This week we had our class virtually, and started the group presentations which were all very interesting. Each of the presentations were on a technological teaching tool, and we also learned about the program Zoom while doing so, as our call was on this platform. I found it interesting that one of the presentations was on Kahoot and we were able to play a Kahoot over the Zoom chat, which I did not know was possible. I considered it to be a success as I managed to be on the leaderboard with the moderators and achieve 2nd place.

Zoom requires that students have a device, adequate wifi, headphones with a microphone (preferably) and a quiet space where they can be undisturbed during the call. While this can be attained by many students, there will almost always be a few that have issues. I, for example, live in a very busy house, and my laptop has broken twice in the last 6 months. These factors could easily have been an issue for me, and it almost seemed that the latter would be, when I had to restart my computer a few minutes to the class’ call. One of my classmates could not get on the call because of internet issues.

Overall, if the students have access to all of these resources, I think Zoom is a great platform to conduct classes from, if being together is not an option. Students also do not need an account, so they will not have to sign up for anything if it is only a one-time, or emergency solution.