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Z&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BTW, Speeding up podcasts to make listening more efficient is called&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/doree/meet-the-people-who-listen-to-podcasts-at-super-fast-speeds&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;PodFasting.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It&#39;s a great way to catch up on the podcasts that you missed.&amp;nbsp;Check it out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Inouye, M. (2016)&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://medium.com/@minouye/can-we-speed-listen-and-still-understand-d8d7f1b554a1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Can We Speed Listen and Still Understand?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
  13. Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/5903461464864533756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/07/how-does-watching-faster-affect-learning.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/5903461464864533756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/5903461464864533756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/07/how-does-watching-faster-affect-learning.html' title='How Does Watching/Listening Faster Affect My Learning?'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i1551V8oVv0/YOxQXAVL-BI/AAAAAAAA_OE/4KOYxl8kK589UrFnxzYjmtrzxBZP7dJUACLcBGAsYHQ/s72-c/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-07-12%2Bat%2B10.20.11%2BAM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-7823382303326360272</id><published>2021-07-09T09:55:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2021-07-12T09:40:12.933-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online learning"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="video"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Zoom"/><title type='text'>Learn Faster by Watching Faster</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-823103c9-7fff-778a-54b5-cab21a4b51d4&quot;&gt;
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  15.  &lt;iframe allow=&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/t3Jgt59Ilps&quot; title=&quot;YouTube video player&quot; width=&quot;520&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Videos can be informative but they can take a great deal of time as well. Interestingly enough, you can speed up videos and still understand them. This &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3Jgt59Ilps&quot; style=&quot;text-decoration-line: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;1:44 video&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; shows you how to increase the watching speed of YouTube videos. (Try watching it in less than 1:44 😉 )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;I watch most informative videos at 1.5x or faster.  Obviously, this distorts some of the cinematic aspects of the video but I am interested in the information, not the cinematography. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Z&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Wondering how this can affect your understanding, visit my &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/07/how-does-watching-faster-affect-learning.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;How Does Watching/Listening Faster Affect Learning?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; post.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/7823382303326360272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/07/learn-faster-by-watching-faster.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/7823382303326360272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/7823382303326360272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/07/learn-faster-by-watching-faster.html' title='Learn Faster by Watching Faster'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/t3Jgt59Ilps/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-6920312253800129976</id><published>2021-06-25T22:15:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2021-09-16T14:37:17.552-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="research"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Zoom"/><title type='text'>Why Students Turn Off their Cameras in Online Classes</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EGo71zZ5r08/YKaRKmmpKDI/AAAAAAAA-wM/fWJPwkxdO7kTv1MQ1SXVJH1fU_eiqxtTACLcBGAsYHQ/s593/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-05-20%2Bat%2B11.40.49%2BAM.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Screen with 25 photos of Dr. Z&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;504&quot; data-original-width=&quot;593&quot; height=&quot;247&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EGo71zZ5r08/YKaRKmmpKDI/AAAAAAAA-wM/fWJPwkxdO7kTv1MQ1SXVJH1fU_eiqxtTACLcBGAsYHQ/w291-h247/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-05-20%2Bat%2B11.40.49%2BAM.png&quot; title=&quot;Screen with 25 photos of Dr. Z&quot; width=&quot;291&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;I HATE it when my students turn off their cameras in class!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I didn&#39;t select teaching as my role in life to talk to a bunch of boxes on the screen.&amp;nbsp; I want to talk to my students and see their responses as we venture into new ideas and experiences.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, when we had to move our classes online, educators met with a number of students who didn&#39;t turn on their cameras. I have spent the past year presenting &lt;a href=&quot;http://dougshaw.com/okzoomer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;OK Zoomer webinars&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for Higher-Ed and K-12 teachers.&amp;nbsp; The #1 question they have is &quot;&lt;i&gt;How can I get my students to turn on their cameras?&lt;/i&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good question.&amp;nbsp; There are a plethora of solutions. Some answer that question by mandating students to keep their cameras active. This may be unfair because it is an invasion of their privacy.&amp;nbsp; Other educators build empathy with their students by sharing important it is for them to have the opportunity to have eye contact with their students.&amp;nbsp; Some instructors give extra credit points to students who show themselves.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have been interested in learning about why students turn off their cameras.&amp;nbsp; This Spring semester, I taught 100 students in three sections through Zoom. At the end of the semester, I asked them to share their reasons for turning off their cameras. I presented them with a list of 14 options and then provided a place where they could provide other reasons. They could select as many reasons as they wanted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Reasons Why Students Turn Off Their Cameras*&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;The results were quite interesting.&amp;nbsp; Out of my 100 students, 69 of them answered the survey. Here are the results of this survey (n=69):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E3lZvdPF-_0/YUOVrOvDK-I/AAAAAAAA_74/AfOLxvv4-pkWiAReGKuKDxVlY0U83kTDACLcBGAsYHQ/s800/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-09-16%2Bat%2B2.05.40%2BPM.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;611&quot; data-original-width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;302&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E3lZvdPF-_0/YUOVrOvDK-I/AAAAAAAA_74/AfOLxvv4-pkWiAReGKuKDxVlY0U83kTDACLcBGAsYHQ/w396-h302/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-09-16%2Bat%2B2.05.40%2BPM.png&quot; width=&quot;396&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-3fe1684d-7fff-cf98-f43d-9fc6e9de6f11&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Survey Results: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Why Students Turn Off their Cameras&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;I have broken these results into 6 groups: Self-Conscious, Technical, Considering Others, Status Quo, Other Activity, and Privacy:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Self-Conscious: &lt;/b&gt;Two of the top 3 reasons given indicated that the students are Self-conscious. They didn&#39;t want others to see them and they didn&#39;t like seeing themselves. They were concerned about being judged.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Other Activity: &lt;/b&gt;They wanted to engage in an activity other than class. Thirty-nine percent of them turned them off because they were eating. That was considerate (especially in my 8:00 class). You will note that the last two reasons involved them getting involved in something else.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Technical: &lt;/b&gt;Technology tends to fail. Almost 1/3 of them had internet problems. Some had webcam problems. The interesting part of this is that I had students contact me apologizing about how they couldn&#39;t use their cameras because of technical problems.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Consider Others: &lt;/b&gt;Surprisingly, about 1/5 of the students turned them off because they were concerned that they would distract their classmates or their professor.&amp;nbsp; The funny thing is that I enjoyed seeing my students and turning them off distracted me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Status Quo: &lt;/b&gt;Everyone else had turned theirs off, so why shouldn&#39;t I?&amp;nbsp; Why did they feel that it should be the status quo?&amp;nbsp; Did the teacher say it was OK?&amp;nbsp; Was the class delivered at one-way communication so it didn&#39;t seem like they needed to be part of the discussion?&amp;nbsp; Did the students get together and decide to keep their cameras off?&amp;nbsp; Don&#39;t know.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Privacy: &lt;/b&gt;Should students be required to share their surroundings? One-quarter of them didn&#39;t want to show other people and 1/5 didn&#39;t want to show their surroundings.&amp;nbsp; These are significant concerns that could be considered.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;How Can We Use These Results?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;A preliminary analysis indicates that the most popular reasons that our students turn off their cameras have to do with them being &lt;b&gt;Self-Conscious.&lt;/b&gt; While it is understandable that students are concerned about how they look and what others think about them, &lt;i&gt;we need to make their learning environment safe and inviting&lt;/i&gt; to reduce their anxiety.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Other Activity &lt;/b&gt;reasons were interesting. It is fully understandable for students to turn off their cameras when they are eating. Finding the &quot;not paying attention&quot; reason at the bottom of the pile was a surprise. While that reason is high on &lt;b&gt;my&lt;/b&gt; list when I turn off my camera, it wasn&#39;t the case with these students. These ratings may indicate that they were&lt;i&gt; learning in an interactive environment.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Technical &lt;/b&gt;problems are everywhere. They have little to do with attitude and everything to do with happenstance. While some situations are unavoidable (e.g., poor web access in the rural areas), other reasons may just be computer problems that can be corrected. (I wrote another posting about&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/01/9-strategies-to-help-your-students.html&quot;&gt;Strategies to Optimize Your Zoom Bandwidth&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;earlier.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Considering Others&#39;&lt;/b&gt; distractions is unique. This may indicate an empathy that has developed in a positive community.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Status Quo &lt;/b&gt;has to do with expectations. The teacher must share their vision for the learning environment with students so they will know how to perform. There is great debate about whether an educator can REQUIRE students to turn on their cameras. Looking into students&#39; homes may be an invasion of privacy. Some teachers encourage their students to share their cameras by: having theme or color days where they dress accordingly; encouraging students to create virtual backgrounds to support the course content; or having interactive discussions that encourage face-to-face interaction.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Privacy &lt;/b&gt;was a big concern when students were forced into online learning. We must pay attention to situations where students don&#39;t want to share their home life or companions. It leads us to the problem with requiring students to show their faces. Educators would be more effective if they worked with the student to remedy the situation (e.g., broadcast from the library) than forcing embarassment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;This is Only the Beginning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am sharing these results with you because it is one of the most often asked questions on educators&#39; minds. I will be analyzing this deeper and submitting it to a refereed journal. Please leave your comments about the research design, my comments, or how these relate to your experiences.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;I NEED Your Help Higher Education Educators!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am interested in expanding this research to explore students&#39; reactions in other classes.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;I am looking for 10 higher education educators who would like to join me.