March 27, 2020 Dear Jones Community, Wow do I miss all of you! I am sure you have plenty of work to do, but I couldn’t resist the urge to provide a bunch of resources for you to explore and stay stimulated! Please consider some of the treasures listed below. There is something in here for everyone: students, parents, siblings, and staff. Books and More! eBooks and eAudiobooks Chicago Public Schools eBooks and eAudiobooks Click this document to learn everything you need to know about browsing, checking out, and downloading eBooks and eAudiobooks provided by Chicago Public Schools. Chicago Public Libraries eBooks and eAudiobooks Click here and here to learn everything you need to know about browsing, checking out, and downloading eBooks (Overdrive and Kindle) and eAudiobooks (RBDigital titles) provided by Chicago Public Libraries. Want to Read With Others? Form an Online Book Club? Step 1: Click into the complete Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) and type in the word “simultaneous” on the search line to explore more than 1,200 books that can be accessed by an unlimited number of readers at the same time. Step 2: Use additional search terms and/or use the filters on the left to narrow your searches (e.g. genre, primary audience, subject, etc.). Be sure to read the info above about CPS eBooks and eAudiobooks. YOU CAN DO THIS!!! RED HOT Reads
Films, Documentaries, Books, Music, Articles, Podcasts, Podcasts, Plays & Other Works! With your help I have developed an EXPANDED LIST OF RESOURCES that point to the experiences and challenges of migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants all around the world. A lot of these items can be accessed or streamed for free! Others can be streamed through various paid services. Please continue to use this Google survey to suggest more work related to this year’s theme of Immigrants & Refugees. Bummed about the cancellation of Erica Sánchez and José Olivera author visits? Explore their work on TeachingBooks (CPS sign-in may be required!) along with TONS of resources about your favorite books and authors. Check out these Teaching Books resources about José Olivera’s poetry collection Citizen Illegal including this full-length video of Olivera reading from Citizen Illegal at the Chicago Humanities festival in May 2019. Check out these TeachingBooks resources about Erika Sánchez’ book I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter and a podcast and video of Ms. Sanchez’ appearance at Southern Utah University in September 2019. Provided by CPS, TeachingBooks is an engaging collection of resources that brings books to life! You MAY BE prompted to enter login information to access TeachingBooks. If so, please refer to this document OR just email me at [email protected] TEN FREE eBOOKS from Haymarket Books Locally based Haymarket Books is offering ten titles in eBook format at no charge. Once you acquire the eBooks they are yours to keep. This offer ends on March 31. I downloaded two books. It’s legit! Jump on this! Stories Help For as long as schools are closed, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet. Explore the collection, select a title and start listening. Online Research
Explore The Newberry Library’s digital collection at a distance. YouTube Channel Click to access Cortes’ Map of Tenochtitlan and several other cool offerings from Newberry Library including a Young Chicago Authors event focused on the 1919 Chicago Race Riots (August 2019), and other exciting conversations. Amazing Library Collections to Explore Online Library of Congress New York Public Library The British Library Harvard University Bodleian Library Online Resources and Lesson Plans from World Class Cultural and Media Institutions The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex. Select a topic to discover featured collections and stories, OR search millions of digital records. The Smithsonian has launched a central portal highlighting an array of distance learning resources, including resources for caregivers and resources for children and teens. Click to access great content for students pre-K - 5th grade. Click to access great content for students 6th - 12th grades. Listen to great podcasts for HUSH and APUSH and Engineering students on this page of the National Museum of American History. This link provides the names of all the Smithsonian Museums. Consider exploring them separately. YouTube Channel
