ABCs of Handling Zoom Fatigue (Part 2)
From the above slides, it can be concluded that long hours of sitting in front of the computer during this Covid-19 season has an adverse effect on our health. To combat that, remember to do stretches during your Zoom sessions ideally every 30 minutes. Also, taking a 5 minute stand up break is effective is getting blood to circulate in your whole body again! We are grateful for the availability of technology in connecting us across physical locations but let us be wise in taking care of our health with this new ease and tool of communication God has provided too.
To review part 3 of the Zoom Relief Tips go here! For part 1 of more tips, go here!
Worldwide Day of Prayer Over Zoom
Sketch hand-drawn by Patrick Ng, an EAST alumnus
Worldwide Day of Prayer (WWDP) is an event held bianually, usually in April and October. The event is a collaboration between CRU and EAST to set apart a day to spend in prayer.
For the first time, the event was held digitally instead of in-person. Over Zoom, the theme of the event was aptly named “Renew” in view of the renewal of leadership both locally at Cru Singapore level and globally under Cru International.
The community received greetings from the newly appointed Cru International President Steve Sellers. There was also a segment within the event where the entire community prayed over the new incoming Country Leader Goh Hock Chye.
ABCs of Handling Zoom Fatigue (Part 1)
It has been nearly half a year since EAST moved our classes and meetings, including weekly Chapel services online. The tsunami of online meetings and webinars have taken a toll on the health of our students, faculty, and staff. Since the intensity of online engagements will be here to stay for a while, we all need to learn to deal and cope with this fatigue.
Research has been done in this area and we want to share tips which you might find helpful. We want to thank Dr Lau Ying Kheng for collating the A,B,Cs tips on handling Zoom Fatigue below:
“A” refers to adjusting our screen “views” to “speaker’s view” (when we are attending class or meeting), and not looking at your own view.
“B” refers to taking a break regularly for the brain to rest, or using a “Backstretch”.
“C” refers to cutting down on virtual meetings.
#SaturdayGoodRead #ZoomReliefTips
Part 2 can be found here.
Getting to know Dr Benson and Mrs Josephine Goh
Dr Benson Goh (professor of Greek and New Testament studies) and his wife, Josephine (Mentoring Group coordinator), helped organize the “Discipling the Young in Today’s Digital World” webinar. They also spoke at the webinar together with the keynote speaker, Dr Felicia Tay, a clinical psychologist from a public hospital. It was attended by more than 280 participants. Recently, we got up close and personal with Ben and Jo, as they are called by friends and colleagues.
To begin with, how did they meet? In school, where else!
Ben and Jo met as undergraduates during their respective Engineering and Business studies on Nanyang Technological University (NTU). As they got to know each other more through their love for Christ and involvement with Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ), friendship blossomed into love.
Happy Teachers’ Day
The first Friday of September has been designated as Teachers’ Day in Singapore since 2011. Prior to that, Teachers’ Day used to fall on 1 September. The first Friday of September has now been an official school holiday in public schools for the past nine years. This #WeekendGoodRead is taken from a local Christian blog, a post written by a Teacher turned Pastor, Ps Low Kok Guan from Bethesda (Bedok-Tampines) Church.
In the post, he reflects on what he wished he knew before he had joined teaching and gave tips to young teachers and those perhaps considering the teaching the profession on how he managed to teach for 10 years before he answered the call to serve God full-time.
Read all about it here: What I learnt as a Young Teacher
Happy Teachers’ Day weekend to all Teachers!
#WeekendGoodRead #HappyTeachersDay
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