How Teachers Can Navigate School Closures Due to the Coronavirus
Online Learning Resources
Use these trusted resources to continue to provide meaningful learning experiences for students during school closures. This post will be regularly updated as new resources become available.
PBS LearningMedia is a Pre K-12 FREE online library of trusted, quality, curated resources from PBS and public media stations including KQED. These digital resources include short videos, lessons and interactive games. Start with these collections created to align with PBS educational broadcasting that may be carried by your local station:
Free Training: Valley PBS will be posting additional support and training videos to help teachers get started with these digital resources.
Valley PBS Learn is a free platform for middle and high school students to tackle big issues and build their media literacy and critical thinking skills in a supportive environment. Create an account and assign students current events discussions to participate in with other students from around the country.
The Above the Noise video series cuts through the hype and dives deep into the research behind the issues affecting middle and high school students’ daily lives.
Additional Supports
- 3 Ways to Turn Your Classroom Remote in a Hurry Get tools and resources to set up your classroom for distance learning.
- Misinformation, Data Literacy and the Novel Coronavirus Teach about misinformation, media literacy and data literacy.