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Faculty + Staff

Lauren
Davis
Adjunct Faculty

Lauren “Ren” Davis is a former broadcaster, copywriter, producer and voice over artist who earned her Masters in English, Language and Literature at University of Michigan-Flint with a concentration in Composition and Rhetoric. She earned her second Masters Degree at UM-Flint in Digital Education, with a concentration in Pedagogy and Tech. Her research focused on how historical changes in technology blur the lines between rhetoric and propaganda. Most recently, she’s researched the ethics of emerging technology that promises AI curated AR, VR, and other immersive pedagogies; considering their risks and opportunities in the education sector. Ren teaches Academic Reading, Composition, Research, American and World Literature and Digital Education at Delta College in the Great Lakes Bay Region, and at Lawrence Technological University.

Trained in classical guitar and voice, Ren married her longtime guitarist and bandmate, Mike. They have three adult children, are avid rescuers of elderly, massive breed dogs… and the errant cat. Together, they own a small industrial certification and repair business that specializes in compressed gas apparatus for the chemical, medical, and construction industries.

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Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.