Screencastify is offering an upgrade to their accounts right now. They only allow 5 minutes of recording per video for free accounts. If you want unlimited recording length and other useful features for the next year, just logon, click activate license, use the coupon code CAST_COVID, and don’t worry about the next billing date because no credit card needed. If you are having students create videos for class, you might also be interested in being a beta tester for their Submit tool. The New York Times is offering full electronic access to the paper for all high school teachers and students through July 6th. Send Eric an email if you want to be included on a list for our school.
You and your students can access ebooks and eAudiobooks from across the district. Directions are on our school’s LMC website. Local libraries and some websites like the Internet Archive’s Universal School Library (not accessible with a student account) and Open Library are also great places to look for downloadable books. Please ask your LMC Director if you have any questions.
Educating All Learners is a new website to share guidance and resources for supporting special education students during the COVID 19 epidemic (and beyond). ASCD has a free online only issue of Educational Leadership called A New Reality: Getting Remote Learning Right available for download. We shared a doc with a curated list of free resources a few weeks ago. We will continue to add to and refine it over the next few weeks, so please check back.
If there is anything else you need, please send Carrie or Eric an email. We like answering questions and helping people; we even majored in those things in grad school!
Note: Past issues of this newsletter are available online if you want to explore other resources we have shared in the past.