Teaching that once took place within the confines of the classroom is now moved online. In the flipped classroom method, class time is spent on discussion and in-class assignments. This approach calls for educators to either record their video lectures by making use of online video tools for teachers.
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How can we make our PowerPoint presentation into a Video or mp4 file?
Watch this video and learn the 4 easy steps in making a video by just using your Microsoft PowerPoint!
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TikTok in the classroom doesn't have to be a distraction that gets banned when it can actually be a useful tool in helping reach and engage with students on a deeper and more meaningful level. The music video-making social media app is free to use, easily accessible for students, and can be a powerfully creative tool in the teaching toolbox.
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Trying to see your students while your are sharing your screen during online classes? Here's how you do it!
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Shell Terell discovered this fun idea by Emma Pass in her ebook, The Hybrid Teacher, to add a gif in your slides to get students moving.
She was so inspired by the idea that she created brain break workout with an astronaut gif. She also have two lesson template examples of how you can use this idea to get your students moving in a fun way! Feel free to copy and edit the templates below as you wish.
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We can’t expect our students to sit still all day – it’s not developmentally appropriate and it’s not going to help them do their best learning.
Movement breaks are a quick and easy way to get the group to take a break and get their bodies moving. They can be done for fun, for community building, to reinforce academics, or all of the above!
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Physical activities during remote learning can help to keep students' mind fresh and boost their brain power!
Here are some Dance Party videos to get your students moving during virtual classes. Guides are provided in the descriptions of every videos in the playlist.
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As teachers, we are great at adapting, re-imagining, and coming up with clever ways to engage students without getting to work with them in our classrooms. As we approach the end of the school year, one in which many teachers will teach virtually for over a quarter of the school year, many of us will say goodbye to our students virtually as well.
Even though it saddens me to consider that I may not return to my classroom this year, I am not going to let the end of the year pass without celebrating with my students. So, without further ado, here are some ideas for celebrating the end of the school year virtually.
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If you are looking for ideas on how to spend your last few weeks with your students, here are some fun things you can do virtually to celebrate the end of the school year.
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Elementary Counselor, Mrs. Sutherland held virtual picnics with each elementary class and shared about what went on in these picnics. You may organise a virtual picnic with your students during virtual class party too!
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Although you and your students wouldn't be coming together as a class anymore, you can create something fun and memorable for them using Bitmoji!
After you've created your Bitmoji class photo, you may share with students virtually, let them post on their social medias with cool hashtags. You may also print it out and put it in a photo frame for students to receive as their end of year gift.
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When all of this distance learning stuff began, teachers are struggling to figure out what to do with the students on virtual music lessons. The sound lag made it impossible to sing or play rhythms together. Fortunately for you, here is a list of the most fun things that Becca has found for teaching elementary music via Zoom or Google Meets!
Need some more help? You can get a FREE PDF Guide with pages of Zoom music lessons!
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Simon Powis, who has been teaching online for the past 10 years, shares his tips and best practices to help teachers make the most out of online music teaching.
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Check out some specific examples of activities and reviews of teaching resources give a great help in teaching Music lessons virtually.
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This blog post is about helping music teachers with free distance learning music activities. Keep reading to get Free Resources and Tutorials to help with distance learning.
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Joey Feith, the founder of ThePhysicalEducator.com, shares his P.E. curriculum document that includes at-home lesson plans as well as a variety of resources to support the virtual P.E. lessons.
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Check out the list of YouTube Channels that provides playlists with FREE online exercise workouts for preschoolers! You may show the videos to children during virtual lessons and get them moving!
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Stephanie, a K-5 P.E. teacher, shows how her make virtual P.E lesson fun and interactive by using Bitmoji and Google Slides.
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How can we limit screen time for our students when it’s the only way they can access learning? And how do we get around the substantial number of hours schools are mandating we teach online lessons?
The answer is to focus on independent work.
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Aside from assigning worksheets and chapter review questions, here are 10 no-internet remote learning activities to help students grow when not at school.
These are the types of activities that don't take a lot of explaining. They're not easily graded. But their benefits are huge -- and could be exactly what students need.
