Additional Resources

There are many companies that have already stepped up to offer free resources to help provide online educational resources during this time. As I am made aware of them, I will add them here.

If you have something you think others would benefit from, let me know: mdalton@maloneschools.org.

Companies Offering Free Subscriptions

One word of caution: while these companies may, in part, be motivated by altruism during this crisis, as businesses, they are, no doubt, also aware of an opportunity to expose hundreds of thousands of teachers and students to their services. Remember, those services will not be free forever. I would like to say the district will be able to purchase subscriptions for whichever sites you fall in love with, but that isn't realistic.

amazingeducationalresources.com - This spreadsheet is being used to collect all companies that have made this offer.

ABCmouse - Check in the "Ed Tech Info& Resources" Shared Google Drive, and you'll find a PDF with instructions for how to access our license. Please note, this falls under the types of services mentioned above, meaning this license is only available to the end of the school year. You are free to make a copy of the PDF and share it with parents so they can use the site at home.

Sites & Other Resources

Google Teacher Center - Google posts lots of resources and information here on a regular basis. Of particular interest for the current closing are:

Teach from Home - This is their new hub. It brings a lot of things together in one spot. Start here first.
Tips for Enabling Distance Learning through G Suite & Chrome
Distance Learning Resources for Teachers and Administrators

Kapwing - A cool online tool to create GIFs

Mountain Lake PBS - They have put together two pages of resources to help out with closures. Learn & Resources

NYSED Continuity of Learning - There is guidance here for districts and teachers on how to carry on teaching during the coronavirus closure.

Scholastic Learn at Home - This site provides students in grades PK-9 with new learning activities each day spanning many content areas. No username or password are required.

Screencastify - This page has a bunch of downloads and online courses from them on different uses.

Snapverter - Everyone in the district has access to this. We purchase it along with Read&Write, EquatIO and Fluency Tutor. You can take documents, pictures, etc. and convert them to PDFs in your Drive. Click here for instructions on getting started.

Symbaloo - This site lets you collect links on one page as layout of "buttons." It's an easy way to share a collection with your students or colleagues.

Tips, Tricks and Resources for Teaching Online - A guide from Virginia Bond and the NERIC Instructional Team

WideOpenSchool - Put together by Common Sense, this site curates resources from a large number of sites that are available for teachers, students, and parents during the closure.

Chrome Extensions & Apps

This list does not contain extensions that are licensed by the district. Those can be found here.

Google Meet Grid View - Please note, you no longer need a 3rd party extension. Google has added grid view (they call it tiled) to Meet. Just click the 3 dots at the right end of the menu bar at the bottom of the Meet screen and click the change the view.

IPEVO Visualizer - Installing this will let you use a document camera with a Chromebook.

YouTube Channels

Art

The Kennedy Center - The channel has a lot of great content, but every day at 1:00 PM look for "Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems." It's a chance to doodle along with an artist, and he'll also be talking about being an artist and his studio.

Math

ProfRobBob - A math teacher with 23 years of experience, he has videos posted related to Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2, Trig, Precalc, Calc 1, Calc 2, and AP Statistics.

Music

Tom Chapin - His YouTube channel is full of family-friendly music videos, and he has said he will be doing daily concerts for kids who are home because of school closures.

PE

YMCA 360 - This site has exercise videos that can be done at home. The Y will be uploading new content on a regular basis in an effort to help everyone affected by closures.

Science

minutephysics - The name really gives this one away.

MinuteEarth - Yup, you guessed it.

thebrainscoop - From the Chicago Field Museum, their videos are focused natural history.

A Bit of Everything

CrashCourse - Originally focused mainly on history, their videos now include a variety of STEM topics as well.

PBS Kids - They have a lot of short clips on here, but you can also find full episodes of many of their popular kids' shows.

Royal Ontario Museum - They create some great content, and you can find videos and playlists here that could apply to art, science, social studies, and more.

Smithsonian Channel - You'll find full episodes of Smithsonian shows here with topics relevant to most subject areas.

TED-Ed - The videos on this channel cover a huge range of topics. If you like them, check out their website, where you can use the videos as the core of full-fledged lessons with activities.

Odds & Ends

Principal Coakley - Our very own Flanders Elementary principal will be helping us get through this.

Google for Education - Their channel regularly adds short videos on new features in the Google services, tips and tricks, etc. You can also find a library of tutorial videos on things like using Google Classroom and Forms.

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