Kids Online and Remote Learning Blog

Sep 28, 2020

100+ Fun Backgrounds for Kids Video Calls

Browse over 100 fun, colourful and child-friendly video backgrounds for kids to use in video calls on Zoom or Microsoft Teams. Choose...

Can Students Share Their Screen on Microsoft Teams?

Claudia Wild

Jun 1, 2020

Can Students Share Their Screen on Microsoft Teams?

Sometimes kids want to show things to their classmates or need to show work to their teacher. Maybe they need to show slides to go with a...

How to join a meeting in Microsoft Teams

Claudia Wild

May 27, 2020

How to join a meeting in Microsoft Teams

I have been doing #MicrosoftTeams meetings daily for the past two and a half months now as a teacher doing remote learning. This may...

Claudia Wild

May 17, 2020

Microsoft Teams Update: Raise your hand

I had a nice surprise this morning when I started my first live lesson with my class when I realised that we now finally have a Raise...

Fun Background Effects for Kids in Teams and Zoom

Claudia Wild

Apr 26, 2020

Fun Background Effects for Kids in Teams and Zoom

Maybe your child is a little shy to appear on camera or they aren't very motivated towards joining live sessions from home? Try injecting...

Don't let these 7 features of MS Teams confuse your e-learner

Claudia Wild

Apr 24, 2020

Don't let these 7 features of MS Teams confuse your e-learner

Meetings Meetings are video calls. On #MicrosoftTeams meetings happen in channels. As a member of that channel you may join the meeting...

Microsoft Teams microphone etiquette for online learning

Claudia Wild

Apr 23, 2020

Microsoft Teams microphone etiquette for online learning

I have been using Microsoft Teams for six weeks now to remotely teach my FS2 class. The biggest challenge so far has been being able to...

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