Tag: perhaps of interest
Students turn to Minecraft during the pandemic
Students created new “Minecraft” servers for their college community or took to social media to invite classmates back to dormant realms, where players can freely build ecosystems or battle foes. There, students — left without real-world classrooms, dorms, and dining halls to socialize in — are spending time together virtually.
“It’s a fun way to, at the very least, interact with each other,” said Ralph Drake, a junior visual media arts major at Emerson who launched the school’s “Minecraft” server on March 13. “It’s collaborative at a time when we are so separated.”
Things you can do with a Zoom virtual background
Please don’t do this in my class (we’re small enough that it would be obvious) … and if you get caught doing this in any of your other classes, please don’t tell anyone that I’m the one who told you how to do it, but that said, there might be some situations where this little trick with Zoom’s virtual background could be very handy:
Tired:
Attending Zoom meetings.Wired:
Make the virtual background a video of you listening, loop it, and go nap.@AcademicChatter #phdchat pic.twitter.com/5OUaNy8jcB— Dani Beck (@_DaniBeck) March 19, 2020
