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Wake County woman virtually teaches students around globe quarantined during coronavirus spread
As COVID-19 continues to spread, one Wake County woman is virtually teaching quarantined students all over the world.
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How to Use Zoom for Online Learning - Zoom Blog
Zoom has a wealth of experience helping educational institutions optimize the Zoom platform for virtual classrooms and online learning. Learn more...
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“I think that it’s important for us to keep the panic away.”
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Outschool is a San Francisco-based startup that offers live, online classes by videoconference for homeschoolers or students that would like extra help. The company is helping schools prepare for possible shut downs, due to the coronavirus, by offering free teacher trainings. Amir Nathoo, CEO of Out…
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Startups with Sanaz: Outschool
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Bay Area is increasing. In an effort to further prevent the spread of the virus, a number of Bay Area schools have already closed down, and many others are preparing to close. On this edition of Startups with Sanaz... we’re learning more about a compa…
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Amid coronavirus fears, the CDC told schools to plan for remote learning. That’s harder than it sounds.
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Schools moving online to fight coronavirus fall into digital divide
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Students Are Petitioning for School Closures Because of Coronavirus
If you have a child in school right now, you may have received a number of letters sent home about precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, a.k.a. the coronavirus. Keep your kids home if they’re sick. Sing “Happy Birthday” when washing your hands, and so on. What most of t…
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Students Are Petitioning for School Closures Because of Coronavirus — But Will It Help?
If you have a child in school right now, you may have received a number of letters sent home about precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, a.k.a. the coronavirus. Keep your kids home if they’re sick. Sing “Happy Birthday” when washing your hands, and so on. What
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Balancing potential public health benefits against the cost of keeping parents away from work.
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How can edtech help us weather school closures?
My level of anxiety has risen steadily as the coronavirus crisis has unfolded in China, around the world, and now in my local community. I worry about my 87-year-old father who struggles fighting a…
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Coronavirus is poised to inflame inequality in schools
Unequal internet access is just the tip of the iceberg as most schools are completely unprepared virtual learning and coronavirus.
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Coronavirus May Lead to “Mass Homeschooling” | Kerry McDonald
An article this week in The Wall Street Journal declares that “coronavirus prompts a whole city to try home schooling.”
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