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So what have I learnt about my first full week of virtual teaching?
1. Your students are possibly more nervous than you. While you’re trying to engage your brain with new platforms and technology, they are trying to engage with them too along with student affordable WiFi that plays less friendly than yours.
2. You think you’re the only one with housemates/family/pets/amazon deliveries that do not appreciate your timetable?
3. I planned and prepared to make my sessions as interact as possible, but when it came to using the MS whiteboard/forms/poll the new-found knowledge farted straight out my brain.
4. That fear that my passion for my topic would not come across was unfounded. I may no longer work the room but leave my camera on and students can see me really head off into my parallel universe of paediatric radiography 
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5. Preparation is key. Send the overview of your session and any pre-reading/activities so that your students can prep too. I have been impressed by their interactions and contributions to discussions.
6. Acknowledge that this is early doors and that you may feel out of your comfort zone now but you will get used to this.
7. Acknowledge that your students will feel out of their comfort zone too and they will get used to their new learning environment.
8. Appreciate that the chatter and banter on the chat bar is just as important as the chatter and banter with the mics on.
9. Our students may be our fiercest critics but they appreciate your efforts in these challenging times.
10. How many students say ‘goodbye’ or ‘thank you’ in a F2F lecture and yet they all sign off from your virtual lecture https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">
11. I dragged myself kicking and screaming into virtual teaching and yet I’ve had more personal interactions with students since we’ve all been based in our home environments. We have greater insights beyond the ‘tutor/student’ persona.
12. I’ll not lie. I have missed the human interactions. And yet some of our students who may find this intimidating have been a little braver in seeking more help/guidance and support virtually.
13. It’s a tough gig though. Look out for yourself, each other and your students.
