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The COVID-19 outbreak is changing the way the world thinks about public health, governance, and economics. Soon, it'll shape the way we think about education too. As an increasing number of schools move to distance and digital learning, the conversation around technology in education has shifted into hyperdrive. Flipped instruction and ZOOM lectures have gone from niche to normal in a matter of weeks and, unsurprisingly, educators around the world are adapting in stride.

Still, this shift is overwhelming. While school and district leadership hustle to roll out the infrastructure required to move online, teachers and instructional staff are working to conceptualize how education will continue in this new paradigm. What will learning look like? How will assessment change? What kind of activities can students do on their own? What kind of tools or resources are available?

There are already formal and informal networks sharing a multitude of digital resources, repositories, and strategies that can provide teachers with a minimum-viability-utility-belt of online instructional tools. This is a great start, but the sheer magnitude of resources can quickly become overwhelming. There's a massive "buffet of ideas" at our fingertips with just a few clicks, but how do we deploy these tools and resources? Sequence them? Structure them? Provide feedback with them? Without a way to visualize our plans for online learning, planning quickly becomes a confusing, daunting process.

To answer these questions and help facilitate this shift, we've created a design canvas inspired template to help you curate tools, plan lessons, and track learning in a single document. Think of it like a "lunch tray" that will help you structure, sequence, and organize all the delicious elements of online instruction you're preparing.

Its design is guided by one of our core pedagogical principles: Freedom within structure. We've always felt that flexibility is an important part of education, but as we shift to distance learning, being able to adapt to new, emergent issues and complications is vital. Without structure, we lack direction. Without freedom, we lack purpose. It's our hope that this document will provide both direction and purpose for all those who use it.

This design principle extends to students as well. Without a teacher physically present to guide and facilitate learning, vague directions and fuzzy targets will leave students confused and frustrated. The last thing kids need right now is more ambiguity and anxiety. However, overly prescriptive instruction can quickly turn into busy work that lacks purpose and context. Now more than ever, students need to feel a sense of connection to their community and their content. It's our hope this document will help lead to learning experiences that provide students enough structure to feel a sense of clear direction, and enough freedom that they believe their work is meaningful and relevant to their lives.

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The goal of teaching for transfer is to help students apply and leverage their knowledge in ways that empower them to affect meaningful change in their school, community, and the world. This pandemic is a stark reminder of how desperately we need that kind of thinking moving forward. If we want innovation to be more than a shiny buzzword, we need curriculum that allows us to build student knowledge and apply it in new, creative ways. We need frames that provide structure and allow freedom. We need a mindset that understands expertise is domain specific and life is interdisciplinary. Integration is the key to innovation and is a core component of the resources we're sharing today.

So whether this is your first foray into teaching for transfer or you've attended half a dozen sessions with Julie and her team, we hope this framework helps you with your transition to online learning.

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With schools closed and lessons moved online, Bronx high school art Larry Minetti has transformed his dining room into an art studio. From there, he's teaching his Fordham Leadership Academy students video lessons about topics such as self-portraits. "We went 'live' several evenings and had a blast working with the face, practicing together," said Minetti, a Bronx native who has taught art for 26 years.

His students also have been recreating iconic artworks with household objects, from piles of clothes to tubs of peanut butter. " My students learned that they can be creative from scratch and express themselves through various items that are not considered 'normal' for producing art," said Minetti, who spoke recently with Chalkbeat about what it's like to teach visual art amid the coronavirus pandemic. He also suggested an at-home art project that parents and teens can do together.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. What are the challenges (and benefits) of teaching art remotely?
The main challenge for teaching art remotely is taking into consideration what is available in my students' homes. We are not in my classroom. They can't open up a cabinet and take out a gallon of Cadmium Red or Ultramarine Blue acrylic paints. They can't rip off a piece of clay from a block and start designing a pinch pot. I cannot assume every student has certain materials. There must be equity, so I work with projects that can be done in basic scenarios. I have to use my imagination. The benefits: Watching my students be as creative as possible with limited use of particular tools.
Tell me about what you are teaching your students now.
For one project, we're reproducing and recreating a famous work of art using found objects, clothes, etc., in the house. The New York City Department of Education provided several online art resources, where I first saw this assignment. I knew this would be awesome to do because we all have laundry, household items, and various objects in our homes. I turned it into a competition with prizes because I wanted even more motivation and participation going into this.

