Virtual lessons do not need to be distant or remote in feeling, nor do they need to be just content delivery. And with TIA, they aren’t! Some of my best students are virtual students, and most of us have meaningful teacher, student, friend/family relationships! One family even calls me uncle SD (so adorable)! I have a virtual student that has been with me for probably a total of at least five years who is in town this week and may even pop by the studio. I have a virtual student who lives in Cali, but they come to town and when they do, they come in and it’s so great to see them! I have virtual students that I have met up with for coffee or lunch as I traveled through their hometown!Years ago when I was working on my doctorate, part of my program was to assemble a team of students that I had taught to help serve as a mirror for me and to improve my teaching and how I relate to students. I gathered a team of former virtual students.
We met monthly for I think a year (through virtual). It was a delightful experience and shaped how I teach greatly. Many of them to this day are some of my dearest friends I still connect with.
Virtual lessons are about connecting as people with the limits of location. And we are totally here for that.
Let’s connect.