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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have any of you who want zoom or videoconferencing actually seen how they work? Imagine being on a FaceTime call with a chat feature and 25 interrupting kids commenting “ I can’t see anything”, “how do I get to chat?” Etc etc for 50 minutes. It’s like a tech support call from hell. I’d love a big ole packet and less apps. [/quote]

The zoom leader should be muting the conference and calling on students accordingly while unmuting them. It’s not different that a work conference call that has > 10 people. You mute the entire call people![/quote]

We are required to use Microsoft Teams, which is like Zoom in many ways. One thing it doesn’t have is a way to keep everyone muted. I had a group of about 15 kids today and muted them all and explained why they stay have to stay muted except to talk. A few times I had to mute everyone and just said it got too loud. It took some explanation of video conferencing etiquette but for the first time for all of us, my kids did awesome, and they said they loved getting to see everyone. Whether everyone tunes in every day doesn’t really matter but I think some live connection is super important for kids the same way it is for adults. [/quote]

How is that working for PK? Teams may be good for grades 3 and higher but how can kids ask questions if they can’t type? You can’t even see all of the students with Teams. At least with Zoom, you can see everyone. Not well thought out.[/quote]

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