I had to create my own example for my students to see. I could've gone basic or small but decided to really do it up, so I immediately chose "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh, which is one of my all-time favorite pieces of art. I grabbed my laundry. I grabbed anything I could find to recreate the colors as the masterpiece has incredible yellows and blues throughout. Once I placed down the representation of the village area - with peanut butter, salad dressing, hot cocoa, milk cartons, and other items - I knew I was done.

My students saw my example. They took it and ran with it. Several used clothing. Several took pictures. Some used technology. One student reproduced a famous still life with a floral piece that happened to be in her home. My students learned that they can be creative from scratch and express themselves through various items that are not considered "normal" for producing art.
What inspired you to become an art teacher?
I attended high school in the Bronx in the 1980s, when graffiti was booming. I got heavily into the art scene and took classes every single semester during my high school years. I'm a graffiti writer and became obsessed with lettering styles. I was lucky enough to have dynamic teachers who really took an interest in my dedication. I went to the art studios on my lunch periods and any chance I could get. I am so blessed to be working in a field that was always my passion. I involve my students in an array of experiences: acrylic painting, hand-building with clay, custom stencil creations with the use of spray paint, sculpture, and a variety of other mediums.
What advice would you give parents who are being asked to homeschool their children amid the coronavirus outbreak?
My advice for parents (and myself, with my own daughters who are homeschooling through this pandemic) is to scale back. Take it down to a level that is realistic and manageable. A ton of work is coming in. Do your best and try to complete the tasks, but take it one step at a time. Take a deep breath and communicate with your teachers, and let them know if there are difficulties and if more time is needed.
A lot of the at-home art projects I'm seeing now are geared toward younger children. Any ideas for art projects for older children, such as tweens and teens?
One example is a still life my older daughter did. She is a freshman in high school. The assignment: Every person in my house for her chose a random item. I chose soap, my wife chose Lysol, and my younger daughter grabbed a sponge. We put the three items together and challenged my older daughter to reproduce it. She had a blast and used basic supplies to do the project, such as colored pencils and markers. Getting everyone involved with picking an item is the fun part because each person feels that they had a part. Then we take turns and choose a different family member [to make the art] .
Do you think this experience we're all having will give people a better appreciation of what classroom teachers do, day in and day out?
On the second day of remote teaching, friends of mine were jokingly asking if their kids could be transferred out of their classes or what are the rules of homeschool suspensions? It was all jokes, but the reality is people generally were showing a tremendous amount of extra appreciation towards teachers. I feel parents who are not teachers gained a whole new respect for what we do on a daily basis.
What gives you hope at this moment?
People following the rules of social distancing and pitching in to help others in need really give me hope. We will eventually get through this and the people that are on the front lines as essential workers have my utmost respect and love. Everyone working as a team and following protocol will get us through this. I am looking forward to the day I enter my art studio and see my students. I miss them so much.

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Unless you have turned off all social media, the news, and decided to climb back into bed and hide under the covers, you have probably heard of the COVID-19 virus, known as the Coronavirus. Preparing for illnesses is always a difficult and serious affair, but it does give us an opportunity to think about how we can extend learning outside the walls of our classrooms and into the homes of our students.
Access to devices and reliable internet
When considering distance learning, school districts will need to consider if their student and family population have access to devices and reliable internet access before they go entirely digital. Best practice suggests we offer students a mix of digital and analog tasks to complete in order to ensure all students have access to the activities and curriculum. On that note, there are some engaging and fun ways you can use technology to extend your classroom beyond your walls!
Early Childhood and Lower Elementary Video Read Alouds
One of my favorite ways to use technology, to engage families and students at home, is to offer video read alouds. As the educator, you can choose a read aloud book that connects to their learning and create a video of you reading the book. If you make the video, you will also be able to pause, point things out to the students, and ask questions.

Video read alouds could be done live, through a platform such as Facebook or YouTube. Teachers and administrators who do this will often set up a live event on their school's social media sites and parents are notified when the school is going live. Families love this type of interaction and it also gives them a way to see educators out of the school environment.

If you don't want to go live (it is not as scary as you think!) you could record the video ahead of time and still host it on social media or share it through Google Drive or Microsoft OneNote.

Take a look at this amazing principal, David Anderson, of the Christa S. McAuliffe Elementary School in Lowell, Massachusetts. He and his staff create live and pre-recorded read alouds for snow days and vacations!

