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| Online Experience during Pandemic Times |
Since March 13th, 2020 when the quarantine began in the United States, I
had a calendar of events set up for the whole year 2020-2021. Slowly the conferences
were postponed, events were cancelled, and trips suspended. The sense of
despaired inundated the social media with predictions and fake news. I try something new!
I began online classes to refuge myself from the outside world and terrifying news take advantage of the time. For a long time, I have the desire to finish a Master Degree. I was fortune to find a fully online program and venture to register for a Graduate Certificate for Catholic Educators. The hours of intense study made my days and weeks more manageable
while in mandatory quarantine during the uncertain moments that the world was witnessing. The studies and circumstances helped me become more aware of ever of healthy habits by eating and sleeping well while praying and walking around my house.
A year later, I have realized that the new norms were here to stay. Even though,
I was not familiar with online programs like Zoom and Goggle meet. I slowly adjusted to a new reality and accepted invitations to join
online chat meetings. It is a matter of time, collaboration, patience and
implementation of worldwide protocols to move into a technological age and move
forward as we had done in the past.
What
I have learned about these online programs is that they are similar, easy to
handle, have a free section to test how it works, you can record the meeting
and save it as audio or video. It is a good tool to present a book, read poetry,
present a conference, listen a lecture, and chat with authors, or simply just share
time with family and friends. The most important thing is that you can explore
and find which one fits best your needs. Do not isolate yourself, find ways to
communicate, keep writing, and stay away from too much information that can
create anxiety and frustration. Let’s make the change to an online program. Give it a chance!
Today, I received the Graduate Certificate for Catholic Educators. I have never imaged to study online to obtain a degree, but I did during the pandemic years. Thank you Catholic Distance University for the opportunity to study fully online. Now, I am one step closer to my Master's Degree of Theology and Educational Ministry.
Catholic Distance University - Graduate Certificate for Catholic Educators.
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Maritza Martínez Mejía
Mother, Author, Educator, Translator and Publisher
Member: FWA, MCBD Board of Advisors, ANLMI Delegate,
International Read to Me! Day Ambassador.
Received Crystal Apple Award, VCB Poetry Award, Latino Book Awards 2016 & Author’s Talk
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