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Learn about Remote & Blended Learning

Classrooms are going to look different this year. Depending on your school and location, you may be teaching online, in person, or a combination of the two. Regardless of your teaching situation, these resources will help you learn more about remote and blended learning and provide tools to help you and your students succeed.

Grades 3-12

OK2Ask®: Differentiation for Remote Learning

Learn ways to differentiate instruction and create an engaging learning environment for every student during remote learning. Give students a choice of materials to acquire the required skills and demonstrate what they have learned.

Grades K-12

Resources for Teaching Remotely

If you're teaching fully or partially remotely, you're sure to find some tips and tools in this TeachersFirst exclusive collection. Find resources and information divided by age and subject, and don't miss the page on self-care for educators.

Grades 1-12

OK2Ask: Google MANIA - Create Your Own Editable Digital Worksheets

View this archive of a recent virtual workshop and learn how to take your most powerful worksheets and PDFs and turn them into editable worksheets using Google Slides. You will also explore strategies to design digital worksheets that go beyond busywork.

Grades K-12

TeachersFirst's Blended Learning Resources

If you're looking for some great tools for blended learning, check out this collection of some of our best resources for all ages. Find tools to help you assess and engage students, share materials, and more.

Grades 3-12

OK2Ask: Engage & Inspire: Flipped and Blended Learning

Watch this OK2Ask to understand the instructional case for flipped and blended learning and the differences between the two. You will also explore a tech tool that can deliver digital content and plan for its use in the classroom.

Cool Tools for Remote & Blended Learning

Whatever grade level you teach, you are sure to find some neat tech tools in this section that you can try with your students during remote and blended learning lessons or in the traditional classroom. 

Grades K-12

Eduflow

Eduflow allows educators to create, teach, and manage online learning. You can create a course from scratch or begin with one of the provided templates. Personalize the courses, set due dates, and customize using various options.

Grades K-12

Timelinely

Create interactive video experiences by pasting a YouTube video URL and annotating. Select any portion of the video timeline and add images, maps, links, and more to the annotation box. Edit and publish when done!

Grades 2-12

Read Theory

Read Theory offers 1,000+ interactive reading comprehension exercises (including detailed reports for teachers) to help students learn to think critically, draw inferences, understand scope and global concepts, and find or recall details.

Grades K-12

Edpuzzle

Design interactive videos adding questions, voice narration, and comments. Begin by choosing a video on the site or uploading your own. The best part of this tool is you can cut specific segments of the video for students to view!

Grades K-12

Tes Blendspace

Generate an interactive online lesson or collection with this powerful tool. Type in your lesson topic and select from suggested items and your resources will appear in a grid on the screen. You can upload docs, PDFs, videos, URLs to websites, and more.

Grades 5-9

MySciLife®

From the creators of TeachersFirst, MySciLife is an educational social media platform where students learn science by personifying and posting as science-themed identities. Engage students and enrich any curriculum for a lesson, unit, or all year long.

This Week at TeachersFirst®

Our summer OK2Ask virtual workshops have wrapped up, but professional learning never stops! Access recordings of OK2Ask workshops on your schedule. Read a timely blog post about remote learning. And, please share your input in our weekly poll.