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  • Coronavirus: 11 tips for using Google Classroom (TES)

    Many of the international schools that have closed already due to Coronavirus have opted to use Google Classroom to teach remotely. Here they give their top tips.

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  • Resources teachers can use today (Google)

    Explore resources and tools created by Google to inspire creativity, encourage hands-on learning, and equip your students with digital skills.

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  • Google Arts & Culture

    Bringing the world’s art and culture online for everyone. Google Arts & Culture is a non-profit initiative working with cultural institutions and artists around the world. The mission is to preserve and bring the world’s art and culture online so it’s accessible to anyone, anywhere.

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  • 12 World-Class Museums You Can Visit Online

    While it’s hard to beat the experience of seeing a seminal piece of fine art or important historical artifact with your own two eyes, you could easily spend a lifetime traveling the world in search of all of them. Fortunately, the digital age has made it possible—easy, even—to visit some of the world’s most famous museums from the comfort of your own home. Here are a dozen of them.

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  • The Reading Agency - Covid-19 Toolkit to Stay Connected

    The Reading Agency is a national charity in the UK that tackles life's big challenges through the
    proven power of reading. Working with partners, their aim is to make reading accessible to everyone. They created this toolkit to share resources and ideas that will help us all stay connected.

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  • LETTURE PER UN FUTURO PROSSIMO (Forum del Libro)

    Centinaia di proposte di lettura (tutte gratuite) raccolte dal Forum del libro all’interno del progetto “Futuro Prossimo” di Save the Children, di cui il Forum è partner nazionale.

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  • ATandMe: Read, learn and share how assistive technology can help

    Using technology to support people with disabilities, their families and those who support them during the Covid 19 pandemic

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  • Free access to Clicker@home for schools closed by the coronavirus outbreak

    Many children do not have access to educational software at home, and this will be particularly vital for learners who need additional reading and writing support when at school.
    Therefore Clicker providing free access for pupils and teachers of any school that is affected by coronavirus closures. "Clicker is the complete writing solution for the elementary classroom, providing every student with just the right level of support and challenge."

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  • UNESCO-curated list of educational applications, platforms and resources

    A UNESCO-curated list of educational applications, platforms and resources with the aim to help parents, teachers, schools and school administrators facilitate student learning and provide social care and interaction during periods of school closure.

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  • TedTalk on the benefits of reading

    What’s the Use of Reading? Literature and Empathy. Beth Ann Fennelly uses her two decades of experience in the classroom with new studies from the emerging field of literary neuroscience to prove that reading literature makes us more empathetic.

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  • 10 Benefits of Reading: Why You Should Read Every Day

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  • How to Motivate Students to Love Reading

    "As teachers, we are always looking for ways to learn how to motivate students to love reading. We all know the rewards of reading are immense; aside from enhancing our communication skills, it also helps reduce stress. Nevertheless, many children still cringe at the thought of reading. How can we change that?"

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  • Resources and strategies for helping children who struggle with reading

    A variety of resources and strategies for helping children who struggle with reading, from Reading Rockets

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  • Εθνικό Θέατρο - Παιδικές Παραστάσεις online

    Παραστάσεις από το Ελληνικό Εθνικό Θέατρο. Το Ελληνικό Εθνικό Θέατρο παρουσιάζει κλασικές θεατρικές παραστάσεις για παιδιά.

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  • Ο Mικρός Πρίγκιπας - audio book

    Το κλασικό βιβλίο «Ο μικρός πρίγκιπας». Τα παιδιά έχουν την επιλογή να ακούσουν την ιστορία ή να διαβάσουν το βιβλίο.

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  • Μικρός Αναγνώστης

    Διάφορες δραστηριότητες σχετικά με μια ποικιλία βιβλίων. Διαγωνισμοί, αναγνώσεις, παρουσιάσεις. Τα παιδιά μπορούν επίσης να ακούσουν τα βιβλία (audio books).

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  • Free access to Edpuzzle during Covid-19

    Edpuzzle are offering free access to their pro account during the Covid-19 school closures. "Edpuzzle is an easy-to-use platform allowing you to engage every student, one video at a time."

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  • 12 famous museums which offer virtual tours

    "Google Arts & Culture’s collection includes the British Museum in London, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Guggenheim in New York City, and literally hundreds of more places where you can gain knowledge about art, history, and science. This collection is especially good for students who are looking for ways to stay on top of their studies while schools are closed."

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  • Podcasts to entertain children

    "Fun and interesting podcasts to entertain and educate kids (and parents!). Great screen-free entertainment the whole family can enjoy."

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  • World Digital Library

    The World Digital Library (WDL) is a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, carried out with the support of the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), and in cooperation with libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations from around the world.