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How can we make remote learning exciting, effective and practical whilst also realistic, achievable and fair? How can we scale back the dependency on technology and screens?
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Too much screen time can have a negative effect on children's well-being. To help, we’ve rounded up some fun, non-screen activities that can be done at home and support independent learning.
Feel free to customise the activities to align with the topics that you are teaching, and share the lists to your students!
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You can now use the activities feature in ClassDojo Portfolios to assign worksheets to your students! At this time, activities can only be assigned using the ClassDojo website.
Check out the webinar to see how teachers share Worksheets with students where they can respond right on ClassDojo!
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Catch up on these exciting new programs, powerful features, high quality educator content and other updates that will help you make this school year awesome with Kahoot!
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This video takes you step by step through turning your beloved classroom printable and worksheets into an interactive worksheet on the Zoom app.
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Engage your students with these Teacher presentations for Google Slides and PowerPoint! Create entertaining presentations for your pupils and get your thinking cap on!
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Are you a teacher wanting to make your virtual lessons fun and entertaining? Here are 25 easy virtual games for you to play with kids of all ages.
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The morning message is a popular way to help elementary students transition into school—and it can be adapted for home learning.
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Check out this YouTube playlist for how-to videos on teaching online using the iPad.
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Your emotional state influences how well students learn. Here are tips to incorporate a restorative approach to your online teaching.
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Check out the common issues faced by teachers and their solutions to help improve your upcoming virtual lessons.
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There’s a lot of uncertainty about the 2020–21 school year, but planning for a mix of remote and in-person instruction will help educators be ready.
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This video tutorial will show you how to take your worksheets or pdfs and turn them into an editable worksheet online using Google Slides, then assign to students using Google Classroom.
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Sam Kary shows teachers the most important Google Chrome Extensions for improving instruction, engagement, and organization.
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GamiLab is a platform where anyone can find or create their own simple learning games and the version we have now are always free for schools.
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Build affordable inquiry and project-based activities to visualize data across science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curriculum. Middle school standards-based lesson plans written by teachers for teachers.
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Choose a video, give it your magic touch and track your students' comprehension.
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To help educators during this time of coronavirus, Mystery Science has pulled their most popular science lessons and are offering them for anyone to use for free. No account or login is needed.
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Learn how to use Pear Deck for teaching synchronous and asynchronous lessons, access their free, ready-to-teach content, and find tips and tricks from fellow educators.
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Quizizz shares a few tactical examples of how you can fit Quizizz into your remote learning strategy.
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Learn how Kahoot! can help you facilitate distance learning and connect with students even when they aren’t in class.
You’ll learn how to assign student-paced games, host Kahoot! live via video conferencing, improve instruction with advanced question types, and use reports for formative assessment. Dive in!
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Check out the articles from Education Perfect to assist teachers with remote learning.
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With the schools being closed, you may have a bit more time on your hands. Now might be the time to take up a hobby that you’ve always wanted to try, but haven’t had the time for.
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If you feel like you can never find the time for meditation, here are five quick and easy methods to try.
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The PEEP science curriculum invites preschoolers to actively investigate their world by exploring water, sound, plants, color, shadows, and ramps (movement) in units lasting 3 weeks.
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This series is beginning with 5th grade science, so they'll be delving into Earth Science, Physical Science, Biology, Geography, Engineering, and Astronomy.
Have a look at their playlists on each subject!
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Ready to make yourself flat and go on an adventure with your students?
This activity is based on the Adventures of Flat Stanley where a flattened little kid goes on adventures around the world.
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This site is updated regularly with new webinars, training videos, blog posts and other free professional development resources to help you make the transition to teaching online.
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Common Sense Education launches WideOpenSchool.org, a free online resource to support families and educators who are transitioning to remote learning as a result of the coronavirus.
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They are offering their members free access to some of their best Premium resources to help support you during school closures. Sign up for free now!
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To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be prepared to make smart decisions. Be Internet Awesome teaches kids the fundamentals of digital citizenship and safety so they can explore the online world with confidence.
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Access free resources (games, videos, weekly planners, etc.) for students to keep learning going at home.
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A simple way of framing stress management for teachers is by leveraging what The Mayo Clinic calls “The Four A’s”: Avoid, Alter, Accept, and Adapt.
