In a matter of days Zoom has become an indispensable household name. Video communication may not be new technology but it IS new technology for most people. At least for the accomplishment of everyday things like going to school, conducting work, exercising, on and on.
Zoom has taken over my home now. 3 kids. School’s been on Google Classroom forever with every student using Chrome Books. Today was first day of the new remote learning. Zoom integrates with Google Classroom quite nicely. A few minutes before class the kids got a zoom meeting notice on Hangouts and in mere moments on 3 computers (2 chrome books and a desktop) class was in session. Materials and assignments easily shared. Rather astonishing. I can’t imagine it working like that on other technology like Webex or Skype. And no one was expecting Zoom, no advance notice.
The video conferencing wasn’t a long period or anything but all their friends were there. I’m grateful that we have something like Zoom in a time like this. Give a little sense of normalcy to these trying times. The kids need that and a lot of us will probably be using Zoom in many new and creative ways in the days ahead and beyond.
It was always the thesis about Zoom, just never imagined it would happen so quickly and so dominantly.
Darth