Spanish teacher Joshua Bodenheimer switches up his background to reflect various areas of Spain, which was inspired by a fellow teacher he met. That said, irreverence and levity, within reason, seems appropriate given the unprecedented nature of schooling these days,” Greaney said. I do take the teaching of content seriously, and creating the appropriate tone is important. “While these backgrounds are never going to come close to approximating that value, they do provide a window into my personality to a degree. Given the current circumstances, there are limited opportunities available to build connections. Though Zoom contains various functions, Greaney believes the software can make obtaining a clear sense of personality difficult. Obviously, there is no academic function to those backgrounds, but they were entertaining for me, and hopefully for my students.” During the week of the election, I used the ‘ Everything is Fine ’ background. For instance, during the autumnal equinox, I had Stonehenge as a background, or, during the week leading up to Halloween, I had Sharknado and The Shining backgrounds.
“On occasion, I’ll switch to something that is more timely. As an English teacher, I think it’s a good tone-setter,” Greaney said. My favorite is the Library at Trinity College in Dublin. “ My default background is one of a handful of beautiful libraries from around the world. Įnglish teacher Matthew Greaney enjoys using various backgrounds, whether it be to beat the aesthetic of looking at random walls in his home, to switching things up to reflect more recent events. Some of her most recent creations have included memes, visiting areas in the francophone world, and sitting in Central Perk - a coffeehouse from the sitcom Friends. Houlihan plans to continue creating backgrounds of her own in the future so long as class via Zoom continues, as well as using pre-made ones she finds online. “I know that my AP and French 5 students specifically are more involved in current events, so it’s really just about bringing light to various situations.”
“It’s unfortunate that we’re doing remote learning, so I like to make any kind of joke I can where I can express myself in a comical way,” Houlihan said. Switching up her backgrounds weekly, French teacher Kelly Houlihan has found using humor within her Zoom backgrounds to be a light-hearted way of keeping things entertaining during online learning. Here are some of DGN students’ favorite picks for teachers with the most creative backgrounds: With classes being remote, a new opportunity has been presented which allows teachers to set their backgrounds on Zoom to any image they see fit.
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