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Teachers adjusting to teaching from home while schools are closed may need to work out new routines to stay grounded.
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Join kindergarten teacher Ben Cogswell as he shares how to keep our youngest learners engaged in distance learning by blending digital tools with analog activities.
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The EdTech Chat Podcast is a weekly discussion around the world of educational technology. Craig Kemp gives advice and tips on how to use technology authentically and purposefully and chat to leading educational experts and thought leaders from all over the globe.
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Review with Kahoot! Play these kahoots to help you prepare for testing. You can even play a self-paced kahoot as a challenge to focus on accuracy while you study!
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Unlock your class's creativity with these incredible storytelling videos and activities. Students will love learning about the key components of creative writing while exploring the Night Zoo! This set of videos was created by Night Zookeeper, an education website that inspires writing through competition and creativity.
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Chemistry teacher Ryan Zamzow discusses his best practices of formative assessment, explains how he had to tailor them with distance learning, and shares how the new Kahoot! reports support him.
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Ms. Doherty created a YouTube channel where she reads books to her students or leads them through easy art activities such as drawing and coloring.
Check them out!
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Let’s focus on the positive ways to deal with the quick switch to online teaching.
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As an educator, you may need a reminder that practicing self-care is essential to your well-being, especially during times of uncertainty and transition.
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There’s a lot you are balancing emotionally, mentally, and physically, and it’s important now more than ever to squeeze in a little daily self-care.
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You can now learn basic coding in 10 minutes with Google Doodle!
Click on the play button to start your adventure.
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Tips and projects that teachers can share with parents and caregivers to guide children in any grade through project-based learning—with or without technology.
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Get kids moving and relieve stress before your next virtual classroom meeting.
Free classroom access for all educators!
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Schools are closed but schooling goes on, and it remains crucial that teachers find ways to see what students are learning.
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A curated collection of popular learning videos for kids 12 and under -- all available on Epic!
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Prekindergarten teachers can collaborate with families to ensure that young students engage in the hands-on learning experiences they need.
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Boom Learning cards can help make that shift much less stressful – and provide digital activities for your students that they can use at home (or at school) on ANY device!
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Are you looking for fun and engaging activities to do with your students during class meetings?
Here are some creative ways to engage your students during virtual lessons.
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Here is a list of ten ideas that will make your next Zoom a hit with both you and your kids!
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How to use technology in the (virtual) classroom? What are the best teaching apps for your classroom?
This video tutorial will answer questions about best apps for teachers and make recommendations for classroom management apps, best English, Science, and Math apps for school.
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Newsela has opened their entire product suite for free to teachers.
Browse their high-interest articles on everything from current events to science.
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Thousands of teachers were already exhausted, overwhelmed, stressed and near burnout before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now many teachers are working even more hours from home than they did before (which seemed impossible) while needing to care for their own children…
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As the uncertainty of living life during the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, parents, caregivers, educators and children have been launched into a new educational adventure- Virtual Preschool.
Here are some tips and tricks for you to make sure everyone is having the best and uniquely developmentally appropriate Virtual Preschool experience as possible with their child.
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Nancy Taylor created these from her teaching experience as well as common mistakes that she sees in the Mock Classes for VIPKID. Hope these help! Happy teaching!
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Find the suitable books and share to your students. Browse ebooks and audiobooks from public libraries for free with this book app.
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The first 5 minutes of class are the most important! In this video, you can get the tips and tricks on how to make the beginning of your class build excitement, promote engagement, and get your student talking!
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We’re several weeks into a new way of teaching – remotely from our homes. Some teachers are settling into a groove, but many of us are still overwhelmed. We’re trying to tackle technology, finding a work/home balance and connecting with our students all at once.
Fortunately, there are some simple hacks that make remote teaching a little easier.
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These are all hand-picked tools Common Sense Education recommends for this unprecedented situation. Most are free (or cheap), and all offer standout learning experiences that shouldn't be too difficult to slot into your plans.
Of course, you'll also want to dig into their privacy and safety practices, so make sure to check out the privacy evaluations on the review pages (when available).