&amp;nbsp; It may be as simple as having your students complete the survey or we can discuss how this would best address your needs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Please contact me at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto: leigh.zeitz@uni.edu&quot;&gt;Dr. Z&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;with your subject and teaching situation. Put &lt;i&gt;Camera Research&lt;/i&gt; in the subject line.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Have a Great Week!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Z&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;* This article was edited on 9/16/21 to add the Privacy category.&amp;nbsp; This was suggested by some readers and it was a valid suggestion.&amp;nbsp; The numbers were not changed, only the category.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/6920312253800129976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/06/why-students-turn-off-their-cameras-in.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/6920312253800129976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/6920312253800129976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/06/why-students-turn-off-their-cameras-in.html' title='Why Students Turn Off their Cameras in Online Classes'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EGo71zZ5r08/YKaRKmmpKDI/AAAAAAAA-wM/fWJPwkxdO7kTv1MQ1SXVJH1fU_eiqxtTACLcBGAsYHQ/s72-w291-h247-c/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-05-20%2Bat%2B11.40.49%2BAM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-7380048416470355633</id><published>2021-04-13T15:08:00.015-05:00</published><updated>2021-10-31T21:44:17.854-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Connecting with Students through Opening Questions</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jnK_WUNa_FM/YM1XY0ZJgjI/AAAAAAAA_HA/LDPGdzOAgxMd0viEIRxywLDG65ZqNd6dACLcBGAsYHQ/s264/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-06-18%2Bat%2B9.32.13%2BPM.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;264&quot; data-original-width=&quot;229&quot; height=&quot;215&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jnK_WUNa_FM/YM1XY0ZJgjI/AAAAAAAA_HA/LDPGdzOAgxMd0viEIRxywLDG65ZqNd6dACLcBGAsYHQ/w186-h215/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-06-18%2Bat%2B9.32.13%2BPM.png&quot; width=&quot;186&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The first 5 minutes are the most important part of a class or meeting. The closer students feel to their teacher and learning environment, the more engaged they can be in their learning experience.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Engaging students while meeting through Zoom can be difficult. the teacher-student separation is widened by the teleconferencing chasm/. It is up to the teacher to create an environment that supports their students&#39; interest in learning.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have found that the key to connecting with students is to engage them in discussion at the beginning of class.&amp;nbsp; At first, I would ask them &quot;How are you?&quot; or &quot;What is exciting you this week?&quot;&amp;nbsp; This was useful for the first few weeks, but I realized that this was a prime opportunity to build community.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The tough part was developing new questions. My well of creativity quickly ran dry so I Googled &quot;icebreaker questions&quot; and found a fountain of phrases.&amp;nbsp; I didn&#39;t want to ask questions that were too personal but still interesting.&amp;nbsp; This could be the perfect opportunity to begin class with some &lt;a href=&quot;https://learnsafe.com/bellringers-what-are-they-and-why-should-teachers-use-them/&quot;&gt;Bell Ringers&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Asking a question relevant to what we would be discussing would be an effective way to get things started.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;These are the questions I have used throughout this semester.&amp;nbsp; They are in chronological order. Most of them came from &lt;a href=&quot;https://learn-grow-blossom.com/105-morning-meeting-sharing-ideas/&quot;&gt;Amber at&lt;i&gt; Learn Grow Blossom.&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you were to write a book, What would be the topic?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you could have any superpower, what would it be?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What class do you wish we offered at UNI? Why?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How do you help others?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Where would you like to travel?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What is one thing you could do all day long without stopping?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What do you think is your hidden talent?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What is your favorite type of music?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What is the hardest part about being a kid?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Who inspires you?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What are 3 things you cannot live without?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What Bugs You?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;When are you MOST creative?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What would YOU ask a teacher?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What do you like to do outside?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you could travel back in time 3 years and visit your younger self,&amp;nbsp;What advice would you give yourself?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Which country would you like your class to collaborate with? What would you like them to do? (preceded a discussion on Global Collaboration)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have you ever used QR codes? How could you use QR codes with your students? (set the stage for our QR Codes lesson.)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you could select a nickname, what would it be?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What is your favorite card, board, or computer game?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;References&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://learn-grow-blossom.com/105-morning-meeting-sharing-ideas/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;105 Morning Meeting Sharing Ideas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://murcha.wordpress.com/2020/07/29/virtual-icebreakers-for-online-learning/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Virtual Icebreakers for Online Learning&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.signupgenius.com/college/icebreaker-questions-college-students.cfm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;100 Icebreaker Questions for College Students&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/blog/icebreaker-questions-for-kids/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;50+ Unique Icebreaker Questions for Kids your Class will Love&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://teambuilding.com/blog/icebreaker-questions#funny&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Icebreaker Questions: The #1 List Updated in 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Do Opening Questions Make a Difference?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;While I don&#39;t have any survey data yet, I have felt a closer connection with my students this semester than in the past. Review the questions that I have asked.&amp;nbsp; These are questions that unveil interesting information about each student but they don&#39;t pry into personal secrets.&amp;nbsp; My students have told me that they feel a personal connection with me. Mind you, I have never met most of these students in person but we have a connection. Some of them say that they feel closer to me than any of their other professors.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yes, they DO make a difference!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How are you opening your classes?&amp;nbsp; What has been your students&#39; reactions to your opening activities?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Share your ideas in the Comment section below.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Z&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;NOTE: I completed some research where I asked my students about their reaction to this Opening Question Activity.&amp;nbsp; It will be shared in a future posting and ultimately in an educational research journal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/7380048416470355633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/04/connecting-with-your-students-through.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/7380048416470355633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/7380048416470355633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/04/connecting-with-your-students-through.html' title='Connecting with Students through Opening Questions'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jnK_WUNa_FM/YM1XY0ZJgjI/AAAAAAAA_HA/LDPGdzOAgxMd0viEIRxywLDG65ZqNd6dACLcBGAsYHQ/s72-w186-h215-c/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-06-18%2Bat%2B9.32.13%2BPM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-5495884179257068015</id><published>2021-04-11T20:27:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2021-06-19T19:58:02.568-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Attendance"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chatroom"/><title type='text'>Take Attendance through your Zoom Chat Room</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-3edf6dd2-7fff-8a70-609c-2316f578cf80&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;docs-internal-guid-3edf6dd2-7fff-8a70-609c-2316f578cf80&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y57zI1-NpGU/YHOfBj3z9bI/AAAAAAAA-pE/2yyjujCLnvUHnT-1FsP-N9jHuPD8qt_vwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; data-original-height=&quot;980&quot; data-original-width=&quot;494&quot; height=&quot;381&quot; src=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y57zI1-NpGU/YHOfBj3z9bI/AAAAAAAA-pE/2yyjujCLnvUHnT-1FsP-N9jHuPD8qt_vwCLcBGAsYHQ/w192-h381/image.png&quot; width=&quot;192&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Taking attendance can be difficult through Zoom.&amp;nbsp; Your students are&amp;nbsp;on multiple gallery screens and you don&#39;t have the time to flip back and forth between screens while you check them off in your grade book.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taking attendance doesn&#39;t need to be difficult.&amp;nbsp; It can even be fun!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Use your Zoom Chat Room&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use your Chat Room to take attendance. Have your students type &quot;I&#39;m Here&quot; into the chat room and, Viola!, your attendance has been stored in the archives.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t5yN5w0iLgk/YHOb1h6nK1I/AAAAAAAA-o0/TiSB3EaKsYISjRVvjecQb7SFRFN85X1OgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; data-original-height=&quot;337&quot; data-original-width=&quot;271&quot; height=&quot;188&quot; src=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t5yN5w0iLgk/YHOb1h6nK1I/AAAAAAAA-o0/TiSB3EaKsYISjRVvjecQb7SFRFN85X1OgCLcBGAsYHQ/w151-h188/image.png&quot; width=&quot;151&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Save your Zoom Chat Room&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;An important part of this process is to save the Chat Room to a file so you can see it later.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Click the ... box at the bottom right corner of your Chat column (see illustration). Select Save Chat and it will save your chat comments to the Zoom folder that Zoom created on your computer when you started Zooming a year ago.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Other Ways to Take Attendance&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in other options, you will find some other postings in &lt;a href=&quot;http://drzreflects.com&quot;&gt;Dr. Z Reflects&lt;/a&gt; with suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/01/taking-attendance-during-zoom-class.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Taking Attendance using Zoom Reports&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;How do you take attendance?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Z&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
