{"id":16441,"date":"2020-03-27T08:37:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T13:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/?p=16441"},"modified":"2023-11-02T10:41:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:41:57","slug":"zoombombing-beware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/blog\/insights\/zoombombing-beware\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoombombing: Beware! A New Trend Spreads Across Virtual Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leave it to our culture to come up with a new word in the midst of a crisis &#8211; Zoombombing. While the word and the action sounds funny, it is not.\u00a0 Allegedly, there are some people that continue to hijack audio and video streams during virtual classes &#8211; with porn and racist comments utilized.\u00a0 As teachers explore virtual classrooms for the first time &#8211; beware and be ready.<\/p>\n<p>EdSurge has a great article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2020-03-27-holding-class-on-zoom-beware-of-these-hacks-hijinks-and-hazards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoombombing<\/a> that is very helpful with this in mind.<\/p>\n<p>As Zoom grows in popularity, so too do episodes of internet impropriety begin to escalate.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jessicalessin\/status\/1241087826927554560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">journalists<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/03\/17\/zoombombing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">investors<\/a>, educators from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chalkbeat.org\/posts\/ny\/2020\/03\/24\/teachers-across-new-york-city-are-getting-a-lesson-in-zoombombing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">New York City<\/a>\u00a0to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2020-03-25\/zoombombing-usc-classes-interrupted-racist-remarks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">University of Southern California<\/a> have reported instances where their virtual meetings were hijacked by miscreants.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>USC is providing resources to prevent Zoombombing &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/keepteaching.usc.edu\/faculty\/quick-start-toolkit\/zoom\/zoom-security-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/keepteaching.usc.edu\/faculty\/quick-start-toolkit\/zoom\/zoom-security-settings\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plus <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1o16M200ruwHCA3iBqg72yKo3vjxXCblmNGZeV38smUs\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6 tips to deter Zoombombing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And from Zoom &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zoom.us\/wordpress\/2020\/03\/20\/keep-the-party-crashers-from-crashing-your-zoom-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/blog.zoom.us\/wordpress\/2020\/03\/20\/keep-the-party-crashers-from-crashing-your-zoom-event\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are happy to provide additional tips for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/blog\/insights\/virtual-teaching-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual Teaching<\/a> if you are just getting started as well.<\/p>\n<p>Finally &#8211; it should be highlighted not to record virtual sessions and to avoid posting pictures of virtual sessions on social media; FERPA and privacy concerns should be heeded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leave it to our culture to come up with a new word in the midst of a crisis &#8211; Zoombombing. 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