FREE online education resources

A non-exhaustive list that might help those affected by school closures due to coronavirus, compiled by home educators.
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Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org
Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but it's mostly common material.

BBC Learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/
This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

Futurelearn
https://www.futurelearn.com
Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).

Technology in Classroom -

Technology in Education-
Reference and courtesy to Mrs Smriti Shekhawat

Why ?

• Engage
• Understanding of concept
• Improve retention
• Gain mastery of concepts
• Evaluate information critically ( fakes vs facts)
• To prepare them for life beyond school 
• Collaborate with people ( Students exchanges - Skype education)

Some useful websites and software are listed below

1. Immersive reader / word 
1. Onedrive, box, google drive
2. Can use to read the text / highlight adjectives 
2. Annotating PDF
1. Highlight / circle / 
2. Use comment section in Adobe reader
3. Ms word
1. Review - Thresure 
2. Track changes in ms word
3. To create news letter
4. Poster, infographic
4. Sway

Useful websites

Edpuzzle.com

https://edpuzzle.com/ 

https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/3-great-alternatives-to-zaption

https://get.plickers.com/

https://www.tes.com/lessons/dashboard

https://ed.ted.com/

http://www.classtools.net/  ( https://www.classtools.net/SMS/ )

https://quizlet.com/latest  ( First let them read the glossary , then using quizlet you can shows flashcards )

Teaching Websites

This will update soon days 

Teaching interesting Websites

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1jlAgCOxQU&spfreload=5

https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/50-education-technology-tools-every-teacher-should-know-about

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Overview-of-PivotTable-and-PivotChart-reports-00a5bf71-65cb-49f9-b321-85bb7b0b06c2

https://www.go4schools.com/Default.aspx

http://teachingforward.net/

https://twitter.com/jennjudkins

http://www.teachercast.net/2016/04/25/how-can-i-create-a-tedx-event-in-my-school-district/

http://instructionaltechtalk.com/4-ways-teachers-can-integrate-digital-tools-classroom/

https://www.youtube.com/user/teachercast?annotation_id=annotation_4146843349&feature=iv&src_vid=tBrM1ZLXfTA&sub_confirmation=1

http://www.teachercast.net/tclive/

http://www.simonhaughton.co.uk/about-me.html

https://tommullaney.com/2015/04/02/making-lesson-recap-videos-with-screencastify/

https://twitter.com/TeachersGuild?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

http://www.wsj.com/articles/look-mom-im-writing-a-term-paper-on-my-smartphone-1455729046 - mobile phone