If you don't like to record yourself, there are a myriad of read alouds on YouTube. Kate Messner, a children's book author, is in the process of creating a list of author's reading from their own books to share with your parents and students!
Reading Foundational Skills
To keep our little learners working on their fundamentals, teachers can share the Reading Foundational Skills Collection in PBS LearningMedia. This is a fabulous collection of short videos from iconic shows like Between the Lions and Electric Company and student interactives where our littlest learners to can investigate phonemic awareness through activities and songs.
Elementary Videos, photos and online journaling
Anyone who has worked in elementary schools knows that our students are tech savvy, but not tech experts. Because of this, technology lessons at home need to be user friendly for both the student and their families. Seesaw is a wonderful tool to help students capture their learning and experiences at home. Seesaw is an online journal that allows students to take and annotate pictures, make videos, and type answers to anything. Teachers create students in the class, but do not have to assign a digital activity for students to capture their learning, so it is very user friendly! At home students could:

Make a video of themselves reading a book

Take pictures of different shapes in their house and identify them

Take a picture of a math worksheet and record an audio overlay to explain how they solved the problem

Start a blog and journal their experiences at home

Watch a video on PBS LearningMedia (like my favorite, Molly of Denali) and make a video explaining how Molly used informational text in the episode

Seesaw has an activity library as well as the ability to talk to families and share resources.
Middle and High School Digital Assignments and Creating Screencasts
Many middle and high school teachers are already using a learning management system such as Google Classroom or Edmodo, distance learning toolkits, so sending out digital assignments is not new to them. For many, though, teaching long distance is very new. One of the ways to share content and directions with your students is by creating screencasts of your presentations. A screencast is a video that includes the content on your computer screen as well as your voice and/or a video of you. It is a fabulous way for students to still hear from you and feel connected.

Screencastify is a great tool to help you accomplish this task. It is a Google Chrome extension that not only allows you a quick way to create these videos, it automatically syncs with your Google Drive account and is fully integrated with Google Classroom. If you are making a video of your Google Slides presentation, consider turning on the Closed Caption ability to support our students that are English Learners, deaf or hard of hearing.

There are many different activities that you can push out to your students if distance learning is a decision in your district. Many edtech companies are offering free subscriptions during this time so check out this growing list of offerings.
PBS LearningMedia Interactives

PBS LearningMedia Interactives are a fabulous way for our middle and high school students to interact with high quality and engaging content independently. Students investigate topics in all subjects through videos, interactives, reading and writing. Interactives sync with Google Classroom so they are easy to assign to your students. In order to support all your learners, you could use Screencastify to make an instructional video to preview the content and explain to your students how to use the interactive.

As always, during this time of uncertainty, it is important for us to instill in our children that learning and exploration are important and can continue outside the walls of our classroom.

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It's easy to feel anxious, overwhelmed and frustrated if you're asked to create elearning activities and teach remotely because of a school closure.

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Simplicity is key. Activities that are too complicated can be hard to follow through without the proper support.

Make space for students' emotional needs, too. Their routine is disrupted. They don't get to see their teacher or their fellow students. Help them to make those connections while they're away.

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As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread and " social distancing" becomes a household term, more and more Americans are halting their travel plans and staying home in an effort to flatten the curve.

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American Museum of Natural History: Explore three virtual exhibits at this New York City institution (yes, the one featured in Night At the Museum!). The exhibit "Highlights from the American Museum of Natural History," shows off many of the museum's most famous features.

Armory Art Center: Explore a virtual gallery tour of this Florida art center's 2020 All Artists Show, an annual exhibition held at the institution.

The Art Institute of Chicago: A large catalog of pieces are available for virtual viewing at this world-renowned art museum, hosted by Google Arts and Culture, which has grouped the works by style of art.

The British Museum: Check out ancient mummies, the Rosetta Stone and so much more with this virtual tour of the world's oldest national public museum.

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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum: Explore six virtual exhibits at this Santa Fe-based museum, which preserves Georgia O'Keeffe's artistic legacy.

High Museum of Art: Explore four exhibits - including an awe-inspiring Civil Rights Photography show - at this Atlanta museum.

Hockey Hall of Fame: Learn about hockey's finest players, moments and artifacts with a 3-D tour of this Toronto museum. Don't stop until you find the Stanley Cup!

Getty Museum: Travel through two different virtual exhibits from this Los Angeles landmark with Google Arts and Culture.

The Guggenheim: The entire contemporary art collection is available for online viewing from this New York City art museum. Enjoy walking (virtually) through its famous spiraling halls!