  19. Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/5495884179257068015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/04/take-attendance-through-your-zoom-chat.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/5495884179257068015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/5495884179257068015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/04/take-attendance-through-your-zoom-chat.html' title='Take Attendance through your Zoom Chat Room'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y57zI1-NpGU/YHOfBj3z9bI/AAAAAAAA-pE/2yyjujCLnvUHnT-1FsP-N9jHuPD8qt_vwCLcBGAsYHQ/s72-w192-h381-c/image.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-9201779259524235598</id><published>2021-03-04T10:00:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2021-03-09T11:08:02.383-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="howto"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Zoom"/><title type='text'>How to Update Your Zoom Client Version</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I have had many educators and students ask how to update their Zoom client version so that they can use some of the more recent functions like moving between Breakout Rooms.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This video is for you:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;438&#39; height=&#39;364&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyEddqHmkOAupi4J4KgORnoZ3-OU9AyWDcJDj0IbLvPtnrRZLnTdWExuIYCsHXXN2Bqftxv9GcfA9k&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;BTW: If your updating fails, you will see &quot;Automatic Update is disabled for Zoom. Ask your IT administrator for Help.&quot;&amp;nbsp; You can contact your IT person or you can try reinstalling Zoom to your computer.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/9201779259524235598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/03/how-to-update-your-zoom-client-version.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/9201779259524235598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/9201779259524235598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/03/how-to-update-your-zoom-client-version.html' title='How to Update Your Zoom Client Version'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-498947228157533223</id><published>2021-02-15T10:14:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2021-02-15T10:14:00.984-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mistakes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online learning"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Online Teaching"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Zoom"/><title type='text'>Dr. Z Loses Power in Zoom Class</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2n5856CFcyc/YCqXjdxST4I/AAAAAAAA-Xw/rTtmTT8i5pENs7ek7FhUJ9V2xhzM4XlWACLcBGAsYHQ/s516/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-15%2Bat%2B9.46.23%2BAM.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;327&quot; data-original-width=&quot;516&quot; height=&quot;192&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2n5856CFcyc/YCqXjdxST4I/AAAAAAAA-Xw/rTtmTT8i5pENs7ek7FhUJ9V2xhzM4XlWACLcBGAsYHQ/w304-h192/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-15%2Bat%2B9.46.23%2BAM.png&quot; width=&quot;304&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Even though I have made a reputation for teaching other educators how to use Zoom; regardless of the fact that I have been teaching synchronous online classes from my basement for the past 11 months; In spite of the fact that I have been teaching online for over 2 decades; I want you to know that sometimes things go wrong in online classes for me too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Today, I was just beginning to teach my &lt;i&gt;Ed Tech and Design &lt;/i&gt;course through Zoom. I had EVERYTHING prepared.  My screen was shared so we could review our schedule and the requirements for the upcoming assignment. I had already spoken with each of my 36 students by asking them the question of the day. Each of my students had already renamed themselves by putting their group numbers at the beginning of their names to make it easier to break them up for their group work later.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Suddenly, my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;MacBook Air&#39;s &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;screen WENT BLANK . . . &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;My lifeless computer stared back at me as I tried to make sense of the situation. My students were gone and my computer wasn&#39;t working. I was cut off from my class. I hadn&#39;t checked to ensure that my laptop was charged and it died. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;My students were left leaderless in my Zoom classroom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;I immediately phoned my Graduate Assistant, Lindsey. She answered quickly My computer connection was cut so I needed to reconnect another way. Lindsey affirmed that they had noticed that I had disappeared. I had not yet made her co-host so hosting had been passed to a student . . . How embarrassing!  When Lindsey discovered the host, they asked the new &quot;chief of the class&quot; to make them host.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;My computer was busy recharging so I hung up from Lindsey, and signed into Zoom with my phone. This allowed me to address the class to start them with their class activities. The next activity was Breakout Room group work.  Lindsey placed them all in groups and sent them on their way to collaboration. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;My computer soon regained consciousness.  I was able to sign back into Zoom to regain control of my class. Things went well after that.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This was embarrassing, but it was a learning experience as well.&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Here are some of my Lessons Learned:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot; /&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Remember to have your laptop plugged in before you begin class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Have your laptop charged before class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Add this plugged in/charged reminder to your checklist. (You may remember that last week I posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/02/my-educators-checklist-for-successful.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;my checklist in prep for a Zoom class&lt;/a&gt;.   You will notice that I have since added this to the list - near the top.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;ALWAYS assign your assistant as Co-Host before class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Dewey once said:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&quot;Failure is Instructive. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;The person who REALLY THINKS, learns quite as much from their failures as from their successes.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Hopefully, I will REALLY THINK and learn from this in the future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: 0.0875px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;What about you?  Have you ever had this happen to you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/498947228157533223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/02/dr-z-loses-power-in-zoom-class.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/498947228157533223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/498947228157533223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/02/dr-z-loses-power-in-zoom-class.html' title='Dr. Z Loses Power in Zoom Class'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2n5856CFcyc/YCqXjdxST4I/AAAAAAAA-Xw/rTtmTT8i5pENs7ek7FhUJ9V2xhzM4XlWACLcBGAsYHQ/s72-w304-h192-c/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-02-15%2Bat%2B9.46.23%2BAM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-94324119774784077</id><published>2021-02-08T10:43:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2021-02-15T10:31:59.942-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online learning"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Online Teaching"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Zoom"/><title type='text'>My Educator&#39;s Checklist for Successful Zoom Sessions</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aO_H7dTEW6k/YCQAJkKvLnI/AAAAAAAA-WE/U54PGUQAkn8NK9TU6oJ76wNkqwYMv6FdgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4579.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2048&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1382&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aO_H7dTEW6k/YCQAJkKvLnI/AAAAAAAA-WE/U54PGUQAkn8NK9TU6oJ76wNkqwYMv6FdgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_4579.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;I have had a number of educators ask me how I prepare for teaching through Zoom.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Aside from outlining my class session, I have a number of items that I want to remember to ensure a successful class.&amp;nbsp; Remember that these are what I like to use.&amp;nbsp; I would be fascinated to hear about the items on your checklist as you move into a Zoom session.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Checklists are incredibly important for presenting an effective session.&amp;nbsp; Most of us have them in our heads, but it wasn&#39;t until I created a written version and hung it on my wall that the checklist really improved the quality of my sessions. This is what I use:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Before Your Zoom Session:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Restart Computer&amp;nbsp;(?)&lt;/b&gt; - Since most of us are teaching on laptops, it&#39;s easy to keep your computer on ALL THE TIME.&amp;nbsp; Sure, you might put it in Sleep mode every night, but as we work various programs and tabs and ???, it is easy to fill your computer&#39;s memory with useless RAM-ivorous memory gobblers. These gobblers can get in the way of your computer running efficiently so it is best to rid your system of them at least once a week. You don&#39;t have to restart before each class but reboot your computer at least once a week.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Laptop is Plugged-in or Fully Charged&lt;/b&gt; - Your computer can die on you in the middle of class. This can lead to your students disappearing from your screen and you disappearing from their Zoom class. This may sound obvious, but&lt;a href=&quot;https://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/02/dr-z-loses-power-in-zoom-class.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; I began a class running on my MacBook&#39;s battery&lt;/a&gt; and it died in the middle of class. I returned in a timely fashion but it was embarassing and interfered with their learning.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Close the Door &lt;/b&gt;- I am an active teacher who believes that laughing and interacting with my students is an essential part of a good learning situation. This means that I need to close the door so as not to interfere with other people in my house.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fill my Water Glass&lt;/b&gt; - You need to be comfortable when you teach so identify the&amp;nbsp;&quot;creature comfort necessities&quot; that you need and ensure that you have them all at hand.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pad of Paper and Pen - &lt;/b&gt;I use Notes and Google Keep for notes, but I still seem to need to have a pad of paper for quick notes. Using a couple of notebooks which are each divided into 5 parts, I can organize my notes by topic.&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s always good to have a couple of pens available.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Check the Mic and Camera &lt;/b&gt;- I use the camera on my laptop, but I always try to clean the lens using an eyeglass cleaning cloth before class.&amp;nbsp; I have an external mic so I check the USB connection and test the quality of my recording.&amp;nbsp; If you are &lt;a href=&quot;https://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2020/10/switching-cameras-on-zoom-document.html&quot;&gt;running multiple cameras,&lt;/a&gt; plug them all into your computer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Check for Host/Cohost&lt;/b&gt; - Usually, when you begin your Zoom session, you are the host by default. Don&#39;t Assume ANYTHING! Today, 10 minutes into class, I found that I wasn&#39;t hosting.&amp;nbsp; NO ONE was host. I don&#39;t remember how, but I had to sign-in again to claim Hostdom.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Add your Assistant as Cohost &lt;/b&gt;- My Graduate Assistant, Lindsey, is a valuable support person. Your support people should be your cohost.&amp;nbsp; ALERT: If your assistant is going to organize your breakout rooms, they MUST be made the HOST and you take on the role of CO-HOST.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Label the Breakout Rooms&lt;/b&gt; - It is easier if you already have the breakout rooms labeled if you are going to be manually putting students in breakout rooms or you will allow them to enter their own.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Turn Off Breakout Rooms Timer&lt;/b&gt; - Zoom&#39;s capability to time a breakout room meeting is useful. Unfortunately, it has caused some of my Breakouts to end prematurely. I have had 15-minute meetings end in 8 minutes because the timer had been set to 8 minutes and I hadn&#39;t changed it.&amp;nbsp; The WORSE PART of this is that there is no way to change the time setting once the meeting has started. &lt;b&gt;PLEASE FIX THIS ZOOM. &lt;/b&gt;Until then, I try to just turn off the timer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Test Sharing Your Screen &lt;/b&gt;- Test your processes like Sharing Screens before class. It is too easy for this to be a problem and roadblock in the class.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Test your Presentation&lt;/b&gt; - If you are using a slide show to supplement/guide your class, you MUST test this before class begins.&amp;nbsp; Thoughtfully go through your presentation as a presentation to ensure that all of the videos work and the animation provides the effect that you planned.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preload Links into Tabs &lt;/b&gt;- Linking to other websites is an important function of my slides.&amp;nbsp; Often it takes a long time to load.&amp;nbsp; This causes an unwanted delay. Preloading these sites to various Chrome tabs is a good way to reduce potential delays.