Because of this blog, I was asked by Allison Henrich and Matthew Pons with write a post for the AMS blog Living Proof: Stories of Resilience along the Mathematical Journey about my challenges and struggles teaching through the COVID-19 pandemic.
I did and it appeared today. It’s an emotional reflection of Spring quarter 2020. I invite you to read it on their site directly, if you have not done so already.
If you have arrived here from there, perhaps you would like to start at the beginning?
- Saturday March 7 Day -1: It Begins Reacting to the announcement of emergency remote teaching with very little transition time. Followed by daily posts on the completion of Winter quarter, finals and preparing for Spring.
Or maybe start at the beginning of Spring Quarter in earnest?
- March 26 Day 18: Welcome to New Students Spring Quarter A new quarter, new students, remote delivery. Followed by daily reflections and musings to build community, work with technology, and get through the emergency.
Or I can point you to the most popular posts so far:
- June 11 Day 95: Finals. Part II A detailed discussion of administering an oral final in my Matrix Algebra class.
- May 2 Day 55: Small Start A Zoom small puzzle that I posed (popularized by Matt Baker’s Math blog and Alex Bellos at the Guardian) that turned into a personal obsession with Zoom placement. (See also May 5 Day 58: First Approximation, May 11 Day 64: Scientific Method.)
I can say that I am mostly recovered and starting to think about Fall. I still want to focus on my summer projects as much as possible. With the number of positive cases being presently reported, schools that previously decided on in-person, in-person for first years, or hybrid/flexible courses are beginning to announce online only. We are not done with COVID-19 yet.
P.S. If you are looking for some summer porch reading and you haven’t read the book that started it all, it is available for free download. Why wait any longer?
Math in the Time of Corona 