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Distance Learning Resources for Teachers

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Distance Learning Resources for Teachers

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Collections by Follett is a new, collaborative way for educators to collect and share resources from anywhere, at any time, and with anyone.

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Teaching Digitally , A FREE Resources Guide To Help Any K-12 Educator 

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Teaching Digitally , A FREE Resources Guide To Help Any K-12 Educator 

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Collection by Destiny of Resources for Students, Families and School Communities During COVID-19

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Collection by Destiny of Resources for Students, Families and School Communities During COVID-19

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Pear Deck was founded by educators on a mission to help teachers create powerful learning moments for every student, every day. With solutions rooted in active learning and formative assessment, we make it easy to connect with learners of all ages and abilities. Here's everything you need to get started with Pear Deck.

What Educators Are Saying

Resources for Getting Started

There are many great ways to learn about Pear Deck! From webinars to how-to article to quick tip videos, our team of educators is here to help. No matter your role, below you'll find some helpful resources to get started.

Webinars

We'll cover the basics of creating and presenting with Pear Deck, best practices for leading discussions and engaging students remotely, and how to use Pear Deck features to facilitate synchronous and asynchronous remote lessons.

Quick Tip Videos

Getting started with any new tool can feel overwhelming, but don't worry! Pear Deck was designed by educators to be simple, fast, and fun to use. Watch these quick-start videos, and you'll be up and running before you know it.

TRANSLATED RESOURCES

As part of our effort to support the global
community of educators, here is our quick
start guide translated in 10 languages.

Common Sense Media 2020
Best Tools for Virtual and Distance Learning

EdTech Digest
Cool Tool Awards Winner 2020

Rise of the Rest
SXSW Winner 2015

Village Capital
EdTech Program Winner 2015

HACK EDU
Start Up of the Year 2014

Silicon Prairie News
Start Up of the Year 2014

Google for Education
Distance Learning Partner

Microsoft for Education
Distance Learning Partner

10 Best Distance Learning Tools for Teachers
HP Tech Takes

Read Theory
'50 Tools for Remote Learning'

TCEA
'Best Remote Learning Tools'

Unesco Global Education Coalition
'Distance Learning Solutions'

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Pear Deck was founded by educators on a mission to help teachers create powerful learning moments for every student, every day. With solutions rooted in active learning and formative assessment, we make it easy to connect with learners of all ages and abilities. Here's everything you need to get started with Pear Deck.

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Distance and Remote Learning Resources from Microsoft

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Distance and Remote Learning Resources from Microsoft

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As schools around the world respond to COVID-19, the need for remote learning tools has never been more urgent. To make the transition to distance learning easier, we've created resources, training and how-to guides that we hope will help schools, educators, students, and their families as they navigate their "new normal."

No matter where you are on your remote learning journey, find tools, training, and tips to help you meet your goals.

Guide to virtual graduations

Microsoft is committed to helping students, educators, and families safely celebrate the culmination of the academic year. We've put together a handful of resources to help with virtual graduations. Read about successfully organized virtual celebrations, learn how to host a ceremony in Minecraft, and more.

Drive a fast transition

Find the strategies, resources, and technology to quickly create online classrooms that help students, teachers, and faculty find new ways to connect and learn.

Build confidence on any device

Bring together face-to-face connections, assignments, and conversations in a single hub that's free for schools and universities.

Keep students engaged

Get free tools you need to keep students energized, engaged, and on the path to learning and growing.

Microsoft Education products help ensure that students stay engaged and learning stays on track.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a digital hub that brings conversations, content, assignments, and apps together in one place, letting teachers create vibrant learning environments. Build collaborative classrooms, connect in professional learning communities, and connect with colleagues-all from a single experience, and free to educators and students. Discover more about Microsoft Teams .

Windows 10 devices starting at $219

With affordable and secure devices, powerful tools for education, and free professional development opportunities, Microsoft is here to support your educators in creating inclusive online environments that help every student to learn anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

Q: How is Microsoft helping educators quickly get set up for remote learning with Microsoft Teams and Office 365?

