Covid times- Video calls and..
One of the issues with video calls- apart from staring at the main speaker I tend to stare at my own video in that corner. I keep checking if I am looking ok. I miss a few points. It is too much stress - so said an acquaintance 🙃. Interesting feedback I thought. It can get stressful because we are not used to to staring one on one. In physical meetings we can look at others ( which is very interesting) and we can even go a bio break. Whilst in home office video calls it is expected to keep focus. My students hence, keep the video and audio off. When I call out their name he/ she will switch on. I don’t take offence as now I understand how tough it must be for them to keep focussing on teachers ( who themselves would be very conscious) through the day.