The Louvre: Take a quick trip to Paris with virtual tours of three stunning exhibits at this world-renowned museum.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Explore 26 online exhibits at this famous New York City icon. A 360 degree peek behind the scenes of The Costume Institute Conversation Lab (the world's largest costume collection) is a must-see.

Michigan Science Center: Curious minds of all ages can enjoy a virtual tour of this science center, including their planetarium, health and wellness gallery, science stage and more.

MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art): Viewers can go on a virtual tour of the New York City-based museum's exhibit of Swiss artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Embrace your artistic side with 16 virtual exhibits. Fashionistas in particular will fall head over high heels for their 21st Century Designer Fashion and 20th and 21st Century Fashion Accessories exhibits.

Smithsonian: Explore a self-guided tour of the D.C. museum's National Museum of Natural History.

Van Gogh Museum: The largest collection of Vincent Van Gogh pieces is located at this museum in Amsterdam, and you can explore it with a 360 degree virtual tour. Don't forget to stop and smell the "Sunflowers!"

The Vatican Museum: Explore the New Wing, Sistine Chapel and more with 360 degree virtual tours.

Aquariums, Zoos and Gardens

Atlanta Zoo: This Georgia institution has a dedicated panda cam sure to put a smile on kids' - and grown-ups' - faces.

Cincinnati Zoo: Every day, this zoo is hosting "Home Safari Facebook Lives" showcasing one of their animals and offering a fun, educational activity you can do at home. Pull up the zoo's Facebook page every day at 3 p.m. EST. All of the safaris will also be posted to the zoo's website and on their YouTube page for later viewing.

Georgia Aquarium: Have a soothing look under the sea with live cams of beluga whales, African penguins, jellyfish and more.

Houston Zoo: This Texas zoo has webcams focused on gorillas, giraffes, rhinos, elephants, leafcutter ants and more for your viewing pleasure.

Loggerhead Marinelife Center: While the Florida marine center is closed to the public, they're continuing to take care of their sea turtle patients behind the scenes. Monday through Friday they will be streaming live from the sea turtle hospital and teaching viewers about ocean conservation.

Monterey Bay Aquarium: Dive under water with livestreams of sharks, sea otters, jellyfish, and turtles. A live cam of the crashing waves in the Monterey Bay itself is particularly calming.

National Aquarium: Explore winding, sea life-filled floors with this virtual tour of the Baltimore-based aquarium.

Oregon Zoo: This zoo is sharing daily video updates on their Facebook page of different animals during their temporary closure.

San Diego Zoo: This zoo has a number of different live cams monitoring their furry and feathered friends, including penguins, pandas, koalas and elephants.

Volunteer Park Conservatory: This Seattle greenhouse is taking to Instagram to livestream their lush gardens in the midst of their closure to the public. Though the streaming schedule depends on their gardeners, they plan to livestream seven days a week around 2pm.
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International Landmarks

Buckingham Palace, England: Flights to the U.K. may be canceled, but you can still visit Buckingham Palace thanks to the official Royal website, which offers a virtual tour of the Queen's official residence.

Doge's Palace, Italy: Google Arts and Culture offers a virtual tour of one of Venice's most iconic landmarks - a 14th century palace - complete with views of the canals that surround it.

Galapagos Islands: Embark on a guided video tour of the incredible wildlife and culture of the Galapagos with National Geographic Expeditions.

Great Barrier Reef, Australia: Swim through Australia's Great Barrier Reef with the help of several David Attenborough-narrated videos and an educational, interactive map.

Great Wall of China: Take a virtual tour of one of the Seven Wonders of the World with The China Guide and explore its most visited sections.

Hang Son Doong, Vietnam: Take a 360 degree adventure through the world's largest cave, located in Vietnam, with National Geographic.

Johnson Space Center, USA: Boeing and Discovery Education take viewers on a virtual field trip through this innovative, Houston-based space center.

National Parks, USA: 113 virtual tours of National Park Service locations are available on Google Arts and Culture. Some favorites include Yellowstone National Park (for miles and miles of beautiful views), Kenai Fjords National Park (for an icy adventure) and Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (for lots of lava).

Tower Bridge, England: This famous London bridge isn't going down anytime soon - and you can explore it virtually (by boat!).

White House, USA: No need to look your best for this trip to the White House in Washington, D.C.! Google Arts and Culture has virtual tours of several of the presidential spaces.

