Zoom
Zoom is a video-conferencing tool that enables online classes and meetings. It can be used both as a virtual classroom space and as a tool for screencasting.
First Steps
Free version of Zoom provides a suite of useful features: meetings up to 100 participants, wordless signals such as raise hand & virtual whiteboard. A school district subscription provides additional options & control: ability to record, an admin dashboard, managed domains & single sign-on. Best used on the Chrome Browser. You can use this tool for virtual classrooms and screencasting.
Download Zoom Check with your district first as many have a paid subscription to Zoom.
Comprehensive Introductory Walk Through of Zoom
User Communities and Sites:
Facebook: Teachers Using ZOOM and Distance Learning Resources & ESL ZOOM Room Teachers
Twitter: @zoom_us
Wakelets
YouTube: Join a meeting & 39 additional "How to Zoom" videos (look to the right side bar)
Technical Specifications:
Zoom is a Google Chrome browser add-on and requires Google login (free or school account). The web-based Zoom program doesn’t require Chrome and any email will work for the web-based version.
This tool will work on any of the following:
Next Steps (Advanced Tips)
Zoom offers advanced features that will improve your classroom productivity.
Setting Up and Using Breakout Rooms
Using the Whiteboard and Annotating
Features to Liven Up Your Meetings
Professional Settings for Zoom: What Not to Do
Keep your home space personal & your workspace professional – while working, remain in a stationary/limited workspace.
Respect & refrain from commenting on students’ workspaces.
What students can see should remain as professional & appropriate as your classroom.
That includes what you wear, who’s in the background & any audio that might be overheard.
Instructional Design
Zoom allows for collaborative, flexible synchronous & asynchronous learning. Features such as the Share Screen provides the opportunity for teacher and student presentations, interactive learning, discussion, and assessments. Educators can use various types of instructional grouping (individual, partner, small group and/or large group).
General Guides to Classroom Use:
Tips and Tricks: Teachers Educating on Zoom
Bring Zoom into Your Classroom
Instructional Groupings
Individual
Managing Waiting Rooms for One-on-One Conferencing
Breakout Rooms may be used for one-on-one conferencing with students for teachers and specialists (LAP, ELL, Counselor, etc.).
Partners & Small groups
Peer Collaboration & Feedback in Breakout Rooms
Successful Breakout Rooms in Zoom
Large group
Tips for Using Zoom Classes for Large Groups
Spotlight and Multi-Pin Features in Zoom
Use specific tools for managing a large classroom, i.e. Spotlight View to avoid distractions.
Parent-Teacher conferences
Managing a Virtual Parent-Teacher Conference on Zoom
Formative and Summative Assessment Options:
Using Polls for Formative Assessments
Using Zoom for Summative Assessments
Elementary Lessons & Applications:
Warm up activity - Would You Rather Game
YouCubed Mathematical Art (Del Norte Office of Education): Mathematical Art Lesson
Teaching Reading on Zoom with Individual Students
Whole group Example Lessons using JamBoard or Whiteboard
Teaching with PowerPoint Slides on Zoom
10 Zoom Games for ELL Students
Secondary Lessons & Applications:
Management
Student Management:
Meeting Reports & Attendance on Zoom
Morning Meetings & Closing Reflections
Student Engagement:
10 Ways to Encourage Participation
25 Strategies to Engage Students
Student Engagement in Live Online Classes
Interactive Apps to use with Zoom:
Student Privacy and Security:
The Security icon in the meeting controls allows the host /co-host of a meeting to enable or disable options during a meeting to secure the meeting & minimize disruption during the meeting.
Differentiation and Adaptation
Diverse Learners:
Breakout Rooms (inspired by Esther Parks)
Teachers can allow students to choose a breakout room to work in after mini-lesson in order to provide additional support.
Creating a Classroom for Diverse Learners
Adaptive and Assistive Features:
Hybrid Strategies
5 Best practices for hybrid teaching with Zoom for secondary students
Recorded lessons on Zoom will enable students to access them whether on site or remotely.
Educators can teach simultaneously onsite & remotely using the recording features on Zoom along with a document camera to share lesson materials.
Hybrid Teaching Laptop Set Up (Tech & Learning)
Directions for extended views of Zoom with dual monitors. Teachers can share one screen and work on another.