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;In Session:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Start Recording &lt;/b&gt;- I usually ask a student or my Graduate Assistant to help me remember to record each class session, but there are times when that doesn&#39;t work either.&amp;nbsp; Keep it on your checklist.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;After Session:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Save your Chat&lt;/b&gt; - Chats hold important information.&amp;nbsp; It is possible to set your settings so that your class&#39;s chats are &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115005516426-Storing-and-viewing-chat-message-history#h_01EH7ZDRWQHVKRP9C566BFQTNV&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;saved automatically&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, but ALWAYS save your chats.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Convert your Recording &lt;/b&gt;- You have to quit Zoom to convert your class session recording, but it is best if you do this immediately after your class. I don&#39;t know what the formula is to compute how long it will take to convert your recording, but my hour-long sessions usually take about 15 minutes to convert.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Save your Converted Recording to Google Drive &lt;/b&gt;- I save my recordings to my computer and then copy them to Google Drive so that students can access them. Last week, I realized that I can tell Zoom where to save the converted file.&amp;nbsp; Turns out that I can direct it specifically to my Google Drive. This saves a lot of time because I don&#39;t have to do it separately after it is save on my computer harddrive.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Include a Link from my LMS folder to a Recording - &lt;/b&gt;Making a recording of your class sessions is not useful unless you have a link for your students to follow it.&amp;nbsp; I have a specific place in my LMS system where my students can go to find the link.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/94324119774784077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/02/my-educators-checklist-for-successful.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/94324119774784077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/94324119774784077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/02/my-educators-checklist-for-successful.html' title='My Educator&#39;s Checklist for Successful Zoom Sessions'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aO_H7dTEW6k/YCQAJkKvLnI/AAAAAAAA-WE/U54PGUQAkn8NK9TU6oJ76wNkqwYMv6FdgCLcBGAsYHQ/s72-c/IMG_4579.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-6473816875149027321</id><published>2021-01-21T21:13:00.008-06:00</published><updated>2021-01-22T15:58:02.334-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Zoom"/><title type='text'>9 Strategies to Optimize your Zoom Bandwidth</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5wd9UGcdN_Q/YAoAjh9YeTI/AAAAAAAA-SE/mauQQIsFCD8qVjOJgYs9iXVDTKEXj3MYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s467/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-21%2Bat%2B4.28.39%2BPM.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;313&quot; data-original-width=&quot;467&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5wd9UGcdN_Q/YAoAjh9YeTI/AAAAAAAA-SE/mauQQIsFCD8qVjOJgYs9iXVDTKEXj3MYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-21%2Bat%2B4.28.39%2BPM.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ARRRRRGH!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Zoom is SO SLOW!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ever heard that?&amp;nbsp; Ever felt that? Watching your zoom session freeze up or listening to your students&#39; garbled talk because your throughput is too slow is frustrating.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;It&#39;s NOT a Zoom problem. It&#39;s your Throughput.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Throughput is a combination of bandwidth and computer speed. Bandwidth may be out of your control. But there are strategies that you can take to optimize how fast your system runs once the signal enters your home.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whether the bandwidth slowdown is on your computer or on your students&#39; computers, here are nine strategies to speed up your throughput:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Turn Off Your Camera -&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;This is the easiest step of all. Streaming video is 10 times the data load of streaming voice&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reviews.org/internet-service/how-to-reduce-zoom-data-use/&quot;&gt;(Abbott, T, 2020)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;It has been suggested that muting yourself will even save few bits as well.&amp;nbsp; This option is the one that is most disliked by teachers because we want to interact with our students - but sometimes the elements require it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Close EVERYTHING Else&lt;/b&gt; - Run Zoom by itself. Having other programs open while running Zoom will steal your computer&#39;s processing power and slow down your Zoom experience.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reboot Your Computer &lt;/b&gt;- This may sound drastic, but it is the only way that you can ensure that you don&#39;t have any other programs running. Actually, it is a good idea to reboot your computer at least once a week to refresh your system.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Delete Programs You Never Use&lt;/b&gt; - You must keep 15-20% of your hard drive empty. Your computer uses your hard drive to create temporary files and swap them as it works. If there isn&#39;t enough empty space, the process becomes a little more complicated and can slow down your Zoom session.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Move Closer to your Router &lt;/b&gt;- Wifi is a fickle pickle. When your computer is near your router, the signal is stronger.&amp;nbsp; As you move away, the signal becomes weaker and your bandwidth is slower. Moving closer to your router doesn&#39;t have to mean that you have to move to the basement. You can sit in a room directly above your router and the wifi will travel through the floor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Check for Viruses &lt;/b&gt;- Viruses are designed to cause trouble for your computer. A strong indicator that you might have a virus of seeing your computer slow down. Infection can usually be prevented by using antivirus software to filter what enters your computer.&amp;nbsp; You can use these programs to remove invaders or you can take your computer to the repair shop.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5_CmNSlR7dk/YAoQoNk541I/AAAAAAAA-SQ/pv4QUoQ0vUwMgRiNTepElXC07Vo8ZSO9QCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; data-original-height=&quot;473&quot; data-original-width=&quot;237&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5_CmNSlR7dk/YAoQoNk541I/AAAAAAAA-SQ/pv4QUoQ0vUwMgRiNTepElXC07Vo8ZSO9QCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png&quot; width=&quot;120&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Is Your Software Version Up-to-Date? - &lt;/b&gt;Improving technology is an ongoing process. Zoom released an average of about 10 minor version updates each month for the last half of 2020. Not all of them were significant changes, but it becomes increasingly important to stay current.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can check how current your Zoom version is by clicking on your profile&amp;nbsp;(upper-right corner of your opening page). A menu will appear (see image) and the &lt;i&gt;Check for Updates &lt;/i&gt;option is the ninth one down. Zoom usually checks for updates when it opens, and often it installs the updates for you. If your Zoom doesn&#39;t seem to be doing this, check with your IT department.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Your operating system is important too. Microsoft releases major updates for Windows twice a year with minor updates every month&amp;nbsp;(on Patch Tuesday). Apple releases a major update once a year in October and then minor updates every few months.&amp;nbsp; Keep your system updated.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Is Your Computer Ancient?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;- You should expect to replace your computer every 3 - 4 years. The hardware may still function, but technology is developing rapidly and your computer may not have what it needs to run Zoom.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Is Your Router Sufficient? - &lt;/b&gt;Routers&amp;nbsp;are advancing just a quickly as all other technologies. If your connection is slow, it might mean that you are in the market for a new router. Talk with your Internet service about this. You can get a new router sufficient for your home for under $100.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I hope that you have found this helpful. Please tell me which strategies work for you.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Let&#39;s Connect with Our Students!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;P.S. &lt;/b&gt;Of course, I have found more strategies. Instead of having to keep updating the number in the title, I will just add these ideas down here along with who shared them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10. &lt;b&gt;Keep your virtual desktop clear.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Similar to keeping your drive clear, having a load of icons scattered around your desktop provides more load on your processor to deal with them.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;(Thanks, Jeffrey Zeitz)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
  23. Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/6473816875149027321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/01/9-strategies-to-help-your-students.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/6473816875149027321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/6473816875149027321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/01/9-strategies-to-help-your-students.html' title='9 Strategies to Optimize your Zoom Bandwidth'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5wd9UGcdN_Q/YAoAjh9YeTI/AAAAAAAA-SE/mauQQIsFCD8qVjOJgYs9iXVDTKEXj3MYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s72-c/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-21%2Bat%2B4.28.39%2BPM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total><georss:featurename>Cedar Falls, IA, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>42.5348993 -92.4453161</georss:point><georss:box>14.224665463821154 -127.6015661 70.845133136178845 -57.2890661</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-7180310845716458269</id><published>2021-01-20T12:44:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2021-01-22T09:10:28.888-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Zoom"/><title type='text'>Using Zoom on a Phone or Tablet</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RMDWIj1_Hsk/YAh5yzsDrTI/AAAAAAAA-R0/iSc8HbmGe1Y_tGdAN1IAV0_BNW34hKR7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s799/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-20%2Bat%2B12.42.53%2BPM.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;691&quot; data-original-width=&quot;799&quot; height=&quot;194&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RMDWIj1_Hsk/YAh5yzsDrTI/AAAAAAAA-R0/iSc8HbmGe1Y_tGdAN1IAV0_BNW34hKR7wCLcBGAsYHQ/w225-h194/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-20%2Bat%2B12.42.53%2BPM.png&quot; width=&quot;225&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Using Zoom on a laptop computer can be easy.&amp;nbsp; If you are attending a class, you just need to enter the class and engage in what your teacher has planned for you.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But what if you have to use your phone or tablet?&amp;nbsp; How can you do all of the operations that are required in an engaging class?&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Is it possible to TEACH through Zoom on a phone or tablet?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The answer is FOR THE MOST PART - YES!!!&amp;nbsp; Most of the commands that you can do on a computer can be achieved on your mobile device.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is a list Mobile Zoom commands.&amp;nbsp;(Warning, this was tested on an iPhone.&amp;nbsp; Android and iPhone apps are virtually the same, but if you find that this doesn&#39;t work on your Android, please leave a comment or contact me at @zeitz)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These commands are presented in the order that we are presenting these actions in our &lt;a href=&quot;http://dougshaw.com/okzoomer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;OK Zoomer: Beyond the Basics&lt;/a&gt; workshop.&amp;nbsp; It is a workshop that has been enjoyed by over 2200 faculty members so you should check it out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Mute and Unmute Yourself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tap the icon in lower-left corner.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;How to Enter Chat
  24. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;1&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tap &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;…&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; in the lower-right corner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;1&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tap &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Chat&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; in the menu.
