Teaching During Quarantine

Published: June 1, 2021, 9:04 p.m.

b'Two Northwestern University professors -- Cindy Gold (above, right)\\xa0from the Theater department and Dee Ryan\\xa0(above, bottom left) from the Radio, Film, and Television department -- talk about how their classes and teaching methods changed and evolved over the fifteen months of the COVID pandemic.\\xa0Featuring the reinvention of mask work; cancelled performances and career opportunities; being an adorable drunk; how many students got COVID (surprisingly few); being paralyzed by fear (not of COVID, but of technology); spectacular threshing metaphors; a mention of and appearance by Jill Talley (the voice of Karen from SpongeBob SquarePants); and\\xa0the incredible value of Zoom\\u2019s Chat feature. (Length 20:58)'