    The WDL makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from all countries and cultures.

    The principal objectives of the WDL are to:

    Promote international and intercultural understanding;
    Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet;
    Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences;
    Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries.
    Search 19,147 items about 193 countries between 8000 BCE and 2000

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  • Teach from Home (Google Toolkit)

    A toolkit created by Google "giving teachers and families the tools and tips they need to help keep students learning."

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  • Home learning for primary school children gets a boost with UNODC’s innovative tools

    "Through its Education for Justice initiative (E4J, a component of the Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration), UNODC has developed several tools to help ensure that young children continue receiving a comprehensive education, regardless of the circumstances. What makes UNODC’s products particularly noteworthy is their emphasis on values, on teaching children to think, and on helping them build special empowering skills."

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  • The Great Realisation

    A bedtime story about how the world changed during the Covid-19 pandemic, told from the future.

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  • Lego, learning and laughter: how libraries are thriving in lockdown (Guardian)

    An article from the Guardian newspaper. "UK libraries are at the heart of local communities as eborrowing soars, printers turn out PPE, and staff get creative online."

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  • The 10-week challenge

    A series of weekly challenges created by artists for Manchester Libraries in the UK. "Get creative, try something new, enjoy the good vibes and Express Yourself! Each week there will be a new theme and two new creative challenges to try.
    The 10-week challenge was crafted just for you by a group of Manchester artists and young creatives. Their advice: try every task, make mistakes, be silly, be messy, don’t overthink things, get lost in the moment, and get stuck in!"

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  • Zoom fatigue: how to make video calls less tiring

    An article about how to reduce fatigue when spending a lot of time doing video calls, online teaching, and webinars.

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  • This Is No Time to Read Alone (The New York Times)

    An article about virtual reading groups around the world.

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  • CoronaKids

    "CoronaKids é um site lúdico-pedagógico criado pela editora Ideias com História com o objetivo de te informar sobre esta doença que se está a espalhar pelo mundo, provocada pelo novo coronavírus.
    Vais encontrar novas notícias todos os dias, informações úteis sobre a COVID-19, curiosidades, jogos, vídeos e atividades para desenvolveres neste período em que estás em casa, para que estejas sempre informado, mas de uma forma divertida."

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  • Libraries Lead with Digital' Toolkit and resources

    "Libraries Lead with Digital is a toolkit created by librarians, for librarians, that will include online resources and lesson plans to help people stay safe online, grow their digital skills, and explore coding."

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  • Κυπριακός Σύνδεσμος Παιδικού και Νεανικού Βιβλίου - CyBbY

    Ο Κυπριακός Σύνδεσμος Παιδικού και Νεανικού Βιβλίου είναι ένας μη κερδοσκοπικός οργανισμός που προωθεί την αγάπη για τα βιβλία, προτείνει νέα βιβλία και νέους συγγραφείς, Διοργανώνει διαγωνισμούς για παιδιά που σχετίζονται με την ανάγνωση και συγγραφή πρωτότυπων ιστοριών κ.λπ.

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  • Recursos: Plano Nacional de Leitura 2027

    O Plano Nacional de Leitura assume-se como:
    Promotor da leitura, como competência chave e direito inerente à condição humana e à cidadania;
    , Inclusivo: DE todos, com TODOS e PARA todos.
    • Potenciador de forças e sinergias com múltiplos parceiros e instituições, nacionais e internacionais;
    • Impulsionador do uso do livro e das bibliotecas como fontes de saber e de cultura;
    • Integrador e transversal a múltiplas literacias.

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  • Ανοιχτή Βιβλιοθήκη (Open Library)

    Το Open Library είναι ένας ιστότοπος που προσφέρει δωρεάν χιλιάδες ελληνικά βιβλία - ebooks π.χ. κόμικς, παραμύθια, ελληνική και ξένη λογοτεχνία.

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  • Ελεύθερη Ψηφιακή Βιβλιοθήκη (Free e-Library)

    Η δωρεάν ηλεκτρονική βιβλιοθήκη φιλοξενεί μια μεγάλη ποικιλία βιβλίων (από παλιά κλασικά έως νέες εκδόσεις). Προσφέρει βιβλία διαφόρων ενδιαφερόντων για όλες τις ηλικίες.

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  • Free e books

    Με ένα κλικ μπορείτε να κατεβάσετε χιλιάδες δωρεάν βιβλία οργανωμένα σε κατηγορίες. Όλα τα βιβλία στη σελίδα έχουν καταχωρηθεί με την άδεια του συγγραφέα.

