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Zoom Towns — Where Tourists Never Leave

by Carolyn Wells June 4, 2021October 18, 2022

“There’s another population of people who came and never left: those freed by COVID from cubicles and work commutes.”

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Making Sense Of It All: High School Poetry in the Age of Zoom

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 13, 2021October 19, 2022

“I believe that one of our most important roles as teachers is to provide authentic opportunities for young people to heal.”

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The Unseen in a Pandemic without Technology

by Carolyn Wells January 15, 2021October 17, 2022

“It’s been more than a year that we haven’t been able to see him…We’re getting old. We don’t know how much time we have left.

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When Boomers Must Zoom

by Carolyn Wells July 21, 2020October 17, 2022

“A friend who teaches at another university tells me that a new Yiddish word has been invented: oysgezoomt, ‘over-exposed to Zoom,’ as in ‘Ich bin azoy oysgezoomt!’ (‘I’m so done with Zoom!’)”

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Screen Share: A College Teacher’s Zoom Journal

by Carolyn Wells July 17, 2020October 19, 2022

For 15 years, Anne Fadiman taught her students in intimate classrooms. Covid-19  has meant reinventing the way she teaches.

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