Thread by @gathwaegl

Because everyone's talking about this one...

I actually was frustrated with similar things when trying to reach out to students. I sent them emails and had their profs make announcements about these helpful sessions I was hosting. No one came. Ever.

https://twitter.com/MarkLeuchter/status/1448429055557218309

When I managed to run into some of them I asked if they'd be interested in the next one and their response was 'I didn't know this was happening.'

My student population is so overloaded with emails and announcements that it's very hard for them to sort them.

I learned that if I want to reach out to them, for my population, I need to go class to class or catch them in the hallway to have a conversation. They were much more interested in what I (the person in the flesh) had to say, not what the emails or messages from their profs said.

It was easy to get deflated after my first attempt failed--it failed because I didn't consider my student's perspective. That's on me, not them.

It was easy to think my students were ungrateful. They aren't. Once I was able to connect with them (figure out what times work for them, how should I give them updates [texting], that kind of stuff) they've been proactive about future sessions and vocal about how they help.

Also, thinking of myself. I NEVER read my apartment complex's weekly newsletter. It always went straight in the trash. So yeah, I think your students might not have known.