Next week I will be hosting a live, interactive workshop to use some of the new Zoom Apps recently launched. Care to join me? During this 90-minute workshop, we will: Practice low-tech Zoom games you can use in your own meetings Play Grid games, Chat Box games, Flippity games, as well as Games in [...]
So, thank you for coming. Um. We’ll get uh…started…in just a few — hang on, I can’t see my slides anymore. One second. Hey, can you see my slides? I can’t…uhhh…oh, hi there, we’ll get started soon, I’m just…um… Has that ever happened to you? Maybe you were the host of the meeting, with a [...]
Have you felt Zoom Fatigue within the last month? If you’ve been meeting with people remotely — your family, your co-workers, your team or your community — via Zoom, then I think it’s safe to say the answer is ‘yes.’ These meetings aren’t necessarily boring, but without any novelty or variety in the place we meet, it’s easy [...]
Do you know what a Zoom webinar looks like in a Screen Reader? That was a trick question. It doesn’t look like anything. It sounds like something. (U.S. Air Force photo by Civ/Nan Wylie) A Screen Reader interprets website and application elements, and translates those elements into audio sounds. This enables a blind user to navigate a [...]
During the quarantines of 2020, we moved everything we could online. Meetings, conferences, even multi-day retreats have all been facilitated through Zoom. Many of these meetings were accessible when they were in person. 1 in 5 working adults has a disability, after all, and 1 in 7 have a hearing impairment. Virtual meetings and [...]
I've been Zooming a lot (as you probably have, too). Looking back on all these Zoom calls, I have some insight about how Intentional Conversations are different from Spontaneous Conversations. Intentional Conversation is when we schedule an appointment to talk. There might be a written agenda. There is a venue where we meet (the Zoom room). There is [...]