For Educators in the COVID era (Self)Care is ESSENTIAL! While this term often conjures up images of enticements to pamper oneself & spend lavishly, that is not what you will find here. Below are just a few resources. Most are free, many educational, and they encourage reflection, creativity, movement, wellbeing, and a little bit of irreverence to keep us laughing …
Updated February 17, 2021
Enjoy the Sights … from the Comfort of Your Home
- Take a National Geographic tour the World’s Largest Cave: Hang Son Doong, Vietnam
- Experience the Northern Lights and other Natural Phenomenon in your Home
- Take a Tour of Frida Kahlo’s La Casa Azul
Get Creative
- Being a Maker: Just Create Something Everyday – Renovated Learning
- Everyday Photography: How to Find Beauty in Everyday Life – Eric Kim
- Make Art Everyday – Bardot Brush
- Comic Book Tutorials for those Staying at Home During Coronavirus
Virtual Tours: Museums & Collections
- Explore Cultural, Historical, and Scientific Collections Online
- Take a tour and view the exhibits at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- Online Exhibits from the British Museum: View over 7,000 items currently in the British Museum, or take a tour through over 60 galleries using Google’s Street View.
- Experience a 3D walkthrough of galleries at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, featuring artists such as Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Rei Kawakubo
- Take virtual tours of Art Museum Collections, Zoos, Gardens Aquariums, International Landmarks, and more
Community Engagement
- Small Yet Significant Kindnesses in the Time of COVID-19
- How to Get Involved with Virtual Volunteering from Idealist.com
Music & Performance
- transGlobal groove collective (hosted by Dr. Amyaz Moledina, Economics), “Stay in Place” & “Stay in Place Volume II” and more …
- The Show Must Go On(Line) — weekly readings of the Complete Plays of Shakespeare by a global cast on Zoom. Brilliant!
- The Shows Must Go On! One of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musicals available every weekend!
- “Quarantine Concerts” on Social Media
- Pandemic Playlist, Coronavirus, Pandemic Playlist, Quarantunes, Homeschool Playlist
- Stay At Home Online Music Festival
Flex Yoga Wooster. Owned by College of Wooster alum Emily Moorefield Mariola.
Wellness
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- ***LOCAL RESOURCE*** Flex Yoga Studio donation-based online classes
- “Zoom Exhaustion is Real. Here Are Six Ways to Find Balance and Stay Connected.” by Steven Hickman, Psy.D., executive director of the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
- Resources for faculty on Self-Care and Reworking your Expectations & Strategic Plan by the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) — here are instructions on how to activate your free account through Wooster’s Institutional Membership.
- Breaking Isolation: Self Care and Community Care Tools for Our People by The Audre Lorde Project
- Calm app: Take a Deep Breath
“Don’t Stand So Close to Me” — The Police
- Sanvello app (formerly Pacifica) helps with managing stress, anxiety and depression
- Spiritual Practices for the Coronavirus Pandemic from Spirituality & Practice
- Meditation Practice with Tara Brach
- Alcoholics Anonymous Virtual Meetings & Support
- Hope Matters by Mays Imad (3/17/2020, Inside Higher Ed)
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Irreverence (don’t judge!)
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- Create (or update) your own Bitmoji
- Cards Against Humanity … for Families! (free to print)
- McSweeney’s “Self-Quarantined: The Adult Activity Book” (not child-friendly, nor for anyone easily offended — featuring the Cardi B Letter Trace, DIY Toilet Paper, Quarantine Yoga, and more…)
- Generate hand washing infographics to you favorite lyrics