Avoid “Zoom Bombing” K12 Remote Class Sessions
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Avoid “Zoom Bombing” K12 Remote Class Sessions

As the COVID-19 school closings hit last year a new term, “zoom bombing,” was quickly coined. This is when uninvited participants enter a Zoom©, Google Meet©, or similar remote class session and cause disruption.  This can happen when a student intentionally shares the class invite code or it becomes unintentionally known to others. Here’s a better alternative designed for schools.

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Getting Creative with Google Classroom and Project-Based Learning
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Getting Creative with Google Classroom and Project-Based Learning

While some school districts are deploying high-tech video production setups to completely recreate the classroom environment online, that’s not an option for districts whose populations skew on the lower end of the socioeconomic totem pole. Delta County School District 50J in Colorado has roughly 56% of the student population receiving free and reduced lunch. According to Rupp, computers are not a household staple, and some of the students don’t even have access to the Internet. Finding a virtual learning solution that was easy to deploy and access was paramount.

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School Tech Director Shares How His School is Posting Lessons Online
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School Tech Director Shares How His School is Posting Lessons Online

Christ Episcopal School’s Director of Technology Bob Krieger was overwhelmed when the Louisiana governor announced that schools would need to shut down and move online to combat the COVID-19 crisis. Using Google Meet, Blackmagic Design’s ATEM Mini switcher, and other online resources, Bob successfully got his school up and running online in just 4 days.

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