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1002:2020:how-to-zoom [2020/08/18 19:54] – [How to Zoom to class] Ryan Schram (admin)1002:2020:how-to-zoom [2020/08/18 19:55] – [The rules of Zoom] Ryan Schram (admin)
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-Like the rest of the world, we have also all learned that there are good ways to Zoom and bad ways to Zoom. Zoom is a fascinating example of people fumbling toward a new set of implicit social norms. This is what [[https://www.thoughtco.com/anomie-definition-3026052|Durkheimian //anomie//]] must feel like (Durkheim [1893] 2014, 277). Because it is so new for most people, and we are using it under novel conditions, it’s hard to come up with rules for how to use Zoom. **Perhaps, then, the most important rule is to be sensitive to other people when you are online, and be willing to adjust when things aren’t working well.**+Like the rest of the world, we have also all learned that there are good ways to Zoom and bad ways to Zoom. Zoom is a fascinating example of people fumbling toward a new set of implicit social norms. This is what [[https://www.thoughtco.com/anomie-definition-3026052|Durkheimian anomie]] must feel like (Durkheim [1893] 2014, 277). Because it is so new for most people, and we are using it under novel conditions, it’s hard to come up with rules for how to use Zoom. **Perhaps, then, the most important rule is to be sensitive to other people when you are online, and be willing to adjust when things aren’t working well.**
  
 In tutorials, tutors and students discuss rules they can adopt that will make the class work well and will make it a positive and productive experience for everyone. We can do this for Zoom too. **It’s good to have metadiscussions—that is, discussions about discussions—in class. Zoom use is as important to discuss as respectful language and how to handle sensitive topics.** Plus, Zoom provides a really great medium for metadiscussion: chat. When you think people’s Zoom use is interfering with the class, say so in the chat or email your tutor about it. When the conversation is not flowing well, say why you think that is in the chat, and say what can be done to improve it in the chat. In tutorials, tutors and students discuss rules they can adopt that will make the class work well and will make it a positive and productive experience for everyone. We can do this for Zoom too. **It’s good to have metadiscussions—that is, discussions about discussions—in class. Zoom use is as important to discuss as respectful language and how to handle sensitive topics.** Plus, Zoom provides a really great medium for metadiscussion: chat. When you think people’s Zoom use is interfering with the class, say so in the chat or email your tutor about it. When the conversation is not flowing well, say why you think that is in the chat, and say what can be done to improve it in the chat.
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 Goffman, Erving. 1967. “On Face-Work.” In //Interaction Ritual: Essays in Face to Face Behavior//, 1–46. New York: Doubleday. Goffman, Erving. 1967. “On Face-Work.” In //Interaction Ritual: Essays in Face to Face Behavior//, 1–46. New York: Doubleday.
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-Quinones, Lee George. 1988. //Howard the Duck//. https://collections.mcny.org/. 
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