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The Latest News on COVID-19 from the editors of Tech & Learning

By Tech & Learning last updated 27 March 20

Use these tools and ideas from fellow schools to prepare for a crash course in remote learning strategies. Updated regularly.

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Amazon Providing Free Online Access to Amazon Future Engineer Computer Science Courses

By TL Editors published 25 March 20

Amazon Future Engineer will provide free online access to sponsored computer science courses in the US

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Symbaloo Offers Educators PRO Version at no Cost

By TL Editors published 25 March 20

Content-integration platform Symbaloo today announced that it is offering its PRO version to all educators at no cost for the duration of the school closings caused by the coronavirus.

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Discovery Education Announces Virtual Conference Focused on Remote Learning

By TL Editors published 25 March 20

The Discovery Education Virtual Conference or VirtCon will be held this week on Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27 between 10AM Eastern and 3PM Eastern.

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Screencastify for Remote Teaching

By Eric Curts published 20 March 20

There are many excellent tools for making instructional videos, but one good example is Screencastify.

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Television as #RemoteLearning Tool During School Closures

By Lisa Nielsen published 20 March 20

Common Sense Launches Online COVID-19 Resource Hub for Families and Educators

By TL Editors published 18 March 20

Common Sense has launched two new webpages compiling extensive resources for educators and parents with best practices for learning at home, keeping kids supervised and more.

Gale Launches COVID-19 Resource Center

By TL Editors published 17 March 20

Gale has launched a COVID-19 resource center.

School Closure Support Resources from BrainPop

By Lisa Nielsen published 16 March 20

The need for distance learning is quickly becoming a reality for millions of students as schools around the world close temporarily due to the coronavirus.

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