Sunday, March 15, 2020

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Sunday’s Update On New Resources To Help Educators Figuring Out How To Support Students During School Closures 
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Wow – Ohio Governor Says He Wouldn’t Be Surprised If Schools Don’t Reopen This Year

I’m obviously spending a lot of time thinking about school closures, and the thought of closing down for the rest of the school year had not even occurred to me: The odds are “this is going to go on a lot longer and it would not surprise me at all if schools did not open again this year,” Ohio @GovMikeDeWine says about the long-term impact of the coronavirus. #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/i0luWcQVzX —
Sunday’s Update On New Resources To Help Educators Figuring Out How To Support Students During School Closures

geralt / Pixabay I’ve just been sharing the resources that I feel to be particularly helpful and adding them to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions! At a certain point, however, it just gets to be too much. I’m probably approaching that time, and will likely begin reducing the number of related resources I’ll be sharing
Let Me Know If You’re Teaching K-12 Students Online Because Of COVID-19 & Would Like To Write A Guest Post About Your Experiences

pixelcreatures / Pixabay I’ve been publishing a series of posts to assist teachers who might need to teach online if their schools are closed because of the Coronavirus. You can see them all at The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions! I’m also inviting teachers to write guest posts sharing their online teaching experiences

YESTERDAY

Ed Tech Digest

Eight years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in THE BEST ED TECH RESOURCES OF 2019 – PART TWO , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this
Fanny Lou Hamer Died On This Day In 1977 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

sinisamaric1 / Pixabay Civil Rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer died on this day in 1977. You might be interested in FANNIE LOU HAMER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1917 – HERE ARE RELATED TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES . On this day in 1977, #FannieLouHamer died. We remember her courage, determination and bold leadership. #WomensHistoryMonth Watch and share this POWER. pic.twitter.com/s0kZDbxguL — The King
Internet Companies Offer Free Access To Students – I Guess It’s Better Late Than Never

Simon / Pixabay Yesterday, two major companies announced that they would provide free Internet access to low-income families. That’s great, but of questionable value now that schools are closed and it’s difficult for teachers to communicate with students who don’t have Internet access already. Comcast Announces Comprehensive COVID-19 Response to Help Keep Americans Connected to the Internet is fr
CBS News Video: “The history of pandemics”

geralt / Pixabay When teaching about the Coronavirus, this new CBS News video could be useful. I’m adding it to A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS. Especially in the second half of that list, you’ll find useful resources about the history of epidemics and about xenophobia.
This Might Be A Time To Do Online Professional Development About Teaching ELLs & Others – Here Are Some Suggestions

geralt / Pixabay Who knows what’s going to happen over the next few weeks? If you’re doing remote learning for the first time, I can imagine that things could be pretty crazy. If you’re school is closed and you’re not doing remote learning (see IF SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED & NOT DOING REMOTE LEARNING, HERE IS WHAT SCHOOLS ARE TELLING TEACHERS TO DO – WHAT ABOUT YOUR SITUATION? ), you might be required t
Just Updated My Online Learning Plan For Students

geralt / Pixabay I just made a few updates to HERE’S MY ONLINE TEACHING PLAN IF OUR SCHOOL CLOSES DOWN BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS . You might or might not want to check it out. We’re closed now, so we’ll see how effective it is….
If Schools Are Closed & Not Doing Remote Learning, Here Is What Schools Are Telling Teachers To Do – What About Your Situation?

geralt / Pixabay Our district is closed down and is not planning any kind of remote learning for students. On Monday, they say they will give us information on what their expectations for us is going to be during the closure. I thought it would be useful to ask this question on social media: If you’re a teacher at a closed school that is NOT doing remote learning, what is your district telling yo


This Weekend’s Updated Resources Supporting Teachers & Students Coping With School Closures

geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions! : How to Schedule and Host Google Hangouts Meet Events – 


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