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Items - Collections. Home - COVID-19 free ebooks - New York City School Library System at NYC DOE Office of Library Services. Hogwarts Digital Escape Room. Magic Tree House. Inbox (534) - justine.thain - SAU15 Mail. Free elearning Resources For Schools Affected by Coronavirus/COVID-19. 123 Homeschool for ME Free printable worksheets and educational activities, arranged by grade or subject. 2Simple Purple Mash, designed for children aged 3-11, offers tools for coding, animation, publishing, art and also applications for math, spelling and grammar, e-books and more. 3P Learning 3P Learning provides learning resources for schools and families, with topics such as mathematics, spelling, literacy, and science.

Free elearning Resources For Schools Affected by Coronavirus/COVID-19

Absolute Absolute, provider of network security solutions, is offering free access to Application Persistence for VPN for all of its Visibility and Control tier customers through August 31, 2020. Acessibyte Accessibyte Online is offering free access to its cloud platform of apps for blind, low vision, deaf and reading impaired students. ActivEd, Inc. Julie's Library. Google's AR animals turn you into a Tiger King at home. I've been spending the last week or so making imaginary animals in my home.

Google's AR animals turn you into a Tiger King at home

One thing that might have felt like a passing fad, but still gets people's attention (at least according to the new likes on my old Twitter thread about it) is this list of augmented-reality animals that I dropped into the real world through Google search. That's right. Parents' Ultimate Guide to Zoom. Home Learning for Kids. Teacher's Guide:Social Emotional Learning Ages: 5-9 years A downloadable curriculum supplement filled with acitivities that align with the books Download and print now View the book.

Home Learning for Kids

Student Homepage. Inbox (537) - justine.thain - SAU15 Mail. Lesson Plans – NH State Parks. Free Online Events and Activities for Kids at Home. National Geographic Society. At National Geographic, we believe in the power of exploration and wonder to change the world.

National Geographic Society

The heart of our community is our Explorers: cutting-edge scientists and researchers, transformative educators and powerful storytellers. We believe it's at the intersection of exploration and education, where National Geographic can make a profound difference for learners and the educators who reach them. Now, as communities around the world are exploring new ways of teaching and learning at home, we invite you to join us for live broadcasts of Explorer Classroom. In our commitment to support educators, students and families during this transition, we are now providing Explorer Classroom every weekday at 2:00 p.m.

EDT. Audible Stories: Free Audiobooks for Kids. Coronavirus Virtual Learning Offers 2020 - Google Sheets. Challenge Cards. School Library Journal. Education Continuity License: Copyright Permissions for Educational Use. Access curated eBook collections TODAY. #LLCBuildingChallenge. Flipster FreeGift ColoringInTheCatalogs. LUNCH DOODLES with Mo Willems! Episode 01. Hogwarts Digital Escape Room. How to Use Rocketbook Snapcast with Zoom to Share Ideas. Remote Meetings are the New Normal As working from home becomes the norm for many people, tools for remote communication have become increasingly popular.

How to Use Rocketbook Snapcast with Zoom to Share Ideas

Zoom and Google Hangouts lets you share your face (or your dog, a cute baby, or super professional slides) in a virtual conference room. But what about your magnificent hand-drawn brainstorm? Rocketbook Snapcast has you covered. What is Snapcast? These are good questions. Download the Rocketbook app: iOS | Android Later in this blog post, we offer some use cases where Snapcast might be useful, but here we’re just covering the instructions on how to use Snapcast with your video chat tool. Why Use Snapcast in a Remote Meeting: In case you can’t think of why this would be useful for you, here’s some situations where using Snapcast in a Zoom meeting or Google Hangout will help you share ideas remotely: Sketches and Designs: A picture is worth a thousand words. Dav Pilkey at Home. Chicago Tribune. Distance Learning: A Gently Curated Collection of Resources for Teachers. Online Resources for Students. Storytime Resources. eBook Resources. Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library Harms Authors.

The Authors Guild is appalled by the Internet Archive’s (IA) announcement that it is now making millions of in-copyright books freely available online without restriction on its Open Library site under the guise of a National Emergency Library.

Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library Harms Authors

IA has no rights whatsoever to these books, much less to give them away indiscriminately without consent of the publisher or author. We are shocked that the Internet Archive would use the Covid-19 epidemic as an excuse to push copyright law further out to the edges, and in doing so, harm authors, many of whom are already struggling. With mean writing incomes of only $20,300 a year prior to the crisis, authors, like others, are now struggling all the more—from cancelled book tours and loss of freelance work, income supplementing jobs, and speaking engagements.

IA is using a global crisis to advance a copyright ideology that violates current federal law and hurts most authors. Background A Solution Without a Problem. Watch and share YouTube videos safely. National AASL Workshop Resources for Teaching & Learning. Publishers Adapt Policies To Help Educators. Virtual Tours - Seal Cove Auto Museum. Can’t get to the Museum in person?

Virtual Tours - Seal Cove Auto Museum

These virtual tours are the next best thing. Play through the tours or use your mouse to poke around yourself to check out the insides, outsides, and undersides of three of the cars in the Museum’s collection. Created by Virtual Tours Downeast. Tour the Floor View Full Screen 1904 Knox View Full Screen 1900 Locomobile View Full Screen 1913 Peugeot View Full Screen. Distance Learning Provided at No Cost Through June. Actively Learn. Announcing a National Emergency Library to Provide Digitized Books to Students and the Public. To address our unprecedented global and immediate need for access to reading and research materials, as of today, March 24, 2020, the Internet Archive will suspend waitlists for the 1.4 million (and growing) books in our lending library by creating a National Emergency Library to serve the nation’s displaced learners.

