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Like many throughout the world, teachers and students have found themselves in the midst of a dangerous pandemic. As we learned more about the COVID-19 virus and the statistics started trickling in, we collectively tensed in shock. Overnight, as teachers and students we've been tasked to move, teach, and learn online (or, as some have called it, to do so "remotely")—an environment with which teachers and students often have little or no experience. Teachers have turned to email lists, social media, and the web to develop their online pedagogies, and students have scrambled to find out what this new environment will require and what the technology changes associated with it will mean. We've developed this archive to collect our teaching, learning, and personal experiences, shared and individual, so that we can understand this important moment in history. We expand on our reasons for creating this archive on our background information page.

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Read David Ishizaka's story, "Love in the Time of Corona."

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This site is a place to tell your story, to share your experiences and insights with others, and to create an archive of materials that will provide a basis for reflecting on our collective teaching, learning, and personal experiences in the future. If you choose to contribute, you can share your name and institutional affiliation with others or keep that information private. You will be asked to complete an opening page that includes a consent agreement. On the second page of the story form, you can add your story to the archive. You can do so by using our web form or by uploading a file. If you choose to upload a file, please use our file template to guide your response.

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The following stories have been reviewed by the Archive editors and released for viewing.

Untitled, by Anonymous
Untitled, by Anonymous
A college student during the coronavirus , by Anonymous
Coronavirus Diaries- 1, by Anonymous
COVID-19 , by Anonymous
COVID-19 , by Anonymous
Dysmorphia, by Anonymous
Four Weeks, and a Bag of Hot Cheetos, by Anonymous
Groundhog Day Revisited, by Anonymous
How the Pandemic Has Opened My Eyes, by Anonymous
Is the COVID response appropriate?, by Anonymous
Life During the Pandemic, by Anonymous
My Coronavirus Experience, by Anonymous
My COVID-19 Experience, by Anonymous
My Life During Quarantine 2020–A Collection of Journals, by Anonymous
Self-Improvement and Reflection While In Isolation, by Anonymous
Teaching in the Time of "The 'Rona'", by Anonymous
The Horrors in the Reality of Quarantine, by Anonymous
The Invisible Threat, by Anonymous
The Reason Why I Am 1SadGrad , by Anonymous
Trust the Journey, by Anonymous
Voicing a Crisis: Rhetoric and Reflection, by Anonymous
with covid-19, by Anonymous
Untitled , by Anonymous
Anonymous 1, by Anonymous
Coronavirus Experiences, by Anonymous
My COVID-19 Memories , by Jose Dumm
The Strike of the New Norm , by Briana Sontay-Perez
COVID Experience, by Anonymous
Expressing Myself During This Pandemic, by Martin Acosta
Untitled, by Anonymous
Same People, yet a Different Society: The World Changed in One Moment, by Jonathan Aguirre
New Normal, by Anonymous
Freedom Within a Quarantined Life, by Daniela Alvarez-Orozco
covid, by Anonymous
Stuck Inside, by Jonathan Argueta-Cruz
My Fortunate, Unfortunate Covid Story:, by Anonymous
Easter 2020 - A slap in our Arrogant Face, by Stamatis N. Astras
New Normal, by Mario Avila
The Virus That Paralyzed Time–A Poem, by Samantha Ayala