The Gardens of Versailles, France: Choose your own adventure and virtually explore the famously over-the-top royal gardens of King Louis XIV.

Theater, Film, Symphonies and Operas

Ann Arbor Film Festival: This popular Michigan film festival is going virtual this year, livestreaming both films and discussions for free from March 24-29. Check out the schedule here.

BroadwayHD: This site has streamed favorite Broadway shows - like Cats, Kinky Boots and Phantom of the Opera - straight from New York and London for years, but they're currently offering a one week free trial before their $8.99 monthly subscription fee kicks in.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: This New York-based chamber music ensemble is currently streaming several recorded performances.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: This Australian symphony is livestreaming their performances on Youtube while they are closed to the public through April 13. The shows will then be saved to the Youtube channel for later viewing.

Metropolitan Opera: Every night at 7:30 EST, New York City's Metropolitan Opera will be streaming a Live in HD viewing of an opera performance, which will then be viewable for 20 hours.

OperaVision: This website offers free streaming of a number of recorded opera performances from famous opera houses across Europe and beyond, including the Royal Swedish Opera, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and National Theatre Prague.

Philadelphia Orchestra: Conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin, this orchestra will be livestreaming performances on their Facebook page, which will then save for later viewing.

The Philharmonie Berlin: With plans to be closed until April 19, this symphony opened its library of digital performances to the public. More than 600 shows will be available for free for 30 days if you use the code BERLINPHIL by March 31.

The Rossini Opera Festival: This yearly festival, based in Pesaro, Italy, celebrates opera composer Gioachino Rossini, who called Pesaro home. They are currently streaming one previously-recorded opera a day for free.

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Stuck at Home? You Can Visit These 48 World-Famous Sites, Museums, Zoos and More for Free from Your Couch

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As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread and " social distancing" becomes a household term, more and more Americans are halting their travel plans and staying home in an effort to flatten the curve.

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NASA Image and Video Library, serving up consolidated imagery and videos in one searchable location. Users can download content in multiple sizes and resolutions and see the metadata associated with images, including EXIF/camera data on many images.

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After the fire that totally destroyed Brazil's Museu Nacional in Rio, many people lamented that the museum had not digitally backed up its collection and pointed to the event as a tragic example of why such digitization is so necessary. Just a couple decades ago, storing and displaying this much information was impossible, so it may seem like a strange demand to make. And in any case, two-dimensional images stored on servers-or even 3D printed copies-cannot replace or substitute for original, priceless artifacts or works of art.

But museums around the world that have digitized most--or all--of their collections don't claim to have replicated or replaced the experience of an in-person visit, or to have rendered physical media obsolete.

Digital collections provide access to millions of people who cannot, or will not, ever travel to the major cities in which fine art resides, and they give millions of scholars, teachers, and students resources once available only to a select few.

We can't all take the day off like Ferris Bueller and stand in front of Georges Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. But thanks to the Art Institute of Chicago, we can all view and download the 1884 pointillist painting in high resolution, zoom in closely like the troubled Cameron to specific details, share the digital image under a Creative Commons Zero license, and similarly interact with an oil sketch for the final painting and several conté crayon studies.

And if that weren't enough, the museum also includes a bibliography, exhibition history, notes on provenance, audio and video histories and descriptions, and educational resources like teacher manuals, lesson plans, and exams. This goes for many of the 44,312-with more to come-digital images online, including such famous works of art as Vincent van Gogh's 1889 The Bedroom, Grant Wood's 1930 American Gothic, Pablo Picasso's 1903-4 blue period painting The Old Guitarist, Edward Hopper's 1942 Nighthawks, Mary Cassatt's 1893 The Child's Bath, and so many more that it boggles the mind.

Browse Impressionism, Pop Art, works from the African Diaspora, Cityscapes, Fashion, Mythological Works, and other genres and categories. Search artists, dates, styles, media, departments, places, and more.

A personal visit to the Art Institute is an awe-inspiring, and somewhat overwhelming experience, if you can get the day to go. You can visit the website, with full unrestricted access, and gather information, study, marvel, and casually browse, at any time of day-every day if you like. No, it's not the same, but as a learning experience, in some ways, it's even better. And if, by some awful chance, anything should happen to this art, we won't have to rely on user-submitted photos to reconstruct the cultural memory.