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  26. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;Hide Non-Video Participants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;1&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tap &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;… &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;in the lower-right corner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;1&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tap &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Meeting Settings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; in the menu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;1&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Deselect the slide bar for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Show Non-Video Participants.
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  28. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;b&gt;Share Screen&amp;gt; Advanced&amp;gt;Music Or Computer Sound Only&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tap &lt;b&gt;Share Screen&lt;/b&gt; in the menu.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tap &lt;b&gt;Screen&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tap &lt;b&gt;Start Broadcast.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tap the screen.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Share Device Audio: &lt;/b&gt;should be&lt;b&gt; On.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Move to your music application.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rename Yourself&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tap on &lt;b&gt;Participants&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tap on &lt;b&gt;your name.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tap on &lt;b&gt;Rename.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;Opening Green Screens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;1&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tap the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;in the lower right corner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;1&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tap &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Virtual Background&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;1&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tap the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;desired background&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Adding Green Screens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;1&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tap the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;+ b&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;utton in the lower-right corner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;1&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;You might see a screen asking you to give Zoom access to your photos,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ol style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;2&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tap the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Change Settings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; button&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;2&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tap &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Photos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;2&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tap &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;All Photos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Selected Photos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;2&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;You will have to rejoin Zoom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;1&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tap the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;+&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; button again in the lower right corner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;1&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Select &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;the photo &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;you want to use as a background.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li aria-level=&quot;1&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;It should appear on your background and be added to your collection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;I hope that you find this useful.  I will be updating these commands as time progresses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Z&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/7180310845716458269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/01/wondering-how-to-use-zoom-on-phone-or.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/7180310845716458269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/7180310845716458269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/01/wondering-how-to-use-zoom-on-phone-or.html' title='Using Zoom on a Phone or Tablet'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RMDWIj1_Hsk/YAh5yzsDrTI/AAAAAAAA-R0/iSc8HbmGe1Y_tGdAN1IAV0_BNW34hKR7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s72-w225-h194-c/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-20%2Bat%2B12.42.53%2BPM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-7593966790657730709</id><published>2021-01-15T12:22:00.010-06:00</published><updated>2021-04-11T20:21:46.699-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Attendance"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Zoom"/><title type='text'>Taking Attendance using Zoom Reports</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LgZALC7LFwg/YAHWach8rTI/AAAAAAAA-Qo/X7Dhmj-7wFcBoApOphVdN6-Eklzg6qvEACLcBGAsYHQ/Taking%2BAttendance.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1313&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;121&quot; img=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LgZALC7LFwg/YAHWach8rTI/AAAAAAAA-Qo/X7Dhmj-7wFcBoApOphVdN6-Eklzg6qvEACLcBGAsYHQ/w189-h121/Taking%2BAttendance.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid black;&quot; width=&quot;189&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Welcome to the World of Online Learning!!!&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have SO MANY opportunities in our online classes, but there are still administrative duties that we have to complete.&amp;nbsp; One of those seemingly trivial but important tasks is &lt;b&gt;Taking Attendance.&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; How can we do that?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In our regular, face-to-face class, we can create a seating chart and then just check off the empty desks on the chart.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately, in Zoom&amp;nbsp;(and other online networks) seating charts aren&#39;t available.&amp;nbsp; Therefore we must find some other ways to take attendance.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have tried a number of interesting strategies for taking attendance.&amp;nbsp; We have used QR codes that lead to Google Forms.&amp;nbsp; We have had students type&amp;nbsp;&quot;Here&quot; in the Chat Room and saved the Chat Room for later review.&amp;nbsp; Sometimes we have taken screen captures of the students in who are in class for later reference. We have even tried having all of the students wait in the waiting room and checking off the attendance sheet before admitting them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;HOLD ON!!! &lt;b&gt;I have found the SUPERIOR method for taking attendance!!&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Use the Zoom Reports feature!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While this may seem like an obvious answer to the task, not too many people know about the extensive Zoom Reports that are available.&amp;nbsp; They tell you WHO attended, WHEN they joined, WHEN they left AND the content can be exported to a spreadsheet.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Instructions on How to Take Attendance during a Zoom Class&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Access the Settings on Your Zoom Web Portal.&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Access this through the zoom.us website address used by your school, or you can access it from your profile on your Zoom Client App.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Select Settings and then View More Settings.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you don&#39;t see the left-hand column when you access More Settings, widen your window to full screen. Zoom doesn&#39;t show the left column is the window where it is displaying is too narrow.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IwN2WtzqiiY/YAHSj-6bjFI/AAAAAAAA-Pw/iPKYsfARIPwZmK_IVT7XTGfr4WIv-I4pgCLcBGAsYHQ/Image%2B-%2BSettings%2Bstarting%2Bpage.png&quot; img=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; data-original-height=&quot;448&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1025&quot; height=&quot;206&quot; img=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IwN2WtzqiiY/YAHSj-6bjFI/AAAAAAAA-Pw/iPKYsfARIPwZmK_IVT7XTGfr4WIv-I4pgCLcBGAsYHQ/w472-h206/Image%2B-%2BSettings%2Bstarting%2Bpage.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid black;&quot; width=&quot;472&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Select Reports&lt;/b&gt; in the left column. (If you don&#39;t see the left-hand column, widen your window to full screen. Zoom doesn&#39;t show the left column if the displaying window is too narrow.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-agp8oEDRaM8/YAHThr6GLzI/AAAAAAAA-QI/NzDceqBIpSUku9TSnwrekpPDMQkNTcpHwCLcBGAsYHQ/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-15%2Bat%2B11.39.41%2BAM.png&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; data-original-height=&quot;451&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1012&quot; height=&quot;209&quot; img=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-agp8oEDRaM8/YAHThr6GLzI/AAAAAAAA-QI/NzDceqBIpSUku9TSnwrekpPDMQkNTcpHwCLcBGAsYHQ/w467-h209/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-15%2Bat%2B11.39.41%2BAM.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid black;&quot; width=&quot;467&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click Usage&lt;/b&gt; and it will open a list of reports generated for meetings between specific dates.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Select the dates &lt;/b&gt;to find the report you want.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-He9A7Sb9Aeo/YAHUNryrnuI/AAAAAAAA-QU/6xKqpKoU3ngcgCL_vQ0YJeLdDshqPSqhwCLcBGAsYHQ/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-15%2Bat%2B11.43.05%2BAM.png&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; data-original-height=&quot;582&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1392&quot; height=&quot;190&quot; img=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-He9A7Sb9Aeo/YAHUNryrnuI/AAAAAAAA-QU/6xKqpKoU3ngcgCL_vQ0YJeLdDshqPSqhwCLcBGAsYHQ/w453-h190/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-15%2Bat%2B11.43.05%2BAM.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid black;&quot; width=&quot;453&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on the Number of Participants&lt;/b&gt; for your desired meeting to view the class list. It should be &lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe;&quot;&gt;blue&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n-4AAh9mCYU/YAHU0rQrQ0I/AAAAAAAA-Qc/oU-_xOVmMEIrfIMNX-axltiqe_Hgg695wCLcBGAsYHQ/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-15%2Bat%2B11.45.16%2BAM.png&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; data-original-height=&quot;409&quot; data-original-width=&quot;913&quot; height=&quot;201&quot; img=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n-4AAh9mCYU/YAHU0rQrQ0I/AAAAAAAA-Qc/oU-_xOVmMEIrfIMNX-axltiqe_Hgg695wCLcBGAsYHQ/w450-h201/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-15%2Bat%2B11.45.16%2BAM.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid black;&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Attendance List:&lt;/b&gt; You will find a list of all of those who attended.&amp;nbsp; It will tell you when they started, when they ended, and how many minutes they were there.&amp;nbsp; This can be exported to a spreadsheet in .CSV format if you want to alphabetize the names or store them for later reference.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;There you have it.&amp;nbsp; Have you tried this before?&amp;nbsp; If not, give it a shot and tell us how it worked.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;How have YOU been taking attendance with your online classes?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Z&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ATTENTION:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; I just learned that the Canvas LMS team learned about this option and they have built it into their attendance system.&amp;nbsp; I don&#39;t know anything more than that, but look into it.&amp;nbsp; Blackboard hasn&#39;t shown the foresight to incorporate it into their system.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 2/15/21&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
