The Springpoint team is thinking of our partners and friends during this challenging time for schools, districts, educators, students, and parents. At Springpoint, we have been working with our partners to both provide support and learn from them during this time of great change and significant disruption caused by the novel coronavirus.
Educators across the country are moving quickly to continue serving students, to maintain and deepen relationships and community connections, and to keep on providing robust learning experiences to the extent possible. We are inspired by these educators who have been rapidly responding and adapting.
During this time, we are thinking deeply about how student-centered, rigorous and relevant teaching and learning can translate into the digital space. We plan to release practical guidance and materials soon but, given how quickly things have moved these past few days, we have collected a few resources that educators can reference in the interim as we all learn together. Here is a brief list of the online, free resources and articles that we have been reading and exploring.
- BetterLesson: Guide to Starting with Distance Learning
- Facing History and Ourselves: Taking School Online With a Student-Centered Approach
- QM Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist
- Education Elements: Webinars, Coffee Chats, Office Hours, and Resources
Free tools
Useful Roundups
- NewSchools School Closure Resources – Public
- Elana Feinberg’s List of COVID-19 Simple Resources
- Transcend’s School Closure Resource Hub
- Emerson Collective: Resources for Remote Learning
- Building 21: Online Resources
- NGLC: School Closures: Practitioner Resources for Teaching & Learning
- Somerville Public Schools: Home Learning Resources