Without question, it is immensely important to build connections and community in the physical spaces where you work.

However, for many teachers and educators—including those who may have stumbled across The Broken Copier!—there is also an online education space, one to not only navigate but to potentially learn from and build connections. This space, though, has shifted considerably in recent years, and for anyone who has been trying to interact with other teachers and educators online of late…

Well, it’s been a bit difficult, right?

Today’s conversation considers what that online education space is right now. We are joined by Sara Candela, an educator with expertise in navigating different online education platforms and building community amongst teachers and educators, to reflect on how things have changed over the past half-decade in online educator spaces, the ripple effects of those changes, and what a path forward might be.

You can connect with Sara on LinkedIn and Bluesky, and also the new Ditch That Textbook community she has been a part of building!

And for the comments: what has your experience been navigating online education spaces? What has been challenging lately—but also what has been good?

Thanks, as always, to Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; and Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden.

* Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com, and on Instagram @banduncivilized.

* Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com, and on Instagram @djsynchro.

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