Hi! Welcome to K-Piano where we are changing lives through music! You have been chosen to share the gift of music with the world through our innovative new platform. Thanks to this technology we can bring the amazing opportunity of playing the piano to children that may have not had the chance before. This is an incredible treasure to bring to the world and this is our guide for success. Your success is our success, and our success is our student’s success, so let’s learn the best possible practices for music making!
The first part of our training is to Set up your Zoom Classroom. This technology is the bridge between you to your students. The better each of us is with this aspect, the better the experience. Zoom is our classroom and the features found in it will make for a tremendous learning journey. The elements we will address here are:
Muting - Assuring that you have audio control over the class.
Chatting - Students can answer or ask questions, but only to you.
Hosting - An extra abilities teachers have.
Breakout rooms - Spaces to meet with select participants.
Next we will master the details of Controlling your Zoom Classroom. While teaching; it is imperative to navigate the class, thus we need command of the technology. This is crucial to know for troubleshooting scenarios. A high level of control gives us freedom to interact with our participants and the autonomy to make the class more interesting and engaging.
Connectivity Check - Making sure all students are connected.
Camera - How to request turning a camera on.
Unmuting - Asking a student to activate their microphone.
Renaming - Changing the name of someone.
Removing - How to remove a device from the meeting.
And now, finally, the act of Teaching in your Zoom Classroom. As teachers we naturally know how to interact with, motivate, engage and of course educate our pupils. We can add powerful tools to our tool belt with these robust technological features.
Views - Gallery Views (grid) vs. Speaker View (highlights speaker).
Spotlighting - Spotlighting a particular learner.
Sharing - How to present your screen and audio.
Pausing - Halting your screen during a screen share.
Annotation - Add notes to your screen.
Camera - Using second alternate cameras.
Naturally, with new technology there are new protocols, but there are also new possibilities! Embracing, and ultimately mastering, this platform will give us more reach to do better and better for more and more people. Our goal is to change lives through music, we welcome you to change as many people as you can!