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COVID-19 Resource Guide for Schools and Educators - Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach +
Resources for Teaching Online Due to School Closures - Kathleen Morris
Home-Learning Resources from IDEA
Learning Technology Center of Illinois ideas
Newsela - Simply visit our COVID-19 resource center, click “Get instant access”, and you’ll
immediately see Newsela ELA, Newsela Science, Newsela Social Studies, and The
Newsela Social-Emotional Learning Collection in your Newsela account. If you don’t have
a Newsela account, you’ll be able to set one up in minutes.
Free Live Webinars to Support Remote Learning with SeeSaw - Angela Gadtke
Smithsonian Distance Learning Support
Children can do these on their own:
50 E-Learning Activities, Templates, and Tutorials - Matt Miller
Coding Lessons - from Brian Aspinall
NYT - What’s going on in this picture?
Mood Meter and follow-up activities
Genius Hour from home from A.J. Juliani
Full PBL Units connected to standards
NextLesson - 50 free activities
Lessons from Alex Hassett (4th grade teacher)
Middle-School focused activities
Field Trips:
Languages:
Duolingo app for learning a new language
Writing:
NoRedInk - grammar
Writing Lessons for Middle Schoolers
Science and Nature:
Skype a Scientist - sign up for reminders of LIVE sessions
Outdoor activities with WildTime Learning
The Fab Lab with Crazy Aunt Lindsey
Global Weirding series
History of the World with 100 Objects
PBS Kids science games
Science Podcast - Brains On!
Live animal cams - see this Twitter thread
Math:
10 Lessons from Mash-Up Math (more to come if you sign up)
Art:
Daily Drawing - art classes on YouTube from Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
A Week’s Worth of art lessons from Tricia Fuglestad
PE:
Physical Education Remote Learning Resources from Laura Bradley
Free Yoga
Exercise/Getting Outside Ideas
20 Relay Races for Kids
Read Alouds / Books:
Audible - free stories for now!
Reading Resources - Kate Messner
Susan Tan’s Writing Prompts and Read Alouds
FREE audiobooks from LibriVox
Z-Library (IDK if this site is legal!)
Children’s Authors Doing Read Alouds
Request from Kim Darche:
For Teachers:
Google’s help for Teaching at Home
Creating a Screencast - Kathryn Finch
What Teachers in China Have Learned in the Past Month - Edutopia
Emergency Distance Learning - What’s Working (and what’s not) - Bartholomew Miller
Hangouts Meet gives teachers more control
How to Do Geniushour Virtually with Your Students (Webinar recorded 3/22/20)
A list of resources for teaching online from NEA:
How-to
- Distance Learning with Google Slides–from Alice Keeler
- Resources for Teaching Online–from Edublog
- Guidance For Switching to Online Learning from Rushton Hurley
Online chats
- Adobe Connect–fully-featured with lots of options for meeting students online
- Google Hangouts–max. of 10-15 people
- Nepris–bring experts into your classes
- Skype
- Unhangouts–gather in the virtual lobby and then join a GHO
Online course sites
- Blackboard
- Canvas
- CourseSites–like Blackboard, but free for some set-up
- Iteach.world–online class platform
Virtual Classrooms/Meetings
- Canvas–and it’s Big Blue Button conference option
- Draw Chat–virtual meeting with a whiteboard
- Google Hangouts
- Webroom.net — virtual conference or meeting room
- Zoom
Paid or Subscription:
150+ Educational Shows on Netflix
School Plans:
Illinois -
Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
Wisconsin -
Sun Prairie School District - Northside Elementary
Virtual Field Trips | Reading & Writing | Math |
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Screen-Free Activities | STEAM | Arts + |
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Movement / Exercise | SEL | History |
The Science of Well-Being (free course right now) | 68 Cultural, Historical, and Scientific Collections You Can Explore Online |