How to organize and plan your class in zoom (when you don't have much experience).

 As we have said before, teaching online is difficult, and it is even more difficult when you are not an experienced teacher. I will speak from my own experience planning and creating materials for zoom classes, which although my steps may not be the most appropriate, is what I have learned in the last few months and what has worked for me.

What I always do, as soon as I know the topic to be taught is to take a few minutes to browse through my list of web pages to create materials, so that I can get ideas for possible materials according to the topic. Once I've done this, I brainstorm how I want to develop the theme, the steps to follow, and all the possible activities I can think of at the time (although I know I won't use them all). After I see what I already have, I refine my ideas according to what might look good in the class, what the students might like, and I begin to put together my plan. 

Sometimes I go over it two or three times and include changing the activities 3 or 4 times, so I can start looking for and creating the materials to use (presentations, games, videos, etc).

I used to visualize the materials first, but then I realized that it didn't work because I didn't know what I was going to do with those materials and it took me longer to adapt them, so I changed my approach. Maybe it won't work for me later, but for now, it's what I've done during the pandemic.