Silver Lining for Learning

Puerto Rico: Overcoming Catastrophes, COVID, and Corruption

Episode Summary

Puerto Rico: Overcoming catastrophes, COVID & Corruption in the Caribbean

Episode Notes

The SLL guests this week are Dr. Edgar León, who teaches online graduate courses for the Education, Technology and Curriculum Graduate School at the Caribbean University;

Carmen Noble, who teaches Physics, Meteorology, Astronomy, and Scientific Research at the Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Specialized School in Sciences and Mathematics in Ponce, Puerto Rico; and Betzabeth Pagán, a poet and educator in Puerto Rico. Together they  discuss the challenges and possible solutions for teaching online after Hurricane Maria in September 2017, various tropical storms, a 6.4 earthquake in January 2020, and the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020.