Update on Building Our Technology Capacity: Zoom Basic Training

As of Jan. 13, 466 Heartland AEA staff have completed the Zoom Basic online training module. We are well over 60% completion with many more currently enrolled. Kudos to those who have already completed this year’s first module!

Why use Zoom as part of your work at Heartland AEA?
Zoom is a tool that enables you to conduct web-based conferences, online meetings and group chats. With Zoom, you can schedule a meeting or start a meeting on the fly. You can join a meeting from your desktop or laptop computer (Windows and Mac), mobile device (iOS and Android) and even other conferencing platforms such as Polycom. You can invite people from both within and outside Heartland AEA to participate in your meeting, and Zoom can be used for any and all of the purposes listed below:

• Real-time HD video/audio conferencing using your computer or mobile device
• Online meetings with screen sharing and video archiving
• Group/team collaboration
• Phone conferences
• ​​Collaborative process design using a built-in interactive whiteboard
• Annotation and co-annotation of documents and graphics
• Virtual classrooms
• Interview
• ​Webinars
• Instant messaging
  

Examples of How Heartland AEA Staff Has Been Using Zoom:

• If my meeting will take less time than my drive time, I always ask if I could join the meeting through Zoom.
• Before rescheduling a team meeting for 16 people because one person couldn’t attend, I suggested Zoom as a possible option and video archiving the meeting so the missing member could watch it later.
• A child (Early ACCESS) was ill, so I scheduled a Zoom meeting with the family.
• My own child was ill at home so I joined a district team meeting by Zoom.
• To cut down on personal data charges, I used Zoom to make an audio conference call.
• To make better use of my time as a consultant, I use Zoom for video conversations between buildings within a district I serve.
  

If you haven’t yet taken the Zoom Basic Training:
1. Go to the AEA PD Online Learning System and log in. 
2. Once logged in, click on the “Catalog” under the House icon over on the left side of the screen.
3. Enter “Zoom” into the search box. Click on Heartland AEA: Zoom Basic Training.
4. Click “ Register” to begin.

If you have any questions or feedback regarding this training, contact Lynn McCartney, Instructional Technology Consultant.