When lockdown began, we made the decision to teach our lessons in whole Key Stage 3 year groups. This meant very large groups of students all logged on at the same time, a bit like a lecture really. We were really keen on using Zoom in an attempt to recreate the feeling of a live lesson, so the students could see us, and each other.
The first lesson, with Year 9, was not as affective as we had hoped. Key problems were:
We learnt a great deal from lesson one. Our experience led to the plan which follows, the Drama department ‘rules of Zoom.’ I cannot recommend designing your own rules highly enough.
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