Dear friends and colleagues,
Thank you for your encouragement. Abha Singh, could you please send me more
information about how your virtual learning platform works on Microsoft
Teams. Is it a free program? Please reply to me urgently.
At the moment, I am forwarding many hints about online library and teaching
ideas which may help us to meet the educational needs of children,
students, teachers and parents during this present crisis, on my Facebook
page. Some of the suggestions and ideas may be useful for your own school's
situation.
Also, please remember, children miss their days at school. Many are lonely.
We also need ideas of activities for them, to keep them busy and happy.
Keep well,.
With kind regards and good wishes,
Helen Boelens
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[IASL] Re: Education worldwide in difficult times
[IASL] Re: Education worldwide in difficult times
[IASL] Re: Education worldwide in difficult times
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From: Hosea Tokwe <tokwehosea@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:14:35 +0200
Subject: [IASL] Re: Education worldwide in difficult times
I enjoyed it very much.
Hosea
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 11:29 AM Abha Singh <abha.singh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Schools and universities are shut in India till the end of this month.
Fortunately our school managed to switch to virtual learning platform using
Microsoft Teams app without any glitches. In anticipation of this crises
situation, teachers were trained to use this app to maximise teaching and
learning. However, as a librarian I am finding it difficult to conduct
online reading lessons.
Waiting to hear from others to make my lessons interesting and interactive.
Abha Singh
*From:* iasl-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <iasl-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf
Of *Daniel Mangale
*Sent:* 18 March 2020 14:48
*To:* iasl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [IASL] Re: Education worldwide in difficult times
This is great idea Helen and as global.school library community we should
spear head this urgently,here in Kenya its already lockdown schools upto
University level,the local education institution is trying a radio lessons
but coverage is not realised in all areas due to signal challenges, hence
any opportunity to bridge the gap is highly critical before its too late.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 12:10 PM Helen Boelens <helenboelens@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Dear friends and colleagues,
I have just read the following link,
https://www.edutopia.org/article/what-teachers-china-have-learned-past-month?fbclid=IwAR37q6DVlTJ4vtvYCfAbMfoMr4LeTiE2_MnVypDxSpoXHU03YmATKBzxc30 posted
on Facebook by Dr. Marcia Mardis.
Here in the Netherlands all schools and school libraries are closed, from
kindergarden to high school exam classes. Public libraries are also
closed.
Teachers, (school) librarians and parents are trying to continue students'
education in a sensible and reasonable way, using the facilities which are
available. It is so important that teachers, librarians and parents are
sharing ideas with each other, about online teaching, about how to keep
their students active, and also about how to involve parents, who are also
working from home. Many schools are not used to this form of teaching, but
they are putting up a valiant effort. Many do not have the funds to afford
an adequate online teaching program.
I suggest that we try, working together, to set up some kind of
(multilingual) log of teaching ideas, per age group, per class, per
language, so that schooling can remain "almost normal" in these strange
times. Does anyone have any ideas? I realise that curricula vary from
school to school and from country to country, however there must be many
ways in which we can help each other.
The children (especially the smaller ones and the ones who have no
brothers and sisters) are lonely. Some online contacts with other children
are recommended. Ideas for simple activities (even craft work) which they
can do at home would be appreciated. Yesterday I read a really nice idea.
Each child, regardless of age, is encouraged to write a short story at the
end of the daying, talking about what it was like on that particular day,
working from home and not have the companship of their friends. This is a
very nice idea. Stories can be shared with other children and eventually
bound and turned into books which record the experiences of children during
the Corona outbreak.
Also, children from larger, poorer families are suffering because their
access to the one computer in their home is limited. Also, refugee and
immigrant children sometimes have no access to computers, because the
library is shut (that is the place where they often did their homework).
How can we work together to solve some of these problems?
Suggestions please.
Warm good wishes to you all. Keep well.
Helen
Helen Boelens PhD
International School Library Researer and Advisor,
The Netherlands.
helenboelens@xxxxxxxxx
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From: "GAVIGAN, KAREN" <KGAVIGAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IASL] Re: Education worldwide in difficult times
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:57:04 +0000
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From: "Helen Boelens" <helenboelens@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IASL] Re: Education worldwide in difficult times
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:23:23 +0100
P.S. Here is a useful link, in English http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/ . You can make changes to the list and add tp the information which has been supplied.
With kind regards,
Helen
Helen Boelens Ph.D.
International School Library Researcher and Advisor,
The Netherlands.
helenboblens@xxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message ----- From: Helen Boelens
To: iasl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 10:10 AM
Subject: Education worldwide in difficult times
Dear friends and colleagues,
I have just read the following link, https://www.edutopia.org/article/what-teachers-china-have-learned-past-month?fbclid=IwAR37q6DVlTJ4vtvYCfAbMfoMr4LeTiE2_MnVypDxSpoXHU03YmATKBzxc30 posted on Facebook by Dr. Marcia Mardis.
Here in the Netherlands all schools and school libraries are closed, from kindergarden to high school exam classes. Public libraries are also closed.
Teachers, (school) librarians and parents are trying to continue students' education in a sensible and reasonable way, using the facilities which are available. It is so important that teachers, librarians and parents are sharing ideas with each other, about online teaching, about how to keep their students active, and also about how to involve parents, who are also working from home. Many schools are not used to this form of teaching, but they are putting up a valiant effort. Many do not have the funds to afford an adequate online teaching program.
I suggest that we try, working together, to set up some kind of (multilingual) log of teaching ideas, per age group, per class, per language, so that schooling can remain "almost normal" in these strange times. Does anyone have any ideas? I realise that curricula vary from school to school and from country to country, however there must be many ways in which we can help each other.
The children (especially the smaller ones and the ones who have no brothers and sisters) are lonely. Some online contacts with other children are recommended. Ideas for simple activities (even craft work) which they can do at home would be appreciated. Yesterday I read a really nice idea. Each child, regardless of age, is encouraged to write a short story at the end of the daying, talking about what it was like on that particular day, working from home and not have the companship of their friends. This is a very nice idea. Stories can be shared with other children and eventually bound and turned into books which record the experiences of children during the Corona outbreak.
Also, children from larger, poorer families are suffering because their access to the one computer in their home is limited. Also, refugee and immigrant children sometimes have no access to computers, because the library is shut (that is the place where they often did their homework). How can we work together to solve some of these problems?
Suggestions please.
Warm good wishes to you all. Keep well.
Helen
Helen Boelens PhD
International School Library Researer and Advisor,
The Netherlands.
helenboelens@xxxxxxxxx
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