Some tools for home learning

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Choosing the right tools and ideas to support learning are what all the teachers are looking for. There are abundance of resources floating through internet and social media. I found this list of apps that can support a very interactive home learning experience for students. These are digital resources there for it is important to consider their screen time. The common advice from experts are to keep it simple and focus on mini-lessons. Some of the key suggestions are to consider health and wellbeing of…

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Google Teach from Home

Google has come forward with a resource hub to support education from home. This is a great opportunity for schools using Google’s G Suite. There are a lot of tutorials available on this website.

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Video Conferencing Software

PC Magazine has identified top Video Conferencing software amid physical distancing during COVID19. This is a good time to review the best software and pick your favourite. Since it is uncertain how long we are forced to manage work remotely. Read more.

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Zoom for students – Setup

Video conferencing has become ubiquitous in online teaching and learning. Zoom is one of the most popular applications for online meetings and webinars. It is very easy to set up for students to access their online live lessons. Download the desktop application from here or copy this URL https://zoom.us/client/latest/ZoomInstaller.exe and paste in your browser address bar. When the download is completed, double click on the file and install. Run the application and insert the meeting ID and you are ready to go. Watch the video for…

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TED-Ed Lessons

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Teaching or learning from home? . TED-Ed has announced that “to support the millions of students, parents and teachers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, TED-Ed is working with expert educators and TED speakers throughout the world to create and share high-quality, interactive, video-based lessons on a daily basis, for free”. You can register to benefit from this initiative from here.

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1400+ Free Coursera Courses

There are a lot of online courses that are free. Courses on Coursera is one of them. You can click this link to visit the free courses. If you need assistance in signing up please visit this link. However, there are always the purchase options if you are looking for a more serious online study.    

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Setup Google Classroom

All the schools in the Maldives have Google Gsuite. Therefore, Google Classroom is one of the options teachers have to engage and collaborate with their students. Alice Keeler has a set of videos to support teachers in setting up and running Google Classroom. You can either follow this link or click the picture to go to Alice Keeler’s page. URL: t.ly/LGLxg  

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