The launch of this collection comes as part of the museum's website redesign, and it is an extensive, and expensive, endeavor. The Art Institute, which charges for entry, can afford to make its collections free online. Some other museums charge image fees to support their online work. Ideally, as art historian Bendor Grosvenor writes at Art History News, museums should offer free and open access to both physical and online collections, and some institutions, like Sweden's Nationalmuseum, have shown that this is possible.

And, as Grosvenor shows, the success of open access online collections has yielded another benefit, for both viewers and museums alike. The more people are exposed to art online, the more likely they are to visit museums in person. Chicago awaits you. Until then, virtually immerse yourself in the Art Institute's many thousands of treasures here.
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues, people are rightly canceling their plans and staying home.

And in good news for musical lovers, the theater-streaming service BroadwayHD is offering a seven-day free trial.

That means you can watch performances from Broadway, the West End, and other elite venues around the world to your heart's content from your living room.

Shows on offer include classics like "Cats," "The King and I," and "The Sound of Music."

There are ballets, plays, and other performances available too.

Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.

Guess what? You're probably going to be stuck at home for a while. And that's OK because it is the right thing to do for your health and the health of your neighbors.

And let's not forget: There are plenty of things to entertain you while inside your house, like virtual museum visits, operas, and, now, streams of all your favorite Broadway shows.

BroadwayHD, a streaming service for theater fans started in 2015, has long been bringing Broadway performances to people's living rooms.

As the company explained in a statement, "BroadwayHD was created with the goal of making high-quality theater accessible to everyone globally."

On the platform, subscribers will find a combination of acquired performances including performances of "Cats," "The King and I," and "The Sound of Music," along with originals the platform filmed including performances of "Kinky Boots" and "42nd Street," from Broadway, The West End, and other elite venues around the world.

The company announced this month that in addition to its preexisting library of nearly 300 productions, BroadwayHD would be curating two new playlists for anyone hoping to binge-watch some seriously stellar performances.

To honor Women's History Month, BroadwayHD curated a playlist featuring the works of female theater-makers and show-stopping performances including an all-female Shakespeare Trilogy, along with "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill," "A Night with Janis Joplin," "Ann," "Driving Ms. Daisy," and more.

Additionally, BroadwayHD is celebrating the theater legend Stephen Sondheim for his 90th birthday and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 72nd with a special tribute playlist including some of their most beloved productions.

The playlist contains "Gypsy," "Putting It Together," "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," "Cats," "Phantom Of The Opera," "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat," and more.

The platform is offering a free seven-day trial, along with an $8.99 monthly plan.

So go ahead and watch as many times as you want. You can even sing along if you please because you're in your own house - who's going to complain?

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As the coronavirus pandemic continues, people are rightly canceling their plans and staying home. And in good news for musical lovers, the theater-streaming service BroadwayHD is offering a seven-day free trial. That means you can watch performances from Broadway, the West End, and other elite venues around the world to your heart's content from your living room.

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3.19.20 Live AP Prep Replay (FULL) | AP World History, AP US History, AP Biology

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Virtual field trips allow children to visit places around the world without ever leaving their homes. Through virtual field trips, they can visit other states, countries across the globe, and even other planets. This allows children to experience places they wouldn't get to see otherwise. Virtual field trips are also great for when you can't get out due to illness or can't afford to travel. Here are several free resources your family can use to take virtual field trips.

Zoo & Aquarium Free Virtual Field Trips

Dublin Zoo - Watch the giraffes, zebras, rhinos, elephants, and penguins of this Ireland zoo via live webcams.

Franklin Park Zoo- Explore this Boston zoo using an interactive map and videos.

Houston Zoo - Observe animals in several of the zoo's exhibits via live webcam.

Marineland Dolphin Adventure - Learn about dolphins, sea turtles, and more during a video-based tour of this marine mammal park in Florida.

Monterey Bay Aquarium - Watch sea creatures in this California aquarium with the live animal cam.

National Aquarium - Take a virtual tour of this aquarium located in Baltimore, Maryland.

San Diego Zoo - View live videos, learn about animals, play games, and more on this interactive website.

Zoo Tours - This YouTube channel visits zoos around the US.

Observe Wildlife With Free Virtual Field Trips

Africam - Watch animals in the African bush using live webcams.

All About Birds - Observe birds all over the US and world via live webcams.

Explore - View animals around the world with these live webcams.

Nature & National Parks Free Virtual Field Trips

Great Lakes Now - Learn about the Great Lakes of North America with this series of video-based virtual field trips.

