Distance Learning

Applied Digital Skills: Free digital lessons for teachers to use for their students. Summer Ebs from the Hollywood site recommended this on the Community Zoom Call on 4/10. https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/en/teaching-resources

BrainPop: BrainPop offers hundreds of animated educational videos across a wide variety of topics, all of which are accompanied by interactive quizzes, activities, and games. The content is intended for students in grades 3-12 and covers material in ELA, math, science, social studies, health, art, and technology. They are currently offering free access to folks who've had to switch to distance learning due to COVID-19. This resource was shared by Adam Perez from the Fresno site via Padlet. https://www.brainpop.com/

CDE Resources to Promote Distance Learning: The California Department of Education has an appendix of resources for distance learning. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/hn/distancelearning.asp

CK12: Free resource similar to StudyIsland that helps track student performance/learning. Summer Ebs from the Hollywood site recommended this on the Community Zoom Call on 4/10. https://www.ck12.org/teacher

Class Central: Class Central is a listing of free online courses from universities, offered through massive open online course (MOOC) platforms. They aggregate courses from many providers to make it easy to find the best courses on almost any subject, wherever they exist. On the Padlet, someone recommended Class Central's free Ivy League courses: https://www.classcentral.com/collection/ivy-league-moocs

EdPuzzle: Edpuzzle empowers teachers to make any video your lesson. Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into Schoology or Google Classroom. You can use videos from YouTube, Khan Academy, Crash Course and more, or you can record and upload your own. You can track your students' comprehension using their analytics feature. This resource was shared by Adam Perez from the Fresno site via Padlet. https://edpuzzle.com

Facing History: Facing History has lifted the login restrictions for students on their streaming video collection. If a login block appears on a video, simply click on the title, which includes the new password-free link. Send that link to your students and they can watch without logging in. https://www.facinghistory.org

GoNoodle: GoNoodle engages young people with movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. Available for free. https://www.gonoodle.com

Miro: The Canoga Park site uses this free, collaborative online whiteboard platform designed for remote teams. https://miro.com

NextGen Personal Finance: Offers a virtual PD series called “Teaching Remotely.” Shared by Summer Ebs. https://www.ngpf.org

Remind App: Pomona site uses this app to keep students in the loop and up to date through text messages without using personal numbers. https://www.remind.com

Scrible: Scrible is a browser plug-in for saving, commenting on, and annotating articles found on the web. Students use Scrible to take notes on online articles right from the webpage, create citations, save bibliographies, and integrate their work to Google Docs. Teachers organize students by groups, curate a classroom library of student annotations, and sync with Google Classroom. Scrible offers a free basic version and a paid premium version. This resource was shared by Reyna Rauda-Trout. https://www.scrible.com

SignUpGenius: The Hollywood site uses this website to have students sign up for Zoom classes, so they can pick a time that works for most students. https://www.signupgenius.com

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Distance Learning via Teaching Tolerance: Experts from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network share their recommendations for educators supporting students during the COVID-19 crisis.

Creating an Effective Learning Session for Adult Learners Checklist (via YouthBuild USA): This checklist is for facilitators designing a learning session by way of presentation (virtually or in-person), a workshop, or training for adult learners. This checklist will help ensure that your learning session will create an engaging, effective, and powerful learning experience for participants. Developed by YouthBuild USA.

Social-Emotional Support in the New World of Distance Learning via School Library Journal: As we adjust to emergency distance learning, it’s important to focus on communicating care to our students in order to support their social and emotional well-being. Strategies in the article include: 1.) Take care of yourself, 2.) Work as a team, 3.) Create check-in routines with students, and 4.) Be flexible.

Supporting Students’ Learning During COVID-19 School Closures with Distance Learning via New Mexico Public Education Department: This guide recognizes that solutions will not be – nor should be – “school as usual,” simply delivered in a virtual environment. Instead, this resource was developed by members of the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) to provide guidance around how to support student learning during these unique circumstances.

Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities During School Closures via Teaching Tolerance: Experts from the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence offer recommendations for supporting students with learning disabilities through the coronavirus pandemic.

Focusing on Student Well-Being in Times of Crisis: Support student safety through three Cs: communication, consistency, and control.