Announcing a National Emergency Library to Provide Digitized Books to Students and the Public

This suspension will run through June 30, 2020, or the end of the US national emergency, whichever is later. During the waitlist suspension, users will be able to borrow books from the National Emergency Library without joining a waitlist, ensuring that students will have access to assigned readings and library materials that the Internet Archive has digitized for the remainder of the US academic calendar, and that people who cannot physically access their local libraries because of closure or self-quarantine can continue to read and thrive during this time of crisis, keeping themselves and others safe. A final note on calling this a “National Emergency” Library. Publishers Adapt Policies To Help Educators.

List of Children's Book Publishers - Google Sheets. For Kids Launches Free Digital Library. THE REAL TIME CURRICULUM PROJECT. Nationalgeographic. If You're Stuck Inside, Might As Well Enjoy This List of Animal Cams. Free Virtual Tours of World Museums, Educational Sites & Galleries For Children - Family Days Tried And Tested. Explore the world at your fingertips….

Free Virtual Tours of World Museums, Educational Sites & Galleries For Children - Family Days Tried And Tested

Here’s a comprehensive list of virtual tours you can take with your children, adventure all over the world from the confines of your own home. A fantastic resource to have whilst we push our way through the current pandemic. A wealth of travel, geographical and historical knowledge to incorporate into your days….. ABC Australia: Multiple Education Resources Ancient Rome Virtual Tour with Lessons. Essential Virtual Meeting Platform Skills for Remote Instructors. UPDATE 2: Distance Learning Provided at No Cost Through June. Copy of Websites for Read Alouds and Activities. Audible Stories. Special Book Themed Events. Book & Reading Engagement Kit: Home Edition. Create an approval workflow with e-signature using Form Publisher - Google Apps Script Examples. There is more to Google Forms than a simple survey tool.

Create an approval workflow with e-signature using Form Publisher - Google Apps Script Examples

Above all, it is a powerful and free solution to collect data. Form Publisher uses this strength to help you create, store, and share documents based on a simple form submission. Our solution being very popular for automated document generation, it led us to work on new automation possibilities. As a result, we introduced Approval workflow, a new feature that automates single-level approval processes. And to fully complete any approval process, we recently added the possibility to sign an approved document, directly from your device (mobile or desktop). How does Form Publisher Approval Workflow work? Covid-19 Resources for Educators from Gale. For more than 65 years, Gale, a Cengage Company, has partnered with librarians and educators around the world to build connections between content, technology, and people to further discoveries and insights for all. Free Educational Resources for Teachers and Parents - K-12 Guide to UWF Libraries - LibGuides at University of West Florida Libraries.

Google Applied Digital Skills - Teach & Learn Practical Digital Skills. Home With Your Kids? Writers Want to Help. School closings are a drastic change for kids at this challenging time, and children’s authors — whose normal routines are also disrupted — are finding ways to reach their readers in different ways. Dozens of book festivals, tours and events have been canceled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and some writers are turning to social media to engage with their fans, offering readings of their books, art classes and other activities to keep them entertained.

Here’s what they’re doing. When Gene Luen Yang’s tour for his new graphic novel, “Dragon Hoops,” was canceled as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, “I felt disheartened and helpless,” he said. In lieu of an in-person tour, he held a Facebook Live session to discuss the book. He’s also “touring as a cartoon” on his Instagram page, where he will take reader questions and respond in a comic strip. Lin said she began the reading series in part to fight the “anti-Asian rhetoric” that has come up amid coronavirus fears. Jarrett J. Special Book Themed Events. Unroll.Me. Online Activities During School Closures. Support For Parents During School Closures - Markers and Minions.

Livestream Activities Calendar. Virtual School Activities. Virtual Field Trips. Resources for Distance Learning. Virtual Event: Distance Learning with PBS LearningMedia. Have you seen my MEGA guide to teaching online due to school closures? The COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic is affecting the world in unprecedented ways. The whole situation continues to change rapidly and exponentially. While a record number of students are not attending school right now in an attempt to control the spread of COVID-19, other schools that are still open are scrambling to prepare for possible closures. You might be wondering how on earth do you get started with online teaching and learning? Last week I published a comprehensive guide to teaching online due to school closures. You can read the post on The Edublogger. You’ll get ideas on: 🌏 Options for structuring the school day. View.commonsense-email.org/?qs=5651c92ff8ba28babcecae7fa77d679486a89fce790dd11fdbdf6bb39cbe599c0867c892f7fe7737db17930a54448f34639f41baa82137335e5837edbc090fd4cdcc69f9033c262c5a2b3758b9db0644efd2420b2d786bda.

When My School Closed: Best Practices from Educators in Schools Closed by Coronavirus - Demio. Read, Wonder, and Learn! Favorite Authors & Illustrators Share Resources for Learning Anywhere – Spring 2020 – Kate Messner. Hello, friends! I’m Kate Messner, a former classroom teacher, forever-educator, and the author of more than three dozen books for kids. These include picture books like Over and Under the Snow, The Brilliant Deep, and The Next President; the Fergus and Zeke easy reader series; the Ranger in Time historical chapter book adventures; nonfiction like Tracking Pythons and Solve This: Forensics; and novels like All the Answers, Breakout, and Chirp. School Librarian Resources For Extended School Closings. Preparing for an Extended School Closing - Resources for School Librarians - Staying Cool in the Library.

4 Ways BrainPOP Supports Distance Learning. The digital nature of BrainPOP makes it equally powerful in the classroom and for distance learning. Fun at Home.