I was pleasantly surprised by how well our virtual class went: having taught with Zoom over the summer, one of the things I liked least about it was that it made doing think-pair-shares incredibly difficult to do (how on earth were students supposed to pair off and share ideas orally between themselves before sharing with the class?). I'm still trying to work out a solution to that for language teaching, but it seemed like the chat rooms and Google Docs worked reasonably well for our class, and we were able to have a good follow-up conversation afterward. The fact that Zoom allows for meetings to be recorded is also great for people who might not be able to make it to the meeting, students who might wish to review the material again, or even researchers who might like to analyze things like turn-taking and other facets of computer-mediated communication.
What did everyone else think? Would you consider using Zoom in your own classes (as instructors)?
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