Zoombastic: Virtual Teaching with Joy

An Intro to Online Teaching (Recording now available to view!)

Tuition

We are a very small grassroots organization and truly run off the generosity of our supporters. If you have the means, please consider a suggested donation of $15-30. No one is turned away for lack of funds.

Course Description

In this short introduction, we will learn the basics of establishing a welcoming and humanizing online learning community. You will learn the hows and whys behind asynchronous and synchronous instruction, how to plan for full engagement of students, and how to use key tools like Zoom, Box, and Google Drive to support learning while holding space for vulnerability. You are also going to have fun, from the introductions to our closing appreciation practice and learn how to bring that joy to online teaching! 

About the Instuctor

Raina J. León, PhD and MFA, is a native Philadelphian, Afro-boricua mother, daughter, sister, madrina, comadre, partner, poet, writer, and teacher educator.  She believes in collective action and community work, the profound power of holding space for the telling of our stories, and the liberatory practice of humanizing education. She is the author of three collections of poetry, Canticle of Idols, Boogeyman Dawn, and sombra: (dis)locate (2016) and the chapbook, profeta without refuge (2016).  She has received fellowships and residencies with the SV Community of Writers, Montana Artists Refuge, the Macdowell Colony, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Vermont Studio Center, the Tyrone Guthrie Center in Annamaghkerrig, Ireland and Ragdale.  She also is a founding editor of The Acentos Review, an online quarterly, international journal devoted to the promotion and publication of Latinx arts.  

Please note: we may need to limit the number of participants and vet registrations in order to mitigate potential disruptions to the class. Our intention is to do this with the least amount of intrusiveness possible. We ask that you please have patience with us as we’re trying to navigate best practices around these platforms. Zoom links and instructions will be sent before the date of the class. Please fill out as much of the requested information as possible. It does help us continue to bring programs like this to our communities.