Media While Quarantined

  Hey guys! So today "spring break" has offcially ended and we started online school today. I used to say that I wanted to be homeschooled, but I take that back now... let me tell you it is pretty stressful! Canvas was down so we couldn't reach any of our teachers or do any of our work. But luckily it's up and running now. So my first assignment for media is to make a blog post on how media has been beneficial during the quarantine process. So here I am!

     Obviously throughout this, the media is allowing me to lay in bed for hours and binge watch a series which is beneficial during the quarantine process. I've spent a lot of my free time binge watching Love Island on Hulu... Im OBSESSED! But, there are other media and technology tools that allowed me to remain connected to the world outside my home.

     Zoom is something that I have found extremely beneficial throught all of this for many different examples. Zoom is an American video communications company that allows you to video and auido conference with multiple people from all over. This website/app has been extremely benefical to me in two ways. Being a competitive dancer, I am always training and taking class. Due to corona, unfortunately my studio has been closed until further notice. But, us dancers can't stop training or else we will get behind. With that being said, my dance studio has decided to do live Zoom dance classes everyday. This helps out so much because I get to continue to train with my team and stay connected with my teachers. Zoom has also helped with school. Talking and communicating to your teachers can be hard at times like these. Most of my teachers decided to have meetings to inform us what is going on with this new way of learning. I found this extremely benefical during this process allowing me to stay connected outside my home.