Free Resources to Help with Remote Learning in 2022
UPchieve is providing free tutoring and counseling to students. The nonprofit's service works on any device; students choose the subject they need help with, and UPchieve matches them with a volunteer tutor in a virtual classroom. Students can get as many free sessions as they want. https://upchieve.org/
Upverter Education provides free, interactive curriculum and teaching resources for helping students learn the basics of electronics design. Registration required. https://education.upverter.com/
VEED is an online screen recorder with several recording options (screen plus webcam, webcam only, screen only, etc.). A free version offers 10 minutes of recording time and a maximum file size of 250 MB; paid plans start at $12 per month for longer videos and expanded features. https://www.veed.io/tools/screen-recorder
Vernier is providing instructors with access to a library of hundreds of experiments and sample data. https://www.vernier.com/remote-learning/
VEX Robotics offers VEXcode Virtual Robot (VR), a free web-based tool for delivering computer science lessons for those who don't have access to a physical VEX Robot at home. There are no software installations required, and the program functions on all major desktops and tablets. https://www.vexrobotics.com/vexcode-vr
Voice of Witness is providing a series of free lesson plans covering displacement, racial inequality, activism, gender inequality, immigration and other themes. The latest curriculum, Mi Maria: Surviving the Storm, collected oral histories from Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane María. These first-person stories explore topics relevant to developing social and emotional learning competencies and include strategies to support English learners. https://voiceofwitness.org/education/
Zinn Education Project wants to "introduce students to a more accurate, complex and engaging understanding of United States history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula. Faculty will find lessons, networking opportunities and teaching activities. https://www.zinnedproject.org/
Zoom continues offering free accounts for education for meetings up to 40 minutes, with up to 100 participants. https://explore.zoom.us/docs/en-us/education.html
About the Author
Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.