As a teacher, and even as a person, being able to scan the room and respond to little bits of social information is really essential. To do that I need to be able to take everyone in at once. It's just not possible on zoom, even if you can see everyone's screen. I feel bad that I just can't track how each of my students seems to be engag…
As a teacher, and even as a person, being able to scan the room and respond to little bits of social information is really essential. To do that I need to be able to take everyone in at once. It's just not possible on zoom, even if you can see everyone's screen. I feel bad that I just can't track how each of my students seems to be engaging. Of course people are figuring out creative ways and shortcuts, as they always do, but it feels like a completely different thing.
YES. It's something about the the 3-D experience of people, but also something about how our eyes work. Even when I'm looking at everyone on a screen, I can't quite see everyone somehow. I'm still waiting for your piece on Zoom and the nonverbal losses!
As a teacher, and even as a person, being able to scan the room and respond to little bits of social information is really essential. To do that I need to be able to take everyone in at once. It's just not possible on zoom, even if you can see everyone's screen. I feel bad that I just can't track how each of my students seems to be engaging. Of course people are figuring out creative ways and shortcuts, as they always do, but it feels like a completely different thing.
YES. It's something about the the 3-D experience of people, but also something about how our eyes work. Even when I'm looking at everyone on a screen, I can't quite see everyone somehow. I'm still waiting for your piece on Zoom and the nonverbal losses!