LCSC’s Education Services understands that school cancellations and postponements due to the COVID-19 Pandemic pose unique and difficult obstacles when it comes to schooling. In an effort to assist with these obstacles, the Education Services Department has compiled a list of educational distance learning resources for anyone in need. Here you will find important documents pertaining to distance learning, resources for educators, staff, students, parents and families from emotional support during the pandemic, to online quizzes and platforms for students to utilize.

Important Documents

• MDE School Guidance
• School Responses to COVID 19 - EL/Immigrant Considerations

Distance Learning

• How to Overcome Technical Challenges While Studying from Home
• MNCoE Distance Learning Share Site
• Distance Learning Best Practices
• Distance Learning Modes of Delivery
• Distance Learning Benefits and Key Findings
• Constructivist Approach in Distance Learning
• Roles of Student and Teacher
• Conducting Distance Learning Effectively - Teacher and Student
• 6 Pillars of Distance Learning
• District Template Guide for Distance Learning
• Distance Learning Plan Template

Special Education

• Special Education Resources
• COVID19 and Education of Students with Disabilities

Resources for Educators & Parents

• National Park Virtual Tours:
  • Acadia National Park
  • Arches National Park
  • Badlands National Park
  • Big Bend National Park
  • Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
  • Bruce Canyon National Park
  • Canyonlands National Park
  • Channel Islands National Park
  • Cuyahoga Valley National Park
  • Death Valley National Park
  • Denali National Park
  • Dry Tortugas National Park
  • Everglades National Park
  • Glacier National Park
  • Grand Canyon National Park
  • Grand Teton National Park
  • Great Smoky Mountain National Park
  • Guadalupe Mountains National Park
  • Joshua Tree National Park
  • Mesa Verde National Park
  • Mount Rainier National Park
  • Olympic National Park
  • Redwood National and State Parks
  • Rocky Mountain National Park
  • Sequoia National Park
  • Shenandoah National Park
  • Virgin Islands National Park
  • Wind Cave National Park
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • Yosemite National Park
  • Zion National Park

• Online Exhibits:
  • Girl Museum: Online Exhibits
  • Virtual Migration Museum: Interactive Online Experience / App
  • JFK Library: “Moonshot” App and Online Interactive
  • Virtual Museum of Canada: Virtual Exhibits and Cultural Content
  • Virtual Tour List
  • Museum of Ontario Archaeology: “History of Ste. Marie II” Online Exhibit
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium: Animal Live Cams
  • Canadian Museum of History: Online Exhibitions
  • Remembering Lincoln, Ford’s Theatre: Interactive online exhibit
  • M Woods, Beijing, China: Experimental Online Exhibition
  • Second Canvas Apps: 30 Museum Apps (Google Sheet)
  • Reina Sofía Museum Radio: Audiovisual resources; an acoustic museum experience
  • Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum
  • National Museum of the U.S. Navy
  • National Women’s History Museum

• Free Reading Websites:
  • Read to Me International - Tips on how to read to children with recommended reading lists by topic 
  • Reading Tip Sheets for Parents - available in 13 languages
  • Starfall 
  • International Children’s Digital Library - Free access to ebooks in multiple languages
  • ABCya - Reading and Math games for children in PreK-Grade 6
  • ABCMouse.com
  • Unite for Literacy - Free eBooks that are read in multiple languages
  • Oxford Owl - Free eBook library for children ages 3-11

• Math Resources:
  • IXL - Free classroom accounts can be set up
  • Khan Academy - Free math support 

• Other Content Areas:
  • Fire Safety Resources 
  • Academic Standards COVID-19 Resources
  • NewsELA - Content Area
  • BrainPop - Available free
  • Discovery Education - Free - math, science, social studies and SEL
  • Virtual Field Trips
  • Virtual National Park Tours
  • PBS Learning Media - free videos, interactives, lesson plans
  • MobyMax - free internet learning software

• Online Quizzes:
  • Quizizz 
  • Google Forms - How teachers can use Forms to create online quizzes
  • Socrative.com

• Online Platforms:
  • Google Classroom
  • Seesaw - Remote Learning with SeeSaw guide
  • Remote Learning with Flipgrid - Short, video based discussions on classroom topics
  • Screencastify.com - create short video lessons using this screen video recorder.  Works as a Google Chrome extension
  • Loom - another free video sharing platform
  • Google Hangouts Meet

• Other Resource Links: 
  • MN Library - Gives Minnesota residents access to magazine, journal, newspaper and encyclopedia articles, media, including images, videos, and audio files, and other information resources.
  • eBooks MN - online eBook collection for all Minnesotans
  • Building Relationships with Online Students - This was developed for college students, but there are connections to be made
  • 105 Tools for Distance Learning and Strategies for Student Engagement
  • How to survive your hurried switch to online delivery webinar.
  • Resources & Tips for Remote Education During School Closures
  • Instructional Management, Structures, and Routines - Resource HUB
  • Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions
  • Free Educational Resources for Distance Learning
  • Scholastic Learn at Home
  • Resources for Schools and Families
  • Virtual Field Trips
  • More Virtual Field Trips
  • Scholastic Learn at Home
  • How to Find the Best Internet for Online Teaching

Guidance for Working with Multilingual Learners

• Online Resources for teaching EL Students
• English Learner Family Engagement during the Coronavirus
• Colorin' Colorado
• ASL and English Resources: Talking to Kids about Coronavirus

Mental Health Support

• Students: 
  • SEL Resources During Covid-19
  • Resisting the Pandemic of Prejudice
  • The Trevor Project
  • Crisis Text Line
  • Speaking Up Against Racism and the Coronavirus
  • Teaching Through Coronavirus
  • Kid Friendly Resources About Coronavirus
• Parents:
  • SEL Resources During Covid-19
  • Alliance for a Healthier Generation Covid-19 Resources
  • Talking to children about Coronavirus Disease 2019 - Updated 5/20
  • Resisting the Pandemic of Prejudice
  • Talking to Children about Covid - 19
  • Resources for Schools and Families
  • Care for Coronavirus Anxiety
  • Speaking Up Against Racism and the Coronavirus
  • Kid Friendly Resources About Coronavirus
  • Teaching Through Coronavirus
  • Lean into SEL
  • SEL and Self-care Resources
  • Resources For Families
  • Extending Social Emotional Learning into the Home
  • 5 Social-Emotional Learning Games to Play With Your Child
  • SEL in Homes & Communities
  • Let's Talk SEL
  • Free Social-Emotional Learning Activities
• Families:
  • Flexibility for Families
  • Resisting the Pandemic of Prejudice
  • Speaking Up Against Racism and the Coronavirus
  • Supporting Families Through Covid - 19
  • Teaching Through Coronavirus
  • Lean into SEL
  • SEL and Self-care Resources
  • Kid Friendly Resources About Coronavirus
  • Resources For Families
  • Resources for Schools and Families
  • Extending Social Emotional Learning into the Home
  • SEL in Homes & Communities
  • Free Social-Emotional Learning Activities
• Staff:
  • SEL Resources During Covid-19
  • Flexibility for Families
  • Care for Coronavirus Anxiety
  • Resisting the Pandemic of Prejudice
  • Teaching Through Coronavirus
  • Speaking Up Against Racism and the Coronavirus
  • Teacher Support
  • Lean into SEL
  • SEL and Self-care Resources
  • Resources for Schools and Families
  • Free Social-Emotional Learning Activities