Teaching through Zoom
The morning sun begins to shine Time to get our computers online For there are students to engage and greet Even though in person we can't meet We wonder how many students to anticipate and how we will get them to participate The once joyful noise of kids coming into the room Is now a doorbell ding alerting they're on Zoom As we peer into the camera and smile bright We pray they are all healthy and doing all right We encourage them to show their beautiful faces Respectful and humbled to be in their personal spaces A quick hello, Zoom norms, and we are ready to begin This is the journey of online learning once again Scavenger hunts, a lesson on fractions and taking it times two Apply this at home by doubling a recipe and make something new Time to head to a breakout room for a small group chat Beaming around to help make sense of this and of that A cascade of voices talking over the other or not all Wondering about those who did not make it on the call...