  30. Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/7593966790657730709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/01/taking-attendance-during-zoom-class.html#comment-form' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/7593966790657730709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/7593966790657730709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/01/taking-attendance-during-zoom-class.html' title='Taking Attendance using Zoom Reports'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LgZALC7LFwg/YAHWach8rTI/AAAAAAAA-Qo/X7Dhmj-7wFcBoApOphVdN6-Eklzg6qvEACLcBGAsYHQ/s72-w189-h121-c/Taking%2BAttendance.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-177964220767158422</id><published>2021-01-07T07:25:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2023-06-23T22:44:54.987-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Breakout Rooms"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="online learning"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Online Teaching"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Zoom"/><title type='text'>Dr. Z&#39;s Guide to Teaching Using Zoom Breakout Rooms</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Tftm0ZGZRk/X_cJD_TKnsI/AAAAAAAA-N8/PF9pNipBukcaKCRzv7ODh5TTE2-3BjIEACLcBGAsYHQ/s602/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-07%2Bat%2B7.12.29%2BAM.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;602&quot; data-original-width=&quot;381&quot; height=&quot;418&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Tftm0ZGZRk/X_cJD_TKnsI/AAAAAAAA-N8/PF9pNipBukcaKCRzv7ODh5TTE2-3BjIEACLcBGAsYHQ/w265-h418/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-01-07%2Bat%2B7.12.29%2BAM.png&quot; width=&quot;265&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;One of the most important but often most daunting tools is the &lt;b&gt;Zoom Breakout Room.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The concept of Zoom Breakout Rooms is not difficult.&amp;nbsp; They can be the same as small group discussion in a physical classroom setting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The trick is which option to use for setting them up and then understanding the tips and tricks for running them smoothly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This guide provides an easy-to-understand description of Zoom Breakout Rooms basics.&amp;nbsp; It has been updated to include the new 3rd option where students can select rooms on their own.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This will be followed up with a booklet on the pedagogical uses of Zoom Breakout Rooms to suggest a plethora of learning opportunities that can be provided using them.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #9a0909; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;NOTE: This guide is a little out-of-date, but the updated version is coming soon.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/document/d/12enrpNvGMsf8UYmtaIwXJOnIjcFgdbiejExuTsSwy9U/edit#heading=h.r9978ubko7&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Click Here to Open the Guide.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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You can participate in virtual conferences and conventions.&amp;nbsp; You can even attend church with your friends and family (or anywhere in the world.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As exciting as Zoom may be, it can be overwhelming.&amp;nbsp; There are SOOOO many buttons to click and menus to use.&amp;nbsp; Unmute me. Stop my video. Raise my hand. Share my screen. Jump to the next screen of participants. It can be TOO MUCH!!! It would be much easier if we just knew the Magic Keys to press to make things happen.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At least that is what I was thinking . . .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I searched everywhere for a table of these commands.&amp;nbsp; I wanted it for my Mac but many of my students use Windows so I wanted both.&amp;nbsp; Zoom had lists of commands.&amp;nbsp; Many websites contained their own lists of commands, but I wanted a TABLE.&amp;nbsp; That&#39;s how I think.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;So . . . I created a Table of Zoom Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac and Window&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;div&gt;There was much to learn while I collected these shortcuts.&amp;nbsp; Did you know that:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;if you are muted, you only have to press the SPACE BAR to &lt;b&gt;temporarily unmute&lt;/b&gt; yourself?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;you can &lt;b&gt;raise or lower your hand&lt;/b&gt; using Alt-Y (on both platforms)?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;you can &lt;b&gt;show/hide the chat room &lt;/b&gt;using Command-Shift-H (or Alt-H on Windows)?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;on Windows, you can &lt;b&gt;flip between pages of participants&lt;/b&gt; using PageDown or PageUp?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Windows uses the F6 to &lt;b&gt;flip between Zoom Windows.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/b&gt;This is great when you have too many open windows on your screen and get lost.&amp;nbsp; Hit F6 a few times and you will get where you want to be.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;You will notice that the letters used for each command are the same on both platforms.&amp;nbsp; Windows usually uses the &lt;b&gt;Alt key.&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; Mac uses the &lt;b&gt;Alt key &lt;/b&gt;too, but it is also labeled as &lt;b&gt;Option&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am still on the lookout for some keyboard shortcuts:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;Zoom Window Navigation shortcut on my Mac.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Flip between Gallery View and Active Speaker shortcut on my Mac.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rename shortcut for either platform&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hide Non-Video Participants shortcut as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;Readers: Do you know any of these shortcuts?&amp;nbsp; if so, send me a note and I will include them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ZOOM VIDEO CORP . . . CAN YOU HEAR ME?&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Please expand your Zoom Keyboard Shortcuts using some of these suggestions.&amp;nbsp; You have an incredible product and we just want to help you make it better.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Z&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
  32. Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/5655676377549055501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2020/08/18-zoom-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac-and.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/5655676377549055501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/5655676377549055501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2020/08/18-zoom-keyboard-shortcuts-for-mac-and.html' title='Dr. Z&#39;s 20 Zoom Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac and Windows'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fx2KmNONcl0/YFQNAdmZ_BI/AAAAAAAA-gQ/OO9pOhySty86jpGPn4ZMwhchBsrVj4hdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s72-w504-h655-c/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-18%2Bat%2B9.30.13%2BPM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total><georss:featurename>Cedar Falls, IA, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>42.5348993 -92.4453161</georss:point><georss:box>-22.005599650308575 126.92968389999999 90 48.1796839</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-3568362904342932585</id><published>2021-01-05T22:32:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2021-01-05T22:32:52.869-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="writing"/><title type='text'>How to Write a Paper in a Weekend - Dr. Carr</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;The toughest part about writing a paper is&amp;nbsp;&quot;getting to it.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was cruizing YouTube tonight (instead of doing the writing I needed to do) when I found this 12-minute video about how to write a paper in a weekend.&amp;nbsp; This video is not fancy.&amp;nbsp; Dr. Pete Carr shares his insight into what it takes to layout the first draft of a research paper.&lt;/p&gt;
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  36. &lt;p&gt;While Dr. Pete Carr is talking about an experimental research paper, the same holds true for a literature review, an argumentative review, or any other type of paper that you write.&amp;nbsp; Important points are made throughout the video but here are some of the high points.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Get To It!!! &lt;/b&gt;- Don&#39;t procrastinate.&amp;nbsp; Set a time to begin and get started.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;This is your First Draft&lt;/b&gt; - This is the Creative Part. Don&#39;t worry about making the perfect sentence. Organize the basics and leave the final editing till later.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Do your literature research first&lt;/b&gt; - you have already reviewed the materials that you will use as a foundation for your paper&amp;nbsp;(Experimental or Lit Review). Put them in order using tables or figures.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Identify your audience.&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; - No matter who you select, remember the reviewers.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Use an Outline.&lt;/b&gt; - Get your ideas together. You will probably not be writing this in a single sitting, so get your ideas together to corral your content.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Don&#39;t write the Introduction FIRST!! - &lt;/b&gt;The Introduction is the hardest part to write. Begin by writing the more concrete content - Methodology, Results, Discussion.&amp;nbsp; These are more concrete so easier to write.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Write the Conclusion - &lt;/b&gt;It is easiest if you number these separate conclusions.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Write the Introduction &lt;/b&gt;- At Last!! Why was the study done?&amp;nbsp; Provide the&amp;nbsp;&quot;relevant background information&quot; to create the foundation for the work that you have already written.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Produce the References &lt;/b&gt;- Collect the references you have already found.&amp;nbsp; If you find that there are some holes in your collection, DON&#39;T search for them now. Make a note and find the AFTER you have completed your rough draft.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;You have completed your rough draft.&amp;nbsp; Now it is time for you to focus on your critical skills and clean it up.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dr. Carr completes with a list of recommended references.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is a must-see video for all students and professors.&amp;nbsp; It makes it easier to approach the process and validates the fears you might have.&amp;nbsp; Most importantly, it provides suggestions for overcoming those barriers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thank you, Dr. Carr, and Happy Writing Everyone!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/3568362904342932585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/01/how-to-write-paper-in-weekend-dr-carr.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/3568362904342932585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/3568362904342932585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2021/01/how-to-write-paper-in-weekend-dr-carr.html' title='How to Write a Paper in a Weekend - Dr. Carr'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/UY7sVKJPTMA/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total><georss:featurename>Cedar Falls, IA, USA</georss:featurename><georss:point>42.5348993 -92.4453161</georss:point><georss:box>-34.9704127957225 126.92968389999999 90 48.1796839</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-509135804891057229</id><published>2020-12-01T20:00:00.190-06:00</published><updated>2020-12-02T06:32:33.569-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ISTE"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="teaching strategies"/><title type='text'>105 Ways Educators Provoke Curiosity in their Classrooms</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o2zJLs41OWg/X8b07D88XaI/AAAAAAAA-FM/x2KLz3tUHYk08BAMr3WQ5Nx810YS2yYSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1159/ProvokeCuriosityWordCloud.