The Overnight Transformation That Changed My Life, by tabitha babich
Springtime on Spring Street & What's Going On? (two poems), by Ashley Baguio
Untitled, by Anonymous
More Than Just a Virus, by Alyssa Barajas
Untitled, by Aaron J. Barlow
Untitled, by Maria Barrios
The Result of COVID-19, by Michael Bautista
Engagement at distance, by Charles Bazerman
Marquette Quarantine Oral History, by Tom Besold
Unexpected TImes , by Anonymous
My Life Through this Pandemic, by Erica Mae Louise N. Binauhan
My Thoughts During Quarantine, by Julia Blanchard
Mourning, Melancholia, and the Coronavirus: Teaching Freud During the Shutdown, by Robert Blankenship
Making Lemonade out of Lemons, by Anonymous
The Spark Within the Dark, by Treyden Buder-Nakasone
The Disappointed Senior , by Anonymous
Untitled, by Anonymous
Untitled, by Anonymous
Food Transports, by Nick Carbone
Coronavirus Story, by Juan Cardenas
The COVID-19 Life Struggles, by Daisy Castaneda
Untitled, by Anonymous
Life During Pandemic, by Daphne Cebreros
Discovery and Protection , by Katin Catalina. Cedarholm
Reflective Reality, by Anonymous
The City of Lynwood: In Remembrance During Quarantine, by Armando Cepeda
Diary Entry #1: The Unexpected, by Melissa G. Cervantes-Anguas
Through Writing, by Jeffrey Chan
The Unexpected Pandemic, by Lizeth Chavez
Hey Look Ma I made it...Through a Global Pandemic, by Gaurav S. Chintamneedi
A Positive Outlook, by Luigi Ciccia
Writing our Memories, by Diana Citalan
Virtually aware, by Geoff Clegg
University Coronavirus Notes, by Sam Coleman
We’re All in This Together , by Anonymous
Don’t Know What to Do, by Aaron Cruz
Coronavirus Life, by Riley S. Day
What Can Writing Do For You?, by Kate Delgado
My Coronavirus Story, by Jason Diaz-Garcia
Covid entries , by Anonymous
Dr. K's Stay-at-Home Story, by Karin Evans
My Subtle Thoughts, by Diana Farhat
COVID-NineScreen, by Anonymous
Coronavirus from the eyes of an 18 year old, by Racquel I. Fhima
Just A Number, by Lana LL. Fitton
Life During the Coronavirus Pandemic, by Brian Flores
Grammy's Electronic Kitchen Table, by Diana C. Flynn
Comfort Through Connections, by Anonymous
COVID-19 & Volunteer, by Briana Frias
Our lives in 2020, by Anonymous
Untitled, by Holly Gallagher
My Coronavirus Pandemic Experience, by Aylin Garcia
The Beauty of Our Mind , by Noel Garcia
Life of a Journal, by Valerie Garcia
The exposure of 2020, by Anonymous
Covid Entry, by Anonymous
Change of Routine, by Xitlalli Gomez
Untitled, by Anonymous
The Coronavirus Pandemic, by Kimberly Gonzalez
Who Knows What Day It Is, by Sabrina Gonzalez
Untitled, by Anonymous
College Experience with COVID-19, by Jaden Graves
Fuck Academic Rigor, by Mara Lee Grayson
138 days, by Ariana Guido
Everything Was Happening Too Fast, by Emma Lee. Guthrie
A Letter to my Family, by Anonymous
Teaching in the Times of Coronavirus , by Jim Hays
Examining the Social Impact of COVID 19–Coronavirus, by Matthew Hernandez
The COVID Chronicles , by Jacob Hertz
My experience with COVID-19, by Michelle Hoang
Reflections on My Last Semester of College Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic, by Spencer Holmes III
Changes in study I have Experienced during the Pandemic , by Anonymous
New Perspective , by LESLEY HUIZAR
Coronavirus Setback, by Cesar Ibarra
Love in the Time of Corona: A Humument Interpretation , by David Ishizaka
Quarantine Life , by Jesus Jack Nichol II
You are Quarantined Here, by Brian Jauregui
Covid Chronicle , by Omar Joma
Using YouTube to Support Faculty in Moving Courses Online, by Jessica R. Jorgenson Borchert
Living the Coronavirus Experiences in Taiwan, by YOWEI KANG
