CLAY CULTURE teaching remotely

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A High School Experience Ceramics Monthly: How did your high school respond to the COVID-19 pandemic? Kelly Clark: When the pandemic hit our area in March 2020, we were told to pack up and teach from home. Without knowing how long we would be virtual, we left the projects in damp newspaper and plastic bags and walked out the door. At that time, I had been teaching the high school introduction to ceramics students since September and the advanced students for at least a year prior, some for all four years. We met virtually during a reconfigured class time, mostly doing wellness checks and reminding each orher how much we missed class and being together. Without supplies or the ability to get them, we found ourselves streaming The Great Pottery Throw Down and critiquing it informally and brainstorming what we would like to take back to a new school year-like perhaps throwing blindfolded.