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BY DREW DESILVER One of the key public health responses to the global coronavirus pandemic has been social distancing – avoiding large groups of people in close quarters in order to inhibit the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Along with shutting down sports leagues, closing churches and stores and limiting restaurants to take-out service only, […]
Web Conferencing Links & Articles Compiled By the team at Brookline Interactive Group Thank you to the individuals who created these helpful guides and have shared them with us! The New Normal: Web Conferencing Tools & Covid-19 Resources for Non-profit Organizations & Local Governments Elected Officials, Nonprofits & Public Access Television For Government Officials: by […]
By Tony Wan Mar 27, 2020 This article is part of the guide Sustaining Higher Education in the Coronavirus Crisis. On Tuesday, Kristina Ishmael was watching a webinar about how coronavirus will impact K-12 education policy, when the screen was suddenly flooded by pictures of pornographic images and racial slurs. The moderator turned […]
By Daniel StanfordMarch 16, 2020 When we try to replicate classroom experiences in an online environment, it’s easy to think of video conferencing as our go-to tool for all sorts of learning objectives—and for good reason. Most of us have participated in a video conference at work or had a video chat with friends or […]
The current global circumstances have forced many of us to step out of our ordinary routines. We’re at home. Some of us are teaching at a distance for the very first time. Others are looking for resources and activities our students can do while at home To help, the OER Project is introducing two new […]
Beware of “ZoomBombing” – screensharing filth to video calls Troll Terrifies Public Zoom Meeting By Sharing Highly Disturbing Video Beware of ‘ZoomBombing:’ screensharing filth to video calls Josh [email protected] / 8:46 pm EDT • March 17, 2020 The world is vulnerable to a new type of trolling as people turn to Zoom video calls to […]
If you do it right, ‘there is a point in the night when you forget that you’re virtual,’ says one woman Caroline Kitchener https://www.thelily.com/8-tips-for-hosting-the-perfect-virtual-hangout/ March 19 “Now is the time to call your friends.” I’ve heard that advice a lot over the past few days. I’ve called and FaceTimed and reconnected with people I would […]