A Big Change , by Anonymous
Lessons and Experiences from a Pandemic, by Anonymous
Grounded Before Launch: Young Engineers Amid a Global Pandemic, by Aaron Landon
When Pandemics Cause Flashbacks, by Anonymous
Inside of Pandemic, by Claudia Lara
Writing to Santa, by Anonymous
Reflections from Long Island, New York, by Ethna D. Lay
Studying abroad in South Korea with COVID 19, by Erica LIM
Mother Nature, by Jefri Lindo
My Life Thoughts During a Pandemic , by Alfredo Lopez
Untitled, by Anonymous
A Pandemic Story from a Home Stuck Student, by Fatima Luna
The Never-Ending Cycle, by Sina C. Madsen
The Plan Untold, by Nyla Manuel
The Unexpected Virus, by Anonymous
Social Distance: So Close, Yet So Far , by Yobani Marin
What It Was Like, by Anonymous
With Those Who Think of You, by L. Mascorro
Social Media, by Sara Matul
Untitled, by Eli Matuszak
Living through this Pandemic , by Ashley McCormick
We Could Just Be Kind, by Megan McIntyre
The day the world changed, by Anonymous
Finding Blue Skies, by Riley Moon
Untitled, by Sarah Moon
Daughter's First Super Spreader Birthday, by Travis Moore
Teaching During the Pandemic, by Anonymous
Untitled, by Deborah Mutnick
My Current Thought, by Jossely Narvaez
Dear Professor,, by Patricia Navarra
My 2020 Playlist , by Anonymous
My Coronavirus Story, by Ece Naz Ertunc
Blogging the Pandemic with students, by Jane C. Nesmith
The Recognition of Life Value After COVID-19, by LINH NGUYEN
selfish, by elizabeth nieto
Untitled, by Anonymous
Untitled, by Chaeyoon Oh
My Journey Through the Pandemic, by Anonymous
What Has My Life Become During this Pandemic?, by Axel Orozco
Proof that Friday the 13th is cursed, by Lola M. Osborne
WHAT A BOTHER, by Lisa Owusu Safo
Pictures of Our First Year, by Bethany Pelonis
Loving my students with yoga in times of Corona, by Birgit S. Penzenstadler
The Cold Equation, by Emily Perez
Life Between Four Walls, by Jesus Perez
Sitting Within the Noise , by Yvet J. Perez
Letter to My Bestfriend, by Thao T. Phan
Going Through a Pandemic as an Essential Worker, by Jesse Ponce
A Letter of the Unknown: Dear Anxiety and Depression, Sincerely Fear, by Anonymous
The Last Normal Day- March 13, 2020, by Hannah Puma
Life in a Pandemic, by Yesenia Quezada
My Covid Experince, by Nick Racowschi
The Impact of Covid-19 to the American Economy, by Omar Ramirez
A Battle Far from Unique, by Caleb Rodriguez
Untitled, by Matthew Rostomian
Society Transforming to Virtual Reality: The Coronavirus Pandemic, by Moises Salas
My New Life, by Erick Salazar
Struggles During a Pandemic, by Anonymous
The Inevitable , by Anonymous
Coronavirus Letter to my Dad, by Anonymous
Gut Feelings, by John T. Scenters-Zapico
Untitled, by Ron Scott
Writing during the Epidemic , by Aisha Secundino
My Writing Journal , by Krystal Segura
Dear Diary, What Has COVID-19 Done to Me?, by Anonymous
The New Normal, by Riley Sellers
Dear Future Generation , by Ester Serrano
My Life During the Coronavirus, by Charlie Shumway
Corona-virus Diary, by Anonymous
Everyday Was A Mental Health Day, by Anonymous
What I know..., by Bernadette Stockwell
My Corona Story, by Anonymous
How the Pandemic Changed Me As a Person , by Anonymous
Working during Covid, by Anonymous
Dancing in a Pandemic, by Grace Turner
My Corona Story, by natalie valentine
My Experiences During Covid, by Esmeralda Vargas
Living Through the Pandemic, by Camila C. Vega Molina
Personal, Psychological, Pandemic Plight, by Anonymous
To Everyone: Please Self-Isolate, Now is the Most Dangerous Time, by Luke L . Williams
Pandemic Concerns, by William (Bill) A. Younglove
experience of covid19, by Anonymous
COVID-19 Chronicles , by Cristina Zirate