Museum of Science and Industry Keep learning in place and at your pace with science activities and topics you can access anytime. YouTube Channel Art Institute of Chicago YouTube Channel Visit virtually whether you’re seeking inspiration, community, or a little adventure. Journey Maker (for kids of all ages!) - With JourneyMaker, an innovative digital interactive, you can create your own one-of-a-kind adventure with works of art from the Art Institute’s collection. Chicago Architecture Center YouTube Channel Buildings of Chicago Secret Spaces Atop Chicago - Roosevelt Tower (steps from Jones!) Google Arts & Culture YouTube Channel For the culturally curious, this platform allows you to immerse yourself in culture with 360 views, zoom in to reveal the secrets of a masterpiece, take behind the scenes tours of palaces and museums (1,700 in 70 countries!), watch kids explain famous paintings to art experts, and so much more. Intro Video (YouTube) Download the Google Arts & Culture App to find out what piece of art looks like YOU! Selfie Video on YouTube National Geographic offers curated collections of learning activities to implement at home. By educators. For educators, parents, and caregivers. Also check out National Geographic’s helpful resources for families during coronavirus shutdowns. Media Literacy Check out this new, original documentary from Connecticut Public Television (CPTV). Fake: Searching for Truth in the Age of Misinformation (first aired February 13, 2020) explains how and why misinformation spreads and how to be a smarter information consumer in our increasingly digital world. The Guide to Finding Fakes and Facts produced by CPTV is a compact and comprehensive summary of concepts, definitions, and tips! Also find a lot more articles, resources, tools, and learning activities on the Media Literacy Page of the JCP Library Website. Social and Emotional Learning The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) offers suggestions for parents, educators, and policymakers on addressing the social and emotional needs of students. The National Association of School Psychologists has developed a set of materials for schools and districts to support their students and community in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. LitWorld’s Global Heart Map Project EXPRESS YOURSELF! Heart Maps allow us to connect with each other by sharing the ideas and feelings that define us in the most elemental of ways - and in these uncertain times, that connection is more important than ever. Create and share your heart map! Diverse Learners The Council for Exceptional Children offers resources for teaching remotely and is offering non-members of CEC a free basic membership from now through May 31, 2020. The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) offers strategies and resources for ensuring that online learning supports students with IEP’s. Books and Reading for Little People Many Creative Company’s eBooks are available at no charge through May 31, 2020. Please share these ebooks (in English and Spanish) with younger children and students (preK-8th grade.) [email protected] 1-888-865-6455 Storyline Online is produced by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television’s SAG-AFTRA Foundation as part of its children’s literacy program. The site streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Supporting English Learners Colorín Colorado, the premier national website serving educators and families of English language learners (ELLs) in Grades PreK-12, provides multilingual resources for schools (Spanish, English, Mandarin) in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Maguaré is an online resource in Spanish provided by the Ministry of Culture of Columbia that features books, songs, games, books, vidoes, and more for young children! Be patient while the website first loads! BookBox BookBox creates animated books (anibooks) for children in over 50 languages with Same Language Subtitling (SLS) to support reading and literacy development around the world. BookBox features animated stories in various languages to watch online. The website appears to charge by the book but all Bookbox videos on YouTube are free. BookBox Spanish YouTube Channel BookBox Mandarin YouTube Channel BookBox Hindi YouTube Channel BookBox Arabic YouTube Channel BookBox Tamil YouTube Channel BookBox Gujarati YouTube Channel BookBox French You Tube Channel BookBox English YouTube Channel Bookbox German You Tube Channel Urdu Fairy Tales YouTube Channel (not from BookBox) The International Children's Digital Library Foundation (ICDL) is a free online library of digitized children's books in 59 languages from various countries. Children can search for books by country, language, length, intended age group, content type, and emotional quality. Books are presented in their original language with copyright permission from publishers or authors. Languages represented not otherwise available in this list of resources include Polish, Tagalog, Croatian, Hebrew, Persian, and Thai. Practical Stuff Zoom Teleconferencing Service Click here to view plans and pricing. The FREE version is quite robust. Host up to 100 participants. Unlimited 1 to 1 meetings. 40 minute limit on group meetings. Unlimited number of meetings. Online support. Requires download. I have used it successfully with many friends and family members in recent days. Google Meet (Teleconferencing) is a unified communications service that allows members to initiate and participate in text, voice or video chats, either one-on-one or in a group. Google Hangouts has been broken up into two different platforms: Google Meet and Google Chat. For now it looks like only staff can use Google Meet but both staff and students can use Google Chat for some purposes. The City of Chicago Coronavirus Center
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