What Teachers Really Want To Be Able To Deliver Better Virtual Education

Some colleges are doing what it takes to help their students learn, including one that mails actual brains and other specimens to biology students so they can practice their dissection skills remotely. Ok, that’s extreme.

For most of us with younger kids doing virtual schooling, the reality is a day filled with Zoom calls. But Zoom wasn’t built for education, and unsurprisingly, teachers are struggling with it. This article explores some of the best suggestions from teachers on how Zoom could fix it ... and some are startlingly simple, like a larger mute/unmute button so six year old kids can find it more easily.

The unofficial tagline of the pandemic is already “you’re on mute” ... so this seems like a no-brainer to fix. As are most of the other teachers’ suggestions.