Now we need to look for a great background. As a teacher, I don’t want to just find a regular Zoom background or a nice photo. What I’m looking for the the cartoonish kid’s TV show background filled will color and activities. I also want something that looks like a classroom and that I can decorate for the month. Finally, I want to customize and update my background objects daily.
…so what’s the best background to use?
I REALLY love using Bitmoji virtual backgrounds. During distance learning these have become more popular than ever. You can find a ton of wonderful Bitmoji classrooms on Madebyteachers.com.
Most teachers use Bitmoji Virtual classrooms as part of their Google Classrooms. These virtual classrooms can be uploaded to Google Slides where a teacher can then add text links for all sorts of additional activities. The slides are then shared with students who can access all the different activities for the day by clicking on different pictures on the “Virtual” classroom. You can read more about this in a future post.
What I like to do is change my Google Slide “Virtual” Classroom a little each day and then take a screen shot using my computers “screen shot” tools. You can search how to do this for your computer online. Next, I upload the saved “screen shot” photo to my Zoom app.
You can buy the Christmas Virtual Background that I used or search for something relevant to you.