Articles
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COVID-19 Diaries: Tech Tools for Distance Learning
April 6, 2020Technology integration specialist Jennifer Reaves (WV ’18) shares the strategies and tools helping her team at Morgantown’s Mylan Park Elementary tackle distance education.
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COVID19 Diaries: Tackling the Distance Learning Curve in Ohio
April 3, 2020When COVID-19 closed Columbus City Schools, transformation coach Dr. Tiffany Tynes Curry (OH ’16) knew there would be a learning curve for teachers new to online instruction. She didn’t realize some district educators didn’t even have Internet access at home.
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COVID-19 Diaries: A Teacher's Tips for Parents
April 2, 2020Like many educators, Becky Streff (NE ’18) is teaching two sets of students from her home right now: her fifth-graders at North Bend Central Elementary School via distance learning, and her own four children. Every parent will want to read her masterful tips for making at-home schooling fun.
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COVID-19 Diaries: A New Kind of Learning
April 1, 2020Amy Braswell (AR '02) wants educators to look for hope and opportunity in the current pandemic: "Dream big and never lose sight of the fact that this too shall pass."
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COVID-19 Diaries: Explaining Coronavirus to Kids
March 31, 2020Videos from around the world explain the COVID-19 pandemic in terms even the youngest children can understand.
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COVID-19 Diaries: Maine Students Remind Everyone to #ProtectNana
March 30, 2020With help from technology teacher Adam Parvanta (ME '19), students created a public service announcement to reinforce the need for social distancing—working virtually, of course.
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COVID-19 Diaries: The Science of Hand Washing
March 27, 2020Join science educator Rick Crosslin (IN '98) for fascinating experiments straight from his home lab.
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COVID-19 Diaries: Planning Makes It Work
March 26, 2020Dr. Jayda Pugliese (PA '16), the principal of St. Mary Interparochial School in Philadelphia, started planning for remote instruction with her staff just ahead of Pennsylvania’s statewide school closures. Students are learning, teachers are adjusting, and Zoom-based “clubs” provide a daily dose of fun.
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COVID-19 Diaries: Good Morning, Rocky Ridge!
March 25, 2020Principal Dr. Dilhani Uswatte (AL '09) finds a unique way to connect with students when coronavirus closes her school.
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How to Talk to Kids About COVID-19
March 24, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic is an understandably scary topic for kids. We asked Los Angeles psychologist Dr. Nina Tepper how adults can help.