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Courtesy of Cathryn Stout When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last March, I did what teachers everywhere did: I scrambled. I Googled distance learning, virtual learning, and asynchronous learning. I plugged into a digital village of educators in Facebook groups where we swapped lesson plans and fears. And I studied the educational series Crash Course, trying to tap into my inner John Green, even though my transformed basement studio was laughable compared to the author and YouTuber’s professional studio. When the pandemic hit, I scrambled, and then, with the help of my village, I shifted. Photographs of Cathryn Stout’s basement from before and after she built the space into her own teaching studio. ....