Distance Teaching (Coronavirus)

I know a lot of my colleagues around the world are currently displaced and many are in charge of distance teaching, because of the Coronavirus. I thought I'd put together some useful resources to help you.
the following is a quick video, where I cover 15 resources in 15 minutes! These are just a quick snapshot into what the resources do and how they can help. If you want to use one, but can't figure it out, let me know and I will send you a tutorial!

The resources:

• EdX - Free online courses from many top universities and other institutions, including Harvard, MIT, Amnesty International and the Smithsonian Institute. Suited for older students or teacher PD. Most are free, but you can pay money for a certificate.
• Udemy - Also many online courses - I tend to use this myself with practical courses, including EV3, Photoshop, Procreate and Illustrator. Use the filter to find all the free courses!
• ClassCraft - Although it is really a classroom management tool, the Quests allow for self-paced student learning. I set these as optional adventures, instead of setting homework, and students really like them,. ClassCraft just introduced a Kudos feature, where students can give positive shout outs to their classmates. Here is my post about ClassCraft.
• BrainPop - If your school has a BrainPop account, you can actually log into 'My BrainPop' where you set up your individual account, and add your classes. Here you can assign videos, as well as games and other activities. Many people think BrainPop is just for videos, but it is much more than that. Read about My BrainPop here.
• TED Ed - This is more than just Ted Talks - most of the content on this site are short animations. What's great about this site, is that along with each course are questions (open and multiple choice), further resources and a discussion board. You can log into TED Ed for free, and assign students work and follow their progress from your teacher dashboard.
• IORAD - with Iorad you create a normal screen recording, then Iorad allows you to make in interactive, by getting the viewer to click/type along. You actually don't have to insert these manually either, as it records your movement/activities as you make the video. I just made an example for Twine (you can see it here), and I had to delete some steps, instead of adding. I just learnt about this yesterday and tried it today.
• The Day - Great articles for school students. Under every article there are activities, discussion points and further resources. The Day also has articles in Polish, Italian, German, French and Spanish. If you don't have a paid account, be carefully when you click, as you can only view three articles a month. However, you can save the articles and activities to a PDF to use later. 
• Comment Bubble. With this website you upload a video, then assign buttons for students to click. You could assign them in a scale from 'hate' to 'love' or it could be five things to look out for, for example 'similes' and 'alliteration'. You can see the responses along the right hand side, and it also makes a graph below, which allows for easy discussion. Here is one I made many years ago about robots!
• Insert Learning and Actively Learning are both very similar tools, which allow you to import an article, then add in interactive comments, such as questions, discussions and even add extra text and videos. I used Insert Learning to make a few activities recently, including this one about the new Tesla truck. 
• Quizlet - Is not just for language learning (though we are all language teachers...amirite? ). With this website you add words and their definitions (for example, I did one on the MYP Design Command Terms, and another on basic HTML). You just insert this information once, then when the students use it, they can revise through a wide range of different games. You can also do live games in your class when you are reunited!
• Khan Academy - Khan Academy is not just for math! There are many courses on here, which are usually quite interactive. I've used both the into to HTML and intro to Javascript before, and students have enjoyed them. I can follow along, see student progress and also easily do the activities myself too! They work with a range of partners, so you can do activities created by The British Museum, Pixar, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NASA, Asian Art Museum, MIT+K12 and more!
• Manga High and Prodigy Math are both math games my Grade 6s tested during their educational gaming unit. Both allow you to assign topics and track student progress. Both have free and paid versions. I think Prodigy Math was slightly more popular in my class, mainly as they can play with their classmates!
• Schools.Duolingo - Many teachers know about Duolingo, but don't always realise there is a school version. Here you can create a class and can assign student progress (levels and time spent). I almost want to many a German one, and add new/newish teachers from my school, so we can get a bit of a competition going!
• FlipGrid - Flip Grid is great and last year, they announced that all their content/tools would be free! Here you can ask a question (a video of yourself is best), then students reply with a video too! Then they can watch each others videos. This is a great tool for staying in touch with your students. 

If you have any questions or suggested tools - comment below!