When transitioning from a traditional classroom setting to virtual classroom, you have to learn new skills to best fit your classroom needs (S. Lewis, personal communication, February 11,2021). In Mrs. Lewis's case, that meant that she had to learn different platforms and get a certification.

"Yes, I had to learn a lot of new things. I had to learn how to use Zoom, Canvas, and Google Meets. I also had to get a google certification. So, I had to go through modules and pass a test to get the certification.

Essentially what Mrs. Lewis had to was change her classroom expectations around. Because part of classroom management is how you "manage" the class. She had rules for their zoom meetings like not typing in the chat unless its necessary, or they should be paying attention at all times, or that students should have all their materials prepared and they should have them at class (S. Lewis, personal communication, February 11, 2021).

"We use to have circle time where students would sit on the carpet in the front of the classroom to have our morning meeting. We would also listen to the clean up song and everyone would clean up. And we would do other things such as listen to the morning announcements. Now my rules are more specific to our virtual setting and I make sure they know not to do things like have a toy in the camera or to not make faces. "

Virtual learning is pretty different compared to traditional learning. There are a lot of challenges that you wouldn't really face if everyone was still in a traditional face-to-face learning setting. One of the biggest factors that teachers struggle with while teaching amidst a pandemic is student involvement (S. Lewis, personal communication, February 11, 2021).

" I will say it is harder to teach in a virtual classroom because the students have a hard time staying focused. Another challenge that is frustrating is the fact that students are way less motivated and they are less responsible. They don't turn in assignments on time."