ECLC Weekly Digest Resource Round-Up: April & May Educator Recommendations

Emily Wilson

In response to the demands that the COVID-19 crisis is placing upon educators, students, and families, ECLC transitioned its regular monthly newsletter, Learning in Community, to a weekly digest in order to share resources more rapidly within and among our member districts. This digest includes local happenings, resources related to COVID-19 and supporting ourselves/our loved ones, as well as resources for equity and serving students across learning differences. Our goal is to support ECLC districts with these weekly communications while teaching and learning continues remotely for the rest of the academic year.

Here is a round-up of educator-recommended resources that were shared by teacher leaders within our ECLC membership and the ECLC leadership team during the months of April and May:

• “Stories from Around the World” Picture Book Readings on
  YouTube, Labyrinth Bookstore (sent by LaRae Davis, O'Maley Innovation
  Middle School, Gloucester Public Schools)
• Tools for Online Learning When the Classroom Closes, Instructure
  (sent by Diana Lebeaux, Center for Collaborative Education CCE)
• Club Passim Free “Keep Your Distance Fest” Concert Series (sent by
  Jane Feinberg, Full Frame Communications)
• Now is the Time to Be Not Do, Interpersonal Insights (sent by Emily
  Wilson, Full Frame Communications)
• Global Read Aloud (sent by LaRae Davis, O'Maley Innovation Middle
  School, Gloucester Public Schools)
• Social-Emotional Balance During COVID-19 Guide, Pear Institute (sent by Diana Lebeaux, Center for Collaborative Education)
• Teachers, If You're Not OK Right Now, You're Not Alone (sent by Emily Wilson, Full Frame Communications)
• Episode #4 on Bias, Netflix’s 100 Humans All Your Questions
  Answered (sent by Mary Hosman, Veterans Memorial Elementary
  School, Gloucester Public Schools)
• Learning in a Crisis: Families Need Guidance, Not More Resources (written by Diana Lebeaux, Center for Collaborative Education)
• How to Make Masks – No Sewing Required  (sent by Jane Feinberg,
  Full Frame Communications)
• Why You Should Ignore All That COVID-19 Productivity Pressure,
  Chronical of Higher Education (sent by Emily Wilson, Full Frame Communications)
• From a Distance: The Remote Learning Era (written by Gary Chapin, Center for Collaborative Education)
• Seven Ways to Maintain Relationships During Your School Closure, Edutopia (sent by Jane Feinberg, Full Frame Communications)
• Supporting Students With Learning Disabilities During School Closures, Teaching Tolerance (written by George Batsche and Judy Elliot, ECLC expert faculty)
• Amidst the Trees, A School Grows in Chicago (a piece shared by Jane Feinberg, Full Frame Communications)
• iEmbody Nature Project with Laura Kathrein Now on View at Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) (shared by Emily Wilson, Full Frame Communications)

Thanks to all of our friends and colleagues who have contributed their favorite resources: we love hearing from teachers, administrators, school professionals, and other ECLC stakeholders. If you have a resource to share out with our learning community, please email Emily Wilson at ewilson[at]fullframecommunications.com.

Sharing resources makes our learning community stronger. Thank you for your continued partnership and investment in these unprecedented times!



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