KQED News Mind/Shift – Kara Newhouse
“As a longtime theater and English teacher, Leah Calote is intentional about cultivating an environment where students can take risks. “Doing artistic things is so vulnerable,” she said. “You can’t really feel comfortable creating things in a space that you don’t feel safe.” But creating that space remotely is new territory. Since the coronavirus outbreak began last spring, Calote has studied the work of theater companies and literature teachers, engaged with other educators on Twitter and taken online improv classes herself — all in search of ideas to help her students connect. “I knew that that was going to be important online, especially since we haven’t seen each other in so long and we’re not used to socializing in this medium,” said Calote, who teaches at Rancho Campana High School in Camarillo, California.” (more)