8 Stories Tagged "community"

quote from Fred Rogers: "if it's mentionable, it's manageable"

LiveTogether – LearnTogether. In a Pandemic.

Learning is about connections  and community as much as anything.  In late March as we were all making the “pivot”, a couple of faculty floated an idea: Could we…

Eagle 2 Eagle Facebook Group

On March 28, 2020 Houston Community College Director of Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ravi Brahmbhatt, created a Facebook group, called Eagle 2 Eagle. The group was modeled after…

Photo of Pablo, Ken and Miguel at an #educoffee session.

Creating the Staffroom with #EduCoffee

Back in March 2020 when we at Tec De Monterrey were sent to work from home I thought it would be a nice idea to have virtual coffees…

PhET Interactive Simulations

Remote Learning with PhET Simulations (New Features Available)

Remote Learning with PhET Simulations We are excited to announce several new features to support our teacher community in these unprecedented times. Find and share PhET lessons, now…

Student Narration of Winning Open Textbook Now Available.

A beta version of a year-long audio OER project is now available.  SUNY Geneseo communications professor Lee Pierce gave her students an assignment to record audio of themselves…

Student Using Chromebook

Laptop Loan Program Launched As Instruction Goes Online

Bakerfield College conducted a survey last month to determine the technology needs of their students.  Finding that 10% of students do not have adequate off-campus internet access and…

PCC COVID-10 impacts

Foundation Commits $750K to Support Students’ Urgent Needs

The Portland Community College (PCC) Foundation Board announced this week that it is providing emergency funding to assist struggling PCC students. Excerpt below from full article by PCC…

Thank you to Raritan Valley College

New Jersey College Produces PPE Masks for Local Hospitals

New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy recognizes Raritan Valley Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering Programs along with the Arts & Design Department for producing 3-D printed face-shields for…