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Provoking Curiosity Word Cloud&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;892&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1159&quot; height=&quot;207&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o2zJLs41OWg/X8b07D88XaI/AAAAAAAA-FM/x2KLz3tUHYk08BAMr3WQ5Nx810YS2yYSgCLcBGAsYHQ/w269-h207/ProvokeCuriosityWordCloud.png&quot; title=&quot;Image: Dr. Gordon Dahlby&quot; width=&quot;269&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;What can you get when you ask 330 educators about how they Provoke Curiosity in their Classrooms?&amp;nbsp; You can&amp;nbsp;get 105 sets of ideas that you might want to use with YOUR students.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As you read in my last posting, I am spending this week online enjoying the ISTE20 LIVE virtual conference. Yesterday, Barbara Bray and Kerry Gallagher and I presented our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2020/12/experiencing-curiosity-play-and-joy-to.html&quot;&gt;Experiencing Curiosity, Play, and Joy in Learning &lt;/a&gt;session. It was a BLAST but more importantly, our attendee educators shared a plethora of ideas for igniting curiosity in their students.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After introducing our discussion about &lt;b&gt;Curiosity&lt;/b&gt;, I decided to ask our virtual room full of educators to share what they did to spark their students&#39; curiosity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Provoke Curiosity&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since we were online, I couldn&#39;t ask 330 individuals to raise their hands and tell us their strategies, so we used the Chat Room to get their input. The problem with using chat rooms for people to enter multiple sentence answers is that not everyone can type quickly. Some people can enter their complete answer while others are rushed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5tBx-fo7A6Q/X8b9qqd37yI/AAAAAAAA-Fg/YMW-LWzRR1Y_t9red-J_TVNixvQUSW6ewCLcBGAsYHQ/s621/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B8.34.53%2BPM.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;355&quot; data-original-width=&quot;621&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5tBx-fo7A6Q/X8b9qqd37yI/AAAAAAAA-Fg/YMW-LWzRR1Y_t9red-J_TVNixvQUSW6ewCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B8.34.53%2BPM.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We asked them to enter their ideas in chat but NOT click the SEND button. I gave them 90 seconds to enter their ideas and then, as a group, we ALL clicked the SEND button at the same time. *&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As you might guess, we were flooded with chat ideas. It was amazing.&amp;nbsp; These were important so I gave them another 60 seconds to review them.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As you might guess, they didn&#39;t get a chance to review all of them so I have posted their ideas below.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;How Do You Spark Curiosity In Your Students?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;QFT- &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blogger.com/#&quot;&gt;Question Formulation Technique &lt;/a&gt;to get kids (and adults) to generate questions and narrow focus for inquiry&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Book talks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;101qs.com, Problem-Based Learning, driving questions, asking questions when asked questions, putting a picture on a screen and having student create the question&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using an interesting picture as a writing prompt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Asking questions, providing labs/experiments/situations for students to observe and be curious about, using inquiry based learning, encourage students to play!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why questions ... mysteries to solve&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Flipping lessons- letting the students lead the way!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Asking questions. Thought puzzles. Brain-teasers. Wait time!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Design Thinking projects &amp;amp; using hidden pictures based on answers with conditional formatting in Sheets.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Reading. Listening to podcasts. creative arts processing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Maker Lab; Jamboard; asking students to notice; encouraging reading;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Notice and wonder&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Providing puzzles, playing games, setting up a problem to solve, provide manipulatives, asking for multiple answers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;We celebrate &quot;button poking&quot; - that is, we cheer on students who try things without having any idea what might happen just because (poke buttons to see what they do) or to solve a problem.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Creating Project-based learning based on interests- student choice!!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pose an intriguing question&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;By being here at the ISTE conference to learn new interesting skills&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Showing images from new topics for students to notice and wonder about. In virtual I use Jamboard for this. :-)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hidden surprise in every lesson - did you find it? Wait until the end of class to write it on your ticket!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Weekly ed tech newsletter&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Process Art&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Field trip experiences!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Show how a programmed robot works, and then allow the students to reconstruct the code without seeing how it was done.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Makerspaces, choice centers, sketchbooks prompts- answering them and drawing them and writing them for the rest of the school&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Giving time for educators a chance to ask and answer their own questions thru inquiry&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Read an excerpt from a chapter book and stop at the cliffhanger to get kids to check the book out from the library.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ask the question beginning &quot;what if...?&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blogger.com/#&quot;&gt;Project Lead The Way&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Questions, photos, partial storytelling... leaving the rest of the story.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use the Challenge-based learning model to spark creative learner-led solutions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;HyperDocs with reflection questions posed in &quot;why&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Newsletters highlighting teachers who are using those strategies that other teachers might want to try. I also just ask &quot;what is your biggest issues right now?&quot; and work together to solve them&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;When asked a question, say: &quot;I don&#39;t know, how can we find out?&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Disruptus&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Spark Curiosity by asking students --&amp;gt; What do you THINK you know? What do you WANT to know?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Breakout boxes, mystery piles of books on the tables in the library&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The electoral college, 2 party system,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;More student agency!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;STEM, PBL, Talking circles, Genius Hours, Coding&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Research, Open ending questions,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using images and video clips to get students into inquiry mode before introducing a big topic.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Look for discrepant event to engage surprise&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using different apps like q&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blogger.com/#&quot;&gt;uizziz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Asking questions, showing an image or video snippet, genius hour, giving &#39;playground time&#39; when first trying a new tech tool&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Genius Hour&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using mentor texts that get kids&#39; attention.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Share a story with a cliffhanger ending.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Giving a teaser for &quot;freebies&quot; or templates at the end of teacher PD, but not saying what they are or what they look like.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have the kids ask a question about their community - what is something relevant to them? Then work collaboratively to create a solution.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What do you notice, what do you wonder?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Visible thinking routine, morning centres,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Check-in questions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use the &quot;What&#39;s happening in this Picture?&quot; to generate questions....and then discuss all the questions....and then reveal the answer (got the idea from NY Times)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The wall of why- lists of wonderings to tackle during why-finding Fridays&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Open-ended questioning with adults&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Question of the week on Flipgrid. I used to do&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blogger.com/#&quot;&gt; 20 Time!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I love to spark creativity with music and humor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deep questioning, hands-on displays, posters with interesting graphics, demonstrations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using Images and Objects. Students are required to pose questions about a visual presented, and their wonderings can often lead the conversation in variety of directions.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I use visuals that make my students wonder about the upcoming unit.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;#AdobeCreativeEducator&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Starting with something engaging (a video clip, mystery science, trick, challenge, etc)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Instead of asking pre-determined discussion questions, after reading a piece, I ask, &quot;What&#39;s discussion-worthy here?&quot; They always notice everything I wanted them to, plus more :)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ask questions about crazy animals facts, such as &quot;Do cockatoos play catch?&quot; Let them predict their answer, and then share a video.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I do games to let them know what the class is going to be about, I play hangman or memory&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hands-on projects and games&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jamboard and Menti&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I&#39;m inviting my students to design their own questions before starting their research&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I show the students that I&#39;m the learner.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Asking engaging questions, ice breakers, games, movement, STEM, student choice&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Personal connections and interests - Open exploration of online resources&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pictures, videos,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inquiry, letting students take the lead, problem-based learning, multimedia, student creation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Experimentation.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Flipgrid&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tying content to interests or something that matters to the individual&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Design challenges for teachers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;3 Reads, Notice and wonder, stem activities, phenomena based instruction&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stories: Tell a story through puppets, but leave the end for them to discover it in the reading.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ouch.... Curiosity in the classroom..... I worry that I am not curious enough this year!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;#BreakISTEchat&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I bring in random objects or images and teach students to ask questions. Tinker!!!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jamboard&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Makerspace challenges&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inquiry process and questioning&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Read the first 2 chapters only of a book then place in our class library for children to finish&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I teach higher ed ELL where wonder and curiosity are often ignored/forgotten.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #2b00fe; white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f8K-K-m8ZXvF2djxHzQPp_0Ji5YV0e8t6pDzCYU3D5c/edit#&quot;&gt;Click Here to access this list in a Google Doc.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;* This is a strategy that I learned from Dr. Doug Shaw. He calls it &quot;Enter Key is Lava&quot; because it is untouchable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Word Cloud Image: Dr. Gordon Dahlby&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;post-header&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;post-header-line-1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;post-body entry-content&quot; id=&quot;post-body-2122399294263865267&quot; itemprop=&quot;articleBody&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
