# Open For Stories of Educator Responses to COVID-19

**URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/open-for-stories-of-educator-responses-to-covid-19/1648
**Category:** Do OE Week Activities
**Created:** [February 24, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/open-for-stories-of-educator-responses-to-covid-19/1648 "2021-02-24T20:12:11Z")
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### Author: ![cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/user_avatar/connect.oeglobal.org/cogdog/32/2_2.png) [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/open-for-stories-of-educator-responses-to-covid-19/1648/1 "2021-02-24T20:12:11Z")

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[In April of 2020 we launched our site](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/share-an-extraordinary-story-of-an-educator-response-to-covid-19/19) to collect [“Extraordinary” stories](https://splot.ca/extraordinary) of how educators globally were responding to the changes forced on us by COVID-19.

We’ve seen a good variety of stories added to the site from Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rica, the Netherlands, Nepal, but I always seek more:

[![extraordinary-stories](https://connect.oeglobal.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e19144e99802bbdf4494437c1733d4eebf0e2501.jpeg)](https://splot.ca/extraordinary)

many in Spanish as we set up [a special OE LATAM sub-collection](https://splot.ca/extraordinary/oelatam-stories/) and [a translated contribution form](https://splot.ca/extraordinario/compartir/).

**Open Education Week is an ideal time to contribute your story to the collection**. Perhaps “Extraordinary” suggests we expect epic large scale stories but that is not true.

> Here we are collecting stories of the efforts educators (individual teachers and staff), communities, and institutions are making to support learners through the COVID-19 global pandemic.

> What we seek is something short and inspiring that shows how educators are helping learners in this time, along with an image to represent it, and perhaps a link to find more information. Extraordinary does not mean huge or epic, as now _everything_ is beyond ordinary. Small, personal stories are welcome.

The effort required is not much more than writing an email. We ask for a photo/screenshot and a brief description, and perhaps a link if relevant.

Can we ask you to share one during Open Education Week? If yes, [share it directly to the story collection](https://splot.ca/extraordinary/collect/).

Or just [explore the collection](https://splot.ca/extraordinary/) (for fun try the [random story link](https://splot.ca/extraordinary/random)?) maybe add a comment, or post a reply here in OEG Connect describing what you found.