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Cover of article in Ideas section titled The Colleges That Took the Pandemic Seriously below text is Many colleges and universities have figured out how to diagnose their populations and control outbreaks—and offer a vision for more normal life until the vaccine is available to all. plus photo of a student walking towards a campus tent structure

The Colleges That Took the Pandemic Seriously

This is an article from January 31, 2021 (The Atlantic gives three free views, but if you get blocked try opening in an incognito browser window). Written by…

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…

Panels of the Pandemic (Making Comics to Stay Sane)

We left school on Friday the 13th of March and never returned to our classroom. My sixth graders reminded me often of the Friday the 13th significance. At…

Uplift and Shine in Exactly 55

Jessica Knott created a padlet open for people to share their stories that can “uplift” readers with the creative twist that each story is exactly 55 words, no…

numb – a short film by liv mcneil

A beautiful student created short film about this time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSkbd6hRkXo Let her describe it. This is just a generalization of the feeling of isolation, not my personal feelings,…

Switching from blended to full-online learning in the Netherlands; a difficult path in secondary education

The closing down of schools in the Netherlands due to the Covid-19 outbreak made teachers rethink how to continue their teaching and students how to continue their learning….

Open as in a (white house) fence

As the pandemic took hold, I found myself even a little more on the sidelines than usual. I watched as folks struggled to make sense of online learning,…

The Phylo Trading Card Game DIY Home School Activity

Mixing the ideas of a card based game with digital media, this series of activity is built on David Ng’s creation The Phylo Trading Card Game that makes…

A Global Outlook to the Interruption of Education due to COVID-19 Pandemic

More than 30 education experts from around the world contributed to this article that provides a comprehensive overview of the education’s global response to the pandemic, drawing from…

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MOOCing: A Means to Mitigate Pandemic-Pain

A couple of days, at the beginning of the COVID break, were really relaxing. But slowly, I felt it as a real challenge to my professionalism. At the…

FotoFika 2020 Covid 19 Teaching Resources

During the March 2020 closure of university art classes, photographer and professor Betsy Schneider posted a call on Facebook titled “Falling Forward” (a copy is available on the…

Online class from Nepal during Covid 19

Hello everybody , It’s me Bibas Thapa from Hetauda, Nepal. Here I am sharing about my online class. On 24th April 2020 , Nepal government declared lockdown.  All…

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