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Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/509135804891057229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2020/12/105-ways-educators-provoke-curiosity-in.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/509135804891057229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/509135804891057229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2020/12/105-ways-educators-provoke-curiosity-in.html' title='105 Ways Educators Provoke Curiosity in their Classrooms'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o2zJLs41OWg/X8b07D88XaI/AAAAAAAA-FM/x2KLz3tUHYk08BAMr3WQ5Nx810YS2yYSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s72-w269-h207-c/ProvokeCuriosityWordCloud.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26673527.post-2122399294263865267</id><published>2020-12-01T08:39:00.007-06:00</published><updated>2020-12-02T09:41:32.220-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="2020"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ISTE"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="magic"/><title type='text'>Experiencing Curiosity, Play, and Joy in Learning @ ISTE20 LIVE</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jGMZuYEqQPQ/X8e1e0SIXwI/AAAAAAAA-Fw/ySLlfkRVS3M5NGJg9uBlMdnI6Ys6qkbCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s789/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B8.42.10%2BAM.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;376&quot; data-original-width=&quot;789&quot; height=&quot;137&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jGMZuYEqQPQ/X8e1e0SIXwI/AAAAAAAA-Fw/ySLlfkRVS3M5NGJg9uBlMdnI6Ys6qkbCwCLcBGAsYHQ/w289-h137/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B8.42.10%2BAM.png&quot; width=&quot;289&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;IT&#39;S HERE!!!!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;ISTE20 LIVE is here and it is incredible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;Every year for the past 30 years, I have packed up my laptop, suitcase, and dreams to travel to a distant city for a week at the end of June and beginning of July.&amp;nbsp; This was to attend the ISTE conference.&amp;nbsp; I have visited Nashville, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Antonio, Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, and a few other metropolitan areas that slip my mind.&amp;nbsp; It was an annual pilgrimage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At first, this gathering was named &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;NECC&amp;nbsp;(National Educational Computer Conference).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;/i&gt;There is a long and complicated story about NECC. We won&#39;t get into it here.)&amp;nbsp; In 2008&amp;nbsp;(I think), they added ISTE to the name and it became the &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;ISTE Conference.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; This past year they decided to name it &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;ISTE20&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Only problem was that ISTE20 was one of the COVID-19 casualties. Instead of meeting in a hotel or conference center at the end of June, ISTE is meeting virtually for the week after Thanksgiving.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I must admit that I went to ISTE to see old friends and make new ones. I really didn&#39;t attend a lot of sessions.&amp;nbsp; This year is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://conference.iste.org/2020/index.php#ScheduleAtAGlance&quot;&gt;whole new experience &lt;/a&gt;because we can&#39;t bump into old friends and have a coffee with them. We are using a webinar platform that ISTE created.&amp;nbsp; This is its first run.&amp;nbsp; There are a few rough spots, but their amazing staff is doing a good job of supporting the presenters.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Curiosity, Play, and Joy&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a-_UT4ts7X0/X8ZBsGamazI/AAAAAAAA-EI/F7B2IMyrNf0LGKajZ7-0mgpUKrp7DVpKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s693/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B7.13.53%2BAM.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;393&quot; data-original-width=&quot;693&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a-_UT4ts7X0/X8ZBsGamazI/AAAAAAAA-EI/F7B2IMyrNf0LGKajZ7-0mgpUKrp7DVpKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B7.13.53%2BAM.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This year, I was graciously invited by Barbara Bray to join her and Kerry Gallaher in a &lt;b&gt;Celebration of Learning.&lt;/b&gt; This wasn&#39;t your run-of-the-mill presentation. It was a Party filled with Dancing, Magic, and Interaction.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Would you believe that we had 330 educators attend our presentation?&amp;nbsp; It was INCREDIBLE.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Barb began by inviting our guests to find a JOYFUL picture on their phone and &lt;a href=&quot;http://padlet.com/barbara_bray/joy&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;share it on Padlet.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; Would you believe that this yielded over 180 pictures?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Curiosity?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lo7fU66j3V8/X8ZIksa1zGI/AAAAAAAA-EU/BNYuX7WBzGQ4BVxeEgjQiNPUnfx18f33wCLcBGAsYHQ/s737/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B7.43.19%2BAM.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;554&quot; data-original-width=&quot;737&quot; height=&quot;113&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lo7fU66j3V8/X8ZIksa1zGI/AAAAAAAA-EU/BNYuX7WBzGQ4BVxeEgjQiNPUnfx18f33wCLcBGAsYHQ/w150-h113/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B7.43.19%2BAM.png&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I explored &lt;b&gt;Curiosity&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;nbsp; It began as I engaged in some&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/-feRbRQAwBk&quot;&gt;mysterious magic.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; I shared a card with dancing spots.&amp;nbsp; There were 3 on this side, 4 on that side, 1 on the other side, and 6 on the other. Having sparked their curiosity, I began talking about Provoking Curiosity in learners. The BIG WIN was when I asked them to share how they Sparked Curiosity in their students.&amp;nbsp; I asked them to type their ideas in the chat room but NOT click the send button. I gave them 90 seconds to share their ideas and then they all clicked the button simultaneously.&amp;nbsp; We experienced a barrage of over 100 ideas. For your interest, I have collected these ideas and &lt;a href=&quot;https://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2020/12/105-ways-educators-provoke-curiosity-in.html&quot;&gt;they will be shared in a later post on &lt;i&gt;Dr. Z Reflects.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uNi3oWSwQ2I/X8ZPS7auYLI/AAAAAAAA-Eg/Rls5cXqvR1os5l5-biBmust0cAYywYCOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s692/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B7.46.51%2BAM.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;398&quot; data-original-width=&quot;692&quot; height=&quot;157&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uNi3oWSwQ2I/X8ZPS7auYLI/AAAAAAAA-Eg/Rls5cXqvR1os5l5-biBmust0cAYywYCOQCLcBGAsYHQ/w239-h157/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B7.46.51%2BAM.png&quot; width=&quot;239&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Play&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/KerryHawk02?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor&quot;&gt;Kerry Galagher&lt;/a&gt; connected &lt;b&gt;Play&lt;/b&gt; with Student Identity.&amp;nbsp; She shared how students often used Play to connect with others and establish their own identities. Kerry integrated &lt;a href=&quot;http://peardeck.com&quot;&gt;Pear Deck&lt;/a&gt; into our celebration. Pear Deck is a presentation add-on that enables students to answer questions, take polls, share ideas, and even draw pictures on the slideshow their teacher is using.&amp;nbsp; I had known about Pear Deck for years, but I had never used it.&amp;nbsp; I will surely use it next semester in my classes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h4 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ipl9vXPl3W8/X8ZPtWhog9I/AAAAAAAA-Eo/t2TyEGd17eM7od5NRzJE9OictjRwNSclACLcBGAsYHQ/s694/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B8.13.51%2BAM.png&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;391&quot; data-original-width=&quot;694&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ipl9vXPl3W8/X8ZPtWhog9I/AAAAAAAA-Eo/t2TyEGd17eM7od5NRzJE9OictjRwNSclACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B8.13.51%2BAM.png&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Joy&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/bbray27&quot;&gt;Barbara &lt;/a&gt;ended our celebration with dancing &lt;b&gt;Joy&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;nbsp; You may not know this, but Barb is an experienced Choreographer. She showed this through &lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/_F6-LOmDNtM&quot;&gt;a short video where she shared half a dozen dance moves.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Then she invited our 330 viewers into breakout rooms to meet other educators and practice their moves.&amp;nbsp; At the end, she invited them to move from their breakout rooms to our Danceathon. It was WONDERFUL!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This session was like none I have ever experienced and I was excited to be part of it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hopefully, when we do this at next year&#39;s ISTE, we will be able to all stand in the same room and dance with each other!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;See you then,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Z&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div&gt;BTW, ISTE20 LIVE is still going.&amp;nbsp; It will continue until Saturday&amp;nbsp;(I will give 2 presentations on Saturday).&amp;nbsp; If you are already enrolled, maybe I will see you there. If not,&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://conference.iste.org/2020/attend/&quot;&gt; Register now - it will be worth your time.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;What&#39;s YOUR opinion?
  39. Leave a comment and keep the discussion going.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/feeds/2122399294263865267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2020/12/experiencing-curiosity-play-and-joy-to.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/2122399294263865267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26673527/posts/default/2122399294263865267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2020/12/experiencing-curiosity-play-and-joy-to.html' title='Experiencing Curiosity, Play, and Joy in Learning @ ISTE20 LIVE'/><author><name>Leigh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12143770753992207826</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jGMZuYEqQPQ/X8e1e0SIXwI/AAAAAAAA-Fw/ySLlfkRVS3M5NGJg9uBlMdnI6Ys6qkbCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s72-w289-h137-c/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-12-01%2Bat%2B8.42.10%2BAM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>

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