SI Tech Instructional Coaching

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I recently gave an anonymous survey asking high school students and high school educators across the United States to explain their camera usage on video conferencing.  (Link to the open survey here . I'm keeping it open so I can keep learning and sharing.)  Based on the 176 responses I received, numerous conversations with students as a teacher and with faculty as an instructional coach, it comes down to a few simple responses to why students and educators alike choose to keep their cameras off.  I will pull some direct quotes... let's see if you can determine if it was a student or an educator: "When I was having a bad day or didn't seem to look presentable I did not feel comfortable turning my camera on.  " "I don't think it's necessary because the presenter is usually presenting their screen so we are not interacting with each other." "Most of the times the presenters are on screen-share, so I feel like there is no point." "Whe...