Most of my students have video for themselves turned off. As A teacher I have no way to know if they are are actually watching. That said, I totallly get why they wouldn’t have video on. Even I don’t really feel the need for a video on myself to be included whenI am mainly showing the screen.

Zoom is owned by the Chinese... enough said

Here is what will kill Zoom in MCPS:

Prior to joining a virtual classroom lesson, students must be dressed appropriately as defined by MCPS Regulation JFA-RA, Student Rights and Responsibilities.
Students must use a location where the background is appropriate (i.e. without other family members in view, and without posters or other items that could be considered offensive).
Students should be in a quiet location, or mute their microphones to avoid disturbing the lesson in progress. In addition, the use of the video function in any MCPS web-based platform is not mandatory, and all students or guardians can opt out of using video by turning off that function.

Anonymous wrote:I had a kid try to enter with a made up name “balls on fire 001” so I blocked his entry. I laughed and told the other kids that someone was blocked because of a silly name.

Earlier this year I had a 7th grader sign into a Kahoot as "ballz deep". Thankfully his mom understood what it meant, so I didn't have to explain. Technology highlights what dumb mistakes kids make.