Teaching in the Void
My experience teaching through Zoom
2 min readJun 25, 2021
Small black boxes fill my screen. Each one is labeled with a name in white lettering, but give no other identifying features. The microphone symbol in the bottom left corner has a bright red slash through it clearly indicating the lack of participation I should expect. I have no way to know what is on the other side of the screen. Are they female? Male? Old? Young?