priyampatel4 / Pixabay Here’s how National Geographic describes this new video: In March 2020, many cities and countries around the world went into lockdown, restricting movement and encouraging social distancing in an attempt to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Five filmmakers, Nick Moir, Veda Shastri, Alexia Webster, Felix Gaedtke, and Guglielmo Mattioli documented their cities under lockdown in 3
kreatikar / Pixabay The United Nations has designated May 21st at the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development . You might be interested in a massive “Best” list: The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures .
Social Studies Instruction in the Age of the Coronavirus is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Five social studies teachers discuss their online instructional strategies, including emphasizing relevancy and maintaining high standards. Here are some excerpts:
I’m adding these new resources to various “Best” lists. You can find links to all of those many lists that relate to race and racism at “Best” Lists Of The Week: Resources For Teaching & Learning About Race & Racism: Asian Americans is the PBS site for the series of the same name. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month . Improving Teacher Workforce Diversity is
The Centers For Disease Control released guides for reopening different sectors of society called Communities, Schools, Workplaces, and Events: Guidance for Where You Live, Work, Learn, Pray, and Play. One part of it was Interim Guidance for Administrators of US K-12 Schools and Child Care Programs . I might be missing something, but I’m not sure most districts are going to find it very helpful.
TheDigitalArtist / Pixabay The latest TED-Ed lesson and video is on “What is a coronavirus?” I’m adding it to A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS .
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
qimono / Pixabay Schools are obviously going to have lots of challenges during the next school year (see A teacher predicts what his classroom (and others) will look like in the fall) . An additional issue is going to be getting