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Kristina shares about her favourite online teaching props that save money, time, and space.
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ScrapColoring is an online colouring site with an innovative concept. Forget about printable colouring pages: ScrapColoring's colorful and customizable patterns give a very rich variety of choices for kids to develop their artistic sense, and provide them with hours of fun and creativity.
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As thousands of teachers are making the transition to virtual classrooms this week, here are some of the most clever hacks we’ve seen so far.
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ClassDojo helps you instantly communicate and engage with all families and students, so you can keep building those relationships while school is closed.
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One of our teachers in R.E.A.L Schools shares about the method of distance learning in R.E.A.L!
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Every day includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Kids can do them on their own, with their families, or with their teachers.
Just find your grade level and let the learning begin!
Choose a Grade Level
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From using video to project-based learning, get recommendations on the best tools for virtual learning.
Set up and run an effective virtual classroom with these recommended tools and tips!
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Support the transition to virtual learning and help students think critically and compassionately about what they see online.
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Share these resources with families to help them keep kids entertained, engaged, and learning while they're stuck inside.
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No Netflix? No worries!
Share with you TED-Ed Educational Animations that are created by TED-Ed's talented educators and animators.
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Teachers from Cambridge International Online Research Community share the tips on adapting their teacing during school closure.
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Online learning is harder than it looks. Here’s how you can support your learners.
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Learning computer concepts during the COVID-19 quarantine. Thunkable shares various educational resources that teach computer science concepts through block-based coding. Tutorials consist of beignners, intermediate and advanced level!
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Google shares various ways for educators to handle distance learning.
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To help support all teachers who now have to teach from home due to the Coronavirus outbreak, Cambridge University Press has created a series of blog posts with expert advice on how to move your classes online.
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Check out the info-graphic that shared by Alison Yang on 18 Do's and Don'ts on online learning.
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Google’s page, called Teach From Home, offers recommendations on how teachers can teach remotely using Google products. It is also a temporary hub of information and tools to help teachers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
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YouTube’s resource, Learn @ Home, highlights educational YouTube channels that students can watch at home. The page categorizes the channels that are recommended for families with kids 13 and older, for families with kids five and older, and for families with preschoolers.
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Stories are, perhaps, the best way to teach life lessons to children. You can teach them the values and morals without being preachy. During this #StayAtHome period, share some moral stories to your students where they can learn English and Moral lessons at one goal.
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Google Meet is now available directly inside Google Classroom! Quickly turn on this setting in Google Classroom and every class you have will have there own Google Meet link. Make the link visible or hidden in Google Classroom control entry into your Google Meet.
Google Meet can now accommodate up to 250 participants in one call, up to 100,000 viewers within a domain for live streaming, as well as record video calls and save to Google Drive. These features will be available with no additional cost until September 30, 2020.
Looking for whiteboard tools in Google Meet? Say Hi to Google Jamboard and Chrome Canvas.
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Math Games offers online games and printable worksheets to make learning math fun. Kids from pre-K to 8th grade can practice math skills recommended by the Common Core State Standards in exciting game formats.
Never associated learning algebra with rescuing animals or destroying zombies? Time to think again!
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Join Nancy Taylor in the classroom to see demo lessons of a beginning, intermediate & advanced student learning English with VIPKID!
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Four authors of books about online course development offer guidelines for engaging learners in distance education courses.
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Science experiments you can do at home! Click on the experiment image or the view experiment link below for each experiment on this page to see the materials needed and procedure. Have fun trying these experiments at home or use them for SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT IDEAS.
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Cambridge are running and recording webinars that will help you deliver effective teaching and learning outside the classroom, and continue your own professional development.
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What are the 25+ best podcasts for students to listen to and learn from? WeAreTeachers asked teachers to share their favorites, and here’s what they had to say.
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Field trip out of the question? Think again. Thanks to technology, it’s now possible for kids to visit all kinds of places from the comfort of their classroom (or home!). WeAreTeachers compiled a list of the best virtual field trips for you, so enjoy your “visit”!
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Audible is offering hundreds of free audiobooks for kids during COVID-19 school closures. Just click on the button below to access audiobooks for preschoolers through teens. No catches, no credit cards.
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