Mount Everest - Explore this peak in the Himalayan mountain range through 360-degree photos and informative articles.

The Nature Conservancy - Learn about ecosystems around the world with video-based tours.

The Nature Conservancy of Oklahoma - Explore nature in Oklahoma through videos and photographs.

Son Doong Cave - Explore the world's largest cave with 360-degree images.

The Virtual Rainforest - Learn about the rainforest with this interactive tour that includes informative videos and articles.

Yosemite National Park - Tour this national park located in California through interactive panoramic photographs.

Visit Farms With Free Virtual Field Trips

Eggs in Schools - Take a video-based tour of several egg farms.

Farm Tours - Learn about agriculture through these virtual tours of farms in Canada.

HenCam - Observe chickens on a small backyard farm in Massachusetts.

Purina Farms - Learn about the animals at Purina Farms with this virtual field trip.

History Museums Free Virtual Field Trips

Anne Frank House - Take a 360-degree tour of Anne Frank's home in Amsterdam.

The British Museum - Browse the online galleries of this museum, which is located in London.

Colonial Williamsburg - Take a 3D tour of the world's largest living history museum.

Corrie ten Boom Home - View the home in 360 degrees as the digital guide tells Corrie's story.

Museo Galileo - Virtually tour this museum dedicated to Galileo in Florence, Italy.

National Women's History Museum - Learn about trailblazing women while exploring the museum's virtual exhibits.

Old Sturbridge Village - Learn about life in 1830s New England with this 3D tour.

September 11th Memorial and Museum - Explore the museum with this interactive video-based virtual tour.

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History - Virtually explore many current and past exhibits of this museum located in Washington D.C.

War & Military History Museums Free Virtual Field Trips

Battleship New Jersey - Take a video-based tour of the US's most decorated battleship.

Beyond the Battle Field - Watch a behind-the-scenes video-based field trip of the Museum of the American Revolution.

National Museum of the US Air Force - Take a virtual tour of this museum located in Dayton, Ohio.

The National World War II Museum - Learn about World War II with this series of video-based field trips.

Historical Sites, Landmarks, & Monuments Free Virtual Field Trips

Ellis Island - Visit Ellis Island with this video created by Scholastic.

Historic Philadelphia - Take a picture-based tour of historic sites in Philadelphia, PA. Stops include the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Betsy Ross Hall, and more.

Mount Rushmore - Explore this national memorial located in South Dakota through 360-degree images.

Mount Vernon - Take an interactive and informative tour of George Washington's home in Virginia.

The Statue of Liberty - Learn about the Statue of Liberty through the videos and photographs in this virtual tour.

The White House - Go on a 360-degree tour of the President's home.

Art Museum Free Virtual Field Trips

The Dalí Museum - Take a 360-degree virtual tour of this St. Petersburg, Florida, museum and view online galleries of Salvador Dalí's artwork.

The British Museum - Browse the online galleries of this museum, which is located in London.

Google Arts and Culture - View the art collections of over 500 museums and galleries. Some of the museums also offer full virtual tours.

The Louvre Museum - Explore exhibits at this famous art museum in Paris, France.

MetKids - Explore the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, located in New York City, using an interactive map and videos.

Learn About Space With Free Virtual Field Trips

Boeing Aerospace Tour - Join Boeing on a virtual field trip to the Johnson Space Center.

Callisto: Space Innovation Tour - Explore the Orion Spacecraft with a video-based field trip.

International Space Station - Take a video tour of the space station.

Johnson Space Center - Tour Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, with this series of videos from Boeing and Discovery Education.

Mars - Explore the surface of Mars in a 360-degree view while learning about the planet and space exploration.

NASA Glenn Research Center - Take a look around the facilities with these interactive virtual tours.

Factory & Business Free Virtual Field Trips

Amazon Fulfillment Center - Learn how Amazon fills customers' orders with this online field trip.

Mount Olive Tour - Find out how pickles are made with this video tour.

Taylor Guitars Factory - Watch guitars being made with this video-based factory tour.

Community Helpers & Services Free Virtual Field Trips

Clover Post Office - Visit the Clover Post Office in North Carolina to learn how mail is delivered.

Martin County Sheriff's Department - Join a group of preschoolers for a video-based virtual field trip to the sheriff's office in Martin County, Florida.

Memphis Fire Department - Watch a video tour of the fire department.

Republic Services - See what happens to our trash with virtual field trips to landfills and recycling centers.

