With virtual schools starting this week across the country, the Zoom video conference platform had an unexpected offer for all students in the form of a long breakthrough that affected the ability to hold meetings and webinars. North America and some parts of Europe affected the outcome.
Just guess what they did once people realized what was going on? Well, they have taken the shit out of the situation to Twitter.
I saw that many people referred to this as a digital snow day, and I think a better analogy with the fire drill is like a temporary disruption that screws the rest of the day but you still need to get back to school later, as someone who grew up in New England (shakes old lady fist) and experienced many a good day cancelation.
During the pandemic Zoom became the platform for videoconferencing, with schools , businesses, digital clubs and weddings communicating. She has her share of security and privacy problems (see: zoom-bombing) and has several rival services that herald her. However, it can be used freely, for 40 minutes, and nearly everyone has it. That includes hundreds of schools that choose not to return to their physical classrooms in the midst of coronavirus warning.
But my tactics of stalling (ask a film strip!) are not going to work in a virtual classroom. I would like to inform students today about what to do when Zoom finally comes back online so that they don't have to do real work. And, in all seriousness, sympathy for all the parents at home who tried to work today with the Zoom classes, who thought they would have some rest. Hang in there. Hang in there.
At 1PM ET on Monday, Zoom stated that most users had restored meeting and webinars. Boo.-Boo. Thanks, I mean, we can participate in the meetings of our weekly staff.