Microsoft is committed to providing guidance and resources for educators, administrators, and caregivers whose children who are shifting to online learning. Check out the latest resources and guidance, including professional development resources, IT support, and tools to promote student health and engagement.

Q: What are the resources available for parents and caregivers as schools move to remote learning?

Continuing to drive student engagement and focused learning can be a challenge, especially for those moving to remote learning for the first time. Educators and caregivers need support to help make this work. To help parents and guardians support their children, we have created a Remote Learning Guide for students and parents. We're continuing to build additional resources, which will be available in the coming days.

Q: If my school is new to Microsoft for Education, what do you recommend?

We encourage schools to use the completely free Office 365 A1 offer which provides a customized hub for class teamwork with Microsoft Teams that includes video meetings, online versions of the Office 365 apps, as well as compliance tools and information protection.

Q: Which tools are most useful for remote learning?

There are a number of cloud-based applications in Office365 Education that are great for remote learners.

One of the most valuable collaboration tools we offer for classrooms is . In Microsoft Teams, teachers can connect with one another in online PLCs (professional learning communities) and they can connect with students-distributing and grading assignments, chatting with students to offer support as needed, and conducting video calls to ensure students still have valuable face time with their peers and instructors while out of the classroom.

is also a great tool for remote learning, offering students the ability to record work in an online notebook, even when they are offline.

And in , students can have conversations about curriculum and share their voice via short videos online.

Windows 10 devices enable a virtual classroom for all students - wherever they are.

Q: Can parents use their own Office accounts for online learning if the school isn't using O365 Education?

Schools and students are all eligible for free Office365 with an EDU email address and can sign up here. If a school is already licensed for Office365, the school officials should send parents the correct log in information for their child to access the necessary tools for online learning. The Microsoft EDU team has also created a guide for parents on the Remote Learning page on Microsoft.com.

Q: How can school districts get help to quickly transition to online learning if needed?

Resources to help schools looking to quickly move to online learning:

Sign up information to .

A that walks schools through best practices on Microsoft Teams, a digital hub for classroom coordination.

A on remote learning tools to support their children's online learning.

A for Office365.

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Distance & Remote Learning | Microsoft Education

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As schools around the world respond to COVID-19, the need for remote learning tools has never been more urgent. To make the transition to distance learning easier, we've created resources, training and how-to guides that we hope will help schools, educators, students, and their families as they navigate their "new normal."

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Online learning, generally understood to mean learning experiences provided over a digital network, can be self-directed or instructor-led, and can be synchronous (live interactions) or asynchronous (elapsed interactions).

But not all online learning is created equal.

Providing learning opportunities for students through a remote and digital environment is best implemented using a variety of elements, including:

Learning environments that allow for rich educator and student collaboration and communication, that may also include collaboration with subject matter experts, instructional support personnel and peers.

Digital learning content and interactive learning experiences that engage students in reaching specific learning goals.

The use of data and information to personalize learning and/or provide targeted instruction.

A wide variety of computer-based formative and summative assessments.

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Recent Templates

Looking for how to videos and tutorials?

Are you too a #SlidesManiac?

Shout out to SlidesMania for creating so many unique and fun templates! I especially love the virtual notebooks!

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SlidesMania | Free Google Slides themes and PowerPoint templates.

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The best 100% free Google Slides themes and pptx templates. Your PowerPoint and Google Slides will never be the same. No registration or download limits!

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SLJ COVID-19 Publisher Information Directory

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SLJ COVID-19 Publisher Information Directory

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Online Learning Resources from Edutopia 

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Online Learning Resources from Edutopia 

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Whether exploring entirely virtual classrooms and schools or ways to expand learning beyond the walls of your building, the resources are out there. Cyberspace is the place!

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Future Ready Librarian® Webinar...Creating Return To Learn Plans For Your Library

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Future Ready Librarian® Webinar...Creating Return To Learn Plans For Your Library

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TICAL and Santa Cruz County Office of Ed

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In response to school closures due to the pandemic, members of the TICAL project, funded through the Santa Cruz County Office of Education, are gathering resources school leaders can use as they address immediate concerns and plan for the 2020-21 school year.