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True story: During Zoom classes, a friend's kid used to move his lips without emitting any sound faking a mic problem in order to not receive questions from his

by MKais 5y ago

True story: During Zoom classes, a friend's kid used to move his lips without emitting any sound faking a mic problem in order to not receive questions from his teacher

baryphonic 5y ago
When I was in high school, we had one BC Calculus teacher for the entire school district. He'd visit each school round-robin and would teach the other schools via video conference. Given that this was 20 years ago, we'd have streaming issues with some frequency. The solution was usually to reboot the streaming machine at the teacher's location. One day before class when the teacher wasn't at our school, one kid said, "when I cough three times, everyone freeze." About 20 mins into the lecture, he did just that and we all held our positions. The teacher noticed about ten second later, asked us a bunch of times if we could hear him, and then, with exasperation, said, "well looks like they froze up again..." We had a good laugh for the two mins or so we were down and then continued on. I don't think anyone ever blabbed that we had faked it just for kicks.
- Buttons840 5y ago
  My daughter did kindergarten online. I once observed that at least some kid behaviors remain the same online. The teacher lost connection one day and one of the kids said "she's gone!" and it was immediate chaos, everyone started talking and making noises, one kid was literally screaming the whole time, the kids were drawing on the screen and fighting over who was sharing their screen, everyone was laughing and having a good time until the teacher reconnected. Later my daughter fondly told me about it, but I had already overheard the whole thing from the other room.
  - deleted 5y ago
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dvfjsdhgfv 5y ago
In my daughter's school during PE on Zoom one kid always had only the left half of his body showing, everybody thought it's a limitation of his camera or something. Then one day his cat moved his laptop and everybody realized he was moving only the visible part of his body and was playing on his phone in the other hand the whole time.
- thrower123 5y ago
  Physical Education class over Zoom is something that I never contemplated being attempted
  - _nalply 5y ago
    My wife had Kundalini Yoga over Zoom and I liked the results.
    - rpmisms 5y ago
      This is somewhat crude, but does meaningfully contribute to the discussion.
  - avs733 5y ago
    my boomer-aged mother is a PE teacher for K-6th graders in the US. She had to run Zoom PE classes for about six months...it was interesting to watch her learn a new competency. There are ways to do it, but the fear that she could potentially not be in control of her classroom at ANY MOMENT was something to behold and says something about our education system's focus and beliefs. There was a lot of information from me and my siblings with her on how to do it and options she could pursue to make online PE class engaging...fun times
    - dhosek 5y ago
      For a time I taught high school and later college. The key difference between the two jobs is apparent in the interview process. For a high school teaching job, the interviewer wants to know how you will manage the behavior of the students in the room. For a college teaching job, the interviewer wants to know how you will impart your subject matter to the students. Classroom management is easily the most important aspect of K-12 teaching.
skocznymroczny 5y ago
Cartman?
nigerian1981 5y ago
Reminds me of the boy who changed his name on Zoom to Reconnecting
- peterburkimsher 5y ago
  I think the name to use is "Connecting audio..." and then black out the webcam (don't turn it off). Then the name shows up in the corner, and nobody will nominate you to speak. Heard this via a church group from a teacher at the International School of Geneva. Seems like word gets around fast!
  - shoto_io 5y ago
    Awesome pro move!
eatbitseveryday 5y ago
The teacher could find other ways to test sound. Ask a student to clap their hands, for example (presuming the teacher knows their students are mischievous).
schwartzworld 5y ago
This is similar to another hack I heard: put some clear tape over your camera lens to blur the image. "It looks fine on my end??? I'll just keep my camera off."

by MKais 5y ago

True story: During Zoom classes, a friend's kid used to move his lips without emitting any sound faking a mic problem in order to not receive questions from his teacher

baryphonic 5y ago

When I was in high school, we had one BC Calculus teacher for the entire school district. He'd visit each school round-robin and would teach the other schools via video conference. Given that this was 20 years ago, we'd have streaming issues with some frequency. The solution was usually to reboot the streaming machine at the teacher's location. One day before class when the teacher wasn't at our school, one kid said, "when I cough three times, everyone freeze." About 20 mins into the lecture, he did just that and we all held our positions. The teacher noticed about ten second later, asked us a bunch of times if we could hear him, and then, with exasperation, said, "well looks like they froze up again..." We had a good laugh for the two mins or so we were down and then continued on. I don't think anyone ever blabbed that we had faked it just for kicks.

Buttons840 5y ago
My daughter did kindergarten online. I once observed that at least some kid behaviors remain the same online. The teacher lost connection one day and one of the kids said "she's gone!" and it was immediate chaos, everyone started talking and making noises, one kid was literally screaming the whole time, the kids were drawing on the screen and fighting over who was sharing their screen, everyone was laughing and having a good time until the teacher reconnected. Later my daughter fondly told me about it, but I had already overheard the whole thing from the other room.
- deleted 5y ago
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dvfjsdhgfv 5y ago

In my daughter's school during PE on Zoom one kid always had only the left half of his body showing, everybody thought it's a limitation of his camera or something. Then one day his cat moved his laptop and everybody realized he was moving only the visible part of his body and was playing on his phone in the other hand the whole time.

thrower123 5y ago
Physical Education class over Zoom is something that I never contemplated being attempted
- _nalply 5y ago
  My wife had Kundalini Yoga over Zoom and I liked the results.
  - rpmisms 5y ago
    This is somewhat crude, but does meaningfully contribute to the discussion.
- avs733 5y ago
  my boomer-aged mother is a PE teacher for K-6th graders in the US. She had to run Zoom PE classes for about six months...it was interesting to watch her learn a new competency. There are ways to do it, but the fear that she could potentially not be in control of her classroom at ANY MOMENT was something to behold and says something about our education system's focus and beliefs. There was a lot of information from me and my siblings with her on how to do it and options she could pursue to make online PE class engaging...fun times
  - dhosek 5y ago
    For a time I taught high school and later college. The key difference between the two jobs is apparent in the interview process. For a high school teaching job, the interviewer wants to know how you will manage the behavior of the students in the room. For a college teaching job, the interviewer wants to know how you will impart your subject matter to the students. Classroom management is easily the most important aspect of K-12 teaching.

skocznymroczny 5y ago

Cartman?

nigerian1981 5y ago

Reminds me of the boy who changed his name on Zoom to Reconnecting

peterburkimsher 5y ago
I think the name to use is "Connecting audio..." and then black out the webcam (don't turn it off). Then the name shows up in the corner, and nobody will nominate you to speak. Heard this via a church group from a teacher at the International School of Geneva. Seems like word gets around fast!
- shoto_io 5y ago
  Awesome pro move!

eatbitseveryday 5y ago

The teacher could find other ways to test sound. Ask a student to clap their hands, for example (presuming the teacher knows their students are mischievous).

schwartzworld 5y ago

This is similar to another hack I heard: put some clear tape over your camera lens to blur the image. "It looks fine on my end??? I'll just keep my camera off."