Thread by @KateMadd

A synthesis tweet of #pedagogy takes I've seen and agreed with over the past week: plan something way different for next semester. A pedagogy of PAUSE. The opposite of lean in. Slow it way down. Stop and check in. Reflect rather than jump-start. Thread 🧵 of references:

@Arley_McNeney with ideas on re-use to slow down (h/t to @AnnGagne for showing me this):

https://twitter.com/Arley_McNeney/status/1465040145619427330?t=zVLqcEZnBIVTaGHva7cYiA&s=19

Re-think the knee-jerk response when our students ask for what we call "hand-holding." How can getting them to "figure it out themselves" become a re-introduction to teacher/student co-presence? (h/t to @shannonmattern for showing me this thread)

https://twitter.com/kelly_zvobgo/status/1465141064189153284?t=UC-kaBfMvwlPvTX_m7Qqhg&s=19

Hybridity as, potentially, practical empathy. A reminder that these tools are supposed to make it EASIER FOR EVERYBODY. How can hybridity become a supportive framework to care for student and faculty alike? (@deandad )

https://twitter.com/deandad/status/1465283660869951491?t=u8VNpUI0nK9LeyQ2kNturw&s=19

Student-centered AND simplified. How can we give students options for what they want to put in &/or take away from a class? How can setting up these choices clearly & ahead of time enrich & ease their navigations and our assessments? (@actualham)

https://twitter.com/PSUOpenCoLab/status/1463135950372966408?t=FkCfKoJ_9Ic_ZjTD-crzRQ&s=19

We. Are. Exhausted. The exhaustion is valid. The most important work we do this coming semester may be ritualistic work. It may be to sit together in the dark, contemplating the burnt-out candle. (@dowellml )

https://twitter.com/dowellml/status/1465351959981002755?t=BSO-dIIs7-IenIB8IrK1mw&s=19

And finally (& conclusion will req 3 tweets bc it is complex and important): REFUSE TO RETURN. I don't mean this literally, altho a literal read is likely warranted in many cases. We must stop and think before we make the mistake of returning.

If we "return," we reproduce a wasteful system of production to no purpose (@tressiemcphd)

https://twitter.com/tressiemcphd/status/1465098225187180550?t=ilq6DHGusXb5JPBf1pOmvQ&s=19

If we "return" we rebuild an apparatus that is inaccessible to actual human bodies. It actively pushes humans out. (@caitskirby ) PAUSE AND THINK with your students, this semester. How can you think about this problem together?

https://twitter.com/caitskirby/status/1463227159238127622?t=EDs4FtosrYRQ17H5NBfuZw&s=19

If we "return," we miss the moment to raze and/or redesign. Pedagogy of pause; refuse to return. STOP and ask: what do we do differently in the world we have to make from this point forward? (@shannonmattern)

https://twitter.com/shannonmattern/status/1465148865414410244?t=xA1nxRpnneUwIlOiq_TSqw&s=19