Help Us Help Our Community


We need your help to provide a wide range of classes to our community.

You do not have to be a teacher to share your love of a subject through projects, experiments, and discussion.
Some class ideas include:
-School subjects (STEM, arts, English/literature, languages, etc, from Kindergarten to College to Lifelong Learners)
-Creative Expression (knitting, photography, bullet journaling, writing music, etc)
-Practical Skills (gardening, simple home or car repairs, bicycle maintenance, etc)

Would you like to lead a workshop? Lead a book discussion? Share an interesting life experience?

OMO
Academic Support


We need your help to provide academic support to students K-12 every Wednesday.

The idea: Retired teachers, high school students, and community members will be available throughout the day at specific times by subject to offer a study-hall type place for students to go for support.

How to help: If you are able to volunteer for these group sessions for one hour, please sign up using the links below based on your area of expertise.
Want to learn more about leading a session?
The video below gives a quick overview of the use of Zoom and our general format.
Before your session, review this Presenter's Checklist

We really appreciate you helping Oakland Mills Online by being a presenter!

Here’s what you’ll need to do before your workshop:
  • Plan for 30-45 mins of engagement which may include
    • Introduction (less than five minutes)
    • Present concept, skill, or idea
    • Ask participants questions to get to know them better; preferably things they can easily answer in the chat or by show of hands
    • Answer questions from from chat/individuals
    • Ask participants to share their work, art, ideas, etc from the workshop

Here’s what you’ll need to do during your workshop:
  • Click on your workshop’s Zoom link (from your confirmation email, the OMO website, or FB page) 5 mins before the session is scheduled to start.
  • Practice using the basic tools with the moderator, such as screen sharing or adjust camera or audio volume
  • You can talk privately with the moderator before the moderator lets in participants, but please refrain from off-topic conversation once participants are let into the workshop.
  • Have fun and show what you know! Your moderator will help you field questions and deal with tech issues.
  • Sessions typically start 2-5 minutes after the hour to give us time to go over rules and tips for using Zoom
  • Your OMO moderator will introduce you, then you can provide an interesting fact to help the attendees get to know you
Want to be a very helpful Moderator? Moderator Information Here
Oakland Mills Online was created by community members to support learning and connection while isolating due to Covid-19.

Questions? Email us at OaklandMillsOnline@gmail.com.

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