Hey, academics. I’ve just joined my faculty union’s Racial Justice Working Group, and I could use help with something. One major area of discussion is how we can hire more Black and POC faculty. I’m not up on this research, and I’m guessing most of the working group won’t be either, so I’d love to […]
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One small good thing about going virtual is that it’s forcing me to update some of my processes from paper to digital, and on occasion, the digital is much better. Like signing up for critique slots — using SignUp Genius even lets them do things like swap slots themselves if they need to. ***** Hey, writers.
Well, I thought I was reasonably rocking the asynchronous teaching thing so far — stressful in various ways, but I was getting things done on time, getting the students what they needed, etc. But then today I was supposed to have the first of my supplemental town hall office hours Zoom calls @ 5, and
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We’re not sure where Kavi is going to end up doing her e-learning — for the first few weeks, we asked her to do the mornings in the dining room, to help with Anand. I’m not sure that’s going to last — the plan is to go upstairs in the afternoon, and I wouldn’t be
1st day of 8th grade! She was showered, dressed, and ready to go — excited per usual (Kavi likes school) and also a little nervous, I think (e-learning slightly more stressful). I’m pretty sure I was seriously overoptimistic about Kavi’s ability to help Anand as needed — so far, she’s had her headphones in for
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Feeling grateful that Kevin and I both have work-from-home jobs. We’re able to swap off keeping an eye on Anand and helping to keep him on track, which is clearly going to be important. I think it’s time to call his doc again and talk about maybe meds for his ADHD — the inattentiveness is
1st day of 5th grade! Anand is SO BORED. (Aburrido, in his Spanish class. He learned one word, at least.) There’s a lot of time going around the circle right now, helping people with tech stuff, etc. In a class of 25-ish, it’s tough for the teacher to engage all of them, even more virtually
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I’m posting weekly ice breaker questions in the chat, not course-related. The first week was a simple one — What’s your favorite sandwich? Grilled cheese won among my students, hands down, though turkey was also surprisingly popular. For this week, I’m asking something a little more directly relevant. ICE BREAKER #2 — How did the
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Call from Anand’s IEP lead this morning, just checking in before school starts tomorrow, giving us a sense of what it’ll look like virtually. Appreciate the time and effort she put in — thanks, Miss Laura! Reassuring. I asked about things like, “can he turn the screen off for a bit if he needs a
I may be making too much work for myself? This is for my asynchronous class, after they filled out a Doodle. I just really want to help them feel engaged. We’ll see if it works. ***** So my goal here is to make sure that I reserve a 45-minute slot every week for each of
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