Explore the World With Free Virtual Field Trips

AirPano - Visit locations all over the world virtually with 360-degree videos and photographs.

Borneo - Travel to Borneo, the third largest island in the world, and learn about the rainforest with this video.

Holy Land Tour - Virtually visit Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and more.

The Journey of Water - This video explores Columbia's paramo ecosystem and follows water's path to the kitchen sink.

The Most Dangerous Ways to School - Watch children all over the world travel to school with this 13-episode documentary series.

Rick Steves' Europe - Visit and learn about Europe with this YouTube channel.

Vatican Museums - Virtually tour numerous museums, chapels, and galleries.

World of Wonder Travel - Take virtual trips around the US and the world. The website includes a free printable passport and stamps to track field trips.

360 Cities - This website provides interactive 360-degree videos and images of locations around the world.

Miscellaneous Free Virtual Field Trips

National Geographic Education - This YouTube playlist includes virtual field trips to various locations.

Discovery Education - Discover Education offers a wide variety of virtual field trips.

Google Earth - "Fly" anywhere in the world in seconds, explore hundreds of cities in 3D, take guided tours, and create your own maps and stories.

Google Maps Street View - Type in any address, select street view, and explore the area. Not only can you take a virtual trip down the streets, but you can also "step" into many museums, landmarks, and other attractions. Here are some I've found.

Free Printable Field Trip Journal & Log

Our 20 Ways to Save on Field Trips post includes a free printable field trip journal and log. This printable works well for both in-person and virtual field trips.

Other Resources You May Enjoy
Free History Unit Studies and Lesson Plans Free Science Unit Studies and Lesson Plans Homeschool History with YouTube Homeschool Science with YouTube
Free Curriculum for All Subjects and Every Grade - Simply choose a subject from the menu on the main page to get started.
Note: This post was originally published on March 16, 2020 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.

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Online academic resource JSTOR has announced it is making its database accessible to the public, amid the widespread closure of universities across the world due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The database, frequently used by university students for research and essay work, announced on Twitter today that it has made over 6,000 ebooks and over 150 journals accessible without the need for an online login.

Previously, students needed a university login to access these resources.

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This is the first time that the database has been openly accessible to non-subscribers.

The database is also working to expand on the amount of free content available online to students accessing the database through their subscribed universities.

In a statement on its website, JSTOR said that it has "an expanded set of content that is available to institutions where students have been displaced due to COVID-19 through June 30, 2020".

"We are working with publishers to make more than 20,000 books available at no charge for JSTOR participating academic institutions and secondary schools that do not participate in our books program", the statement said. "The number of books available through this effort is growing daily as more publishers opt in."

Universities that previously only had access to some areas of JSTOR will also have unlimited access to the complete archives, at no extra cost.

Cambridge and Oxford have opened the archives of their university presses - which also house online databases - to public access until the end of May, meaning students can access over 700 online textbooks for free.

The news comes following the closure of Trinity's libraries last week following the outbreak of COVID-19.

On Monday, an email sent to all staff and students stated that all residents must leave Trinity's accommodation - including campus, Halls, Binary Hub and Kavanagh Court - by 8pm on Tuesday, or if the resident is an international student by 5pm yesterday.

After widespread uproar from students, Trinity rowed back on several of its instructions, widening the criteria and changing its instruction to residents of Binary Hub and Kavanagh Court - privately owned complexes linked to the College - to "strong advice" to leave.

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The 8 Ivy League schools are among the most prestigious colleges in the world. They include Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia universities, and the University of Pennsylvania.

All eight schools place in the top fifteen of the U.S. News and World Report national university rankings.

These Ivy League schools are also highly selective and extremely hard to get into. But the good news is that all these universities now offer free online courses across multiple online course platforms.

So far, they've created over 500 courses, of which around 450 are still active. Class Central has made a collection of all these, which you can explore below. I've split these courses into the following categories:

Computer Science

Data Science

Programming

Humanities

Business

Art & Design

Science

Social Sciences

Health & Medicine

Engineering

Mathematics

Education & Teaching

and Personal Development

I've also assembled these courses on Class Central's collection page for Ivy League MOOCs. This collection gets updated automatically as new courses are added. You can subscribe to receive updates by clicking the blue "follow" button there.

Note that some of the Coursera courses are a bit harder to access, so I wrote this guide to show you how. And if you are new to online learning, check out these 30 actionable tips to stay focused.

For a more in-depth overview of Data Science courses read this series:

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