Let’s face it, computer and laptop speakers aren’t good. And with an emphasis on slimmer and more lightweight laptops, there simply isn’t enough room inside of your laptop for good speakers. Whether you’re taking classes online, attending Zoom meetings all day, or just wanting a decent sound system for your […]
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What the Tech? Gadgets for work and school from home | What The Tech?
A good friend of mine who is still working from home shared her family calendar on Facebook. Her three children have in-person school two days a week, and school at home for three days. In addition, there’s soccer practice, scouts, birthday parties, and a trip. She uses a whiteboard and […]
With Kids Back To School, Summit Posts Revised Calendar
SUMMIT, NJ — The Summit schools reopened for students Tuesday, with some families choosing on-site education, and others learning remotely. The updated school calendar is on the school website, listing upcoming religious holidays and an in-service day on Oct. 19. The annual teachers’ union convention is listed for Nov. 5 […]
Gadgets for back to school during COVID-19
Check out these back to school gadgets perfect for the classroom or home. The start of the school year is quickly approaching. This year may look different than previous years, but luckily there are some products to help children, parents and teachers along the way. The best part is these […]
Irvine high school students create PPE donation website to support Black Lives Matter protesters
IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) — When protesters took to the streets in support of Black Lives Matter, a group of Orange County high school students took to their computers. They created BLM Supply Crate Dot-Org, a website linking donors of Personal Protective Equipment with the protesters who needed it. “There were […]
This Govt School Teacher Creates Website, Android App to Help Students in J&K
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing COVID crisis which has severely affected students and brought their studies to a standstill, a government school teacher from the border area of Uri in North Kashmir has developed a school website as well as an Android application to help them. Also Read – Home […]
Award-Winning Tech and Gadgets to Kick Off the School Year
A new school year often means loading up on the latest and greatest tech products. However, considering the new reality of remote or in-person classes and study sessions, as well as the convoluted market (new products are dropping almost on a weekly basis), we figured you might need some help. […]
How To Set Up A Home School Environment That Works For Your Kid
Millions of U.S. children will be doing some level of remote learning during the fall school session. Here’s how to give them a space to optimize their experience. (Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill via Getty Images) Last spring, when 55 million U.S. students were flung into remote learning, everyone just kind of did […]
‘It’s a frustrating period.’ Yet LAUSD teachers muster smiles on the first day of school
MassBay Adds Fully Remote Classes For High School Students
WELLESLEY, MA — MassBay Community College has added seven online and remotely-formatted courses this fall to be offered for high school students, exclusively. The courses include Medical Terminology, Drugs and Society, Law and Society, Entrepreneurship, Security Awareness, Environmental Studies I, and Intro to Communication. High school students can also enroll […]
Rapper surprises 2 teachers after viral music video about the online school year
“I grew up with teachers that had a huge influence on me my whole life and it stuck with me so what y’all provide to society is invaluable,” he told Williams and Evans. “I can’t thank you enough for doing the job you guys do, so just as a small […]
Like spring, Broward’s first day of school held online marred by some technical glitches
The virtual school door had problems opening Wednesday morning in Broward County. Students were met with log-in errors, slow connectivity and crashing dashboards during the first day of the new school year, held virtually at public schools across Broward County. The issues frustrated parents who were hoping their children would […]
Teachers drop viral music video set to trendy TikTok song ahead of online school year
“I knew that it was going to get a lot of attention in the community and where we are locally — but I didn’t know it would get this big on a national level,” he said. PHOTO: Audrianna Williams, a teacher at Monroe Comprehensive High School in Albany, Georgia, performs […]
Riverhead School District Schedules 9 Reopening Plan Meetings
RIVERHEAD, NY — With schools set to reopen soon, nine parent information sessions have been scheduled to discuss the Riverhead Central School district’s plan. In preparing for the opening of its seven schools, district officials scheduled the nine school-specific parent information Zoom meetings; the meetings are in addition to the […]
‘Are we ready?’ LAUSD’s first day back to school, online and on Zoom, is anything but normal
A coronavirus loophole? Capital Christian High School opens, saying it’s day care
Students arrived at Capital Christian High School on Thursday in small doses for the first day of instruction. The scene repeated on Friday and Monday morning. Teenagers checked in at the main entrance, had quick temperature checks and were provided masks if they did not bring one. This was an […]
Pippa Middlehurst on ‘noodle science’, her new cookery school and finally knowing which soy sauce to buy
Giulia Zonza Photography At one point or another, most of us in lockdown will have tried out a new recipe – and failed. Perhaps you couldn’t bring your sourdough starter to life, or maybe your hand-cut noodles were too thick, too chewy or too much of a sloppy mess. At […]
Parents must be allowed to pick their poison this school year
The usual debates in education circles aren’t helping right now. These conversations — about school choice and vouchers and equity, public vs. private vs. charter vs. home, standardized testing and screen time and district residency rules and teachers’ unions — can’t be suspended as COVID-19 spikes around the country ahead […]
Educators feel trapped between bad options as the school year begins
As a nurse at two elementary schools, Michelle Lally of Rockford, Illinois, is used to looking after children’s health. And she’s not squeamish about being around sick students. “On a good day before COVID, I’d get spit at, chewed on and bopped around by the kids all the time,” said […]
Moms brace for school year juggling jobs, remote learning amid COVID-19 pandemic
Traci Wells was at a school board meeting when she found out the springtime balancing act between her job and helping her children with online schooling would stretch into the fall. “I was like, I cannot do six more months of this,” says Wells, a mother of four, who is director […]