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  • Εκδοτικός οίκος «Μεταίχμιο»- Audio Books

    Ο εκδοτικός οίκος "Μεταίχμιο" μέσω του soundcloud σάς δίνει την ευκαιρία να ακούσετε ηχητικά βιβλία και συγκεκριμένα μπορείτε να ακούσετε τους ίδιους τους συγγραφείς των βιβλίων.

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  • Ηλεκτρονικό Αναγνωστήριο της Εθνικής Βιβλιοθήκης της Ελλάδος (The Electronic Reading Room of Greece)

    Το Ηλεκτρονικό Αναγνωστήριο είναι μια υπηρεσία της Εθνικής Βιβλιοθήκης της Ελλάδας και στοχεύει στην προώθηση της ηλεκτρονικής ανάγνωσης και στην εξοικείωση των δημόσιων ηλεκτρονικών βιβλίων ανάγνωσης.

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  • My e-Books

    Αυτός ο ιστότοπος παρέχει την ευκαιρία στους αναγνώστες να επιλέξουν το βιβλίο της επιλογής τους και να το διαβάσουν δωρεάν στο διαδίκτυο.

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  • This is us

    "This is us" είναι μια ενδιαφέρουσα ιστοσελίδα που δημιουργήθηκε από μια ομάδα γονέων και απευθύνεται σε γονείς και παιδιά. Προσφέρει μια μεγάλη ποικιλία από ακουστικά βιβλία και δραστηριότητες που σχετίζονται με τα βιβλία.

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  • Project Gutenberg

    Project Gutenberg offers completely free 42,000 ebooks, which you can read online and download to your computer. If it is difficult for you to decide which book to read the website also offers a smaller selection of the best 100 books (translated in 50 languages)

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  • Biblioteca virtuală Humanitas

    Biblioteca virtuală găzduiește o selecție excelentă de cărți pentru vârste și interese diferite.

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  • digitaledu

    Resurse educaționale pentru profesori și elevi pentru a sprijini învățarea la distanță, folosind instrumente digitale.

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  • MyBook

    Biblioteca virtuală gratuită: conține o categorie mare de cărți pentru diferite vârste și interese.

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  • SCOALAPENET

    Cum ne adaptăm la predarea online? Cum ne poate ajuta tehnologia, acolo unde există și cum influențează procesul de învățare? Platforma conține articole, resurse, webinarii, forum de discuții și schimb de idei.

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  • tikabo: Comunitatea parintilor intelepti

    Comunitatea părinților înțelepți: instrumente pentru dezvoltarea inteligenței emoționale, gândirii pozitive, inteligenței sociale, încrederii în sine, educației financiare, gândirii antreprenoriale, competențelor de organizare, leadership și diverse tehnici de învățare; platforma conține cărți, jocuri, instrumente, povești, jucării utile pentru învățarea acasă, împreună cu părinții.

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  • Learning Revolution

    Mini conferences about Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning. A daily online education conference and an opportunity to showcase research, work, and/or thinking on teaching and learning in the 21st-Century.

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  • Centre National du Livre: Partir en Livre 2020

    Une offre numérique pour tous les Français autour du livre et de la lecture par le Centre National du Livre. Le site de Partir en Livre propose des contenusvariés à la disposition du grand public comme des professionnels du livre et de la lecture : notamment, de nombreuses fiches d’animation, originales et ludiques, des conseils de lecture, une sélection des initiatives des acteurs du livre jeunesse, une carte des librairies jeunesse en France.

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  • Irish Language Books Board:  TechSpace Online Network

    Online Cultural Resources from the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht of Ireland.
    An online area where download resources, guides, programmes and access to the TechSpace of many Educators and see if there are any inspiring projects.

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  • Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional (MEFP) en colaboración con Radio Televisión Española (RTVE): Aprendo en casa

    El portal tiene como objetivo canalizar recursos, herramientas y aplicaciones educativas de calidad a disposición del profesorado, de las familias y del propio alumnado. Encontrarás enlaces a materiales elaborados y puestos en marcha por las comunidades autónomas, entidades privadas y otros agentes a los que agradecemos su cooperación.

  • Scuola 2020. Rai Cultura per le scuole italiane. SPECIALE Scuola@casa + Scuola@Casa News

    Elenco delle risorse utili come strumenti di supporto alla didattica, allo studio e alla ricerca che Rai Cultura mette a disposizione, catalogate per materia, dei docenti e degli studenti italiani. Introduzione alla didattica online.
    Scuola@Casa News
    Da Rai Scuola un notiziario quotidiano sul mondo
    della scuola nell'emergenza Coronavirus.

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  • Accessible Education Resources

    A list of free or low-cost assistive technology apps/software and studying resources, compiled by University of Massachusetts Global.

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