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Classes in all levels are suspended in compliance with the quarantine procedures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, students and teachers can still continue their education and at home thanks to an abundance of free online learning resources.
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Online Learning Resources
Achieve3000: Achieve3000 is offering free access for all its digital learning resources for educators and students of all levels (source). Printable materials are also available for those who have limited Internet access (source).
Adobe: Adobe Creative Cloud is free for all current subscribers until May 31, 2020. The temporary license is valid for use at home only (source).
American Psychological Association (APA): The APA is offering both PsycLearn: Introduction to Social Psychology and PsycLearn: Research Methods for free until June 30, 2020. A free webinar on PsycLearn and its benefits toward remote learning is also available (source).
Britannica: Britannica Digital Learning is offering free virtual-learning LaunchPack resources and emergency support to K-12 schools (source).
Age of Learning: Age of Learning offers free access to their online learning programs such as ABCmouse, Adventure Academy, and ReadingIQ. Registration is required (source).
Amazon Future Engineer: Amazon Future Engineer offers free access to online courses on Computer Science (source).
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU): The CMU Computer Science Academy is an online resource platform that currently provides free webinars to high school educators (source).
Curriculum Associates: Curriculum Associates is offering printable activity packs on Reading and Mathematics to students (source).
DeeperDive Learning: DeeperDive Learning offers two free online courses: How to Read with Your Child and Building Reading Fluency at Home. Only 1000 free codes are available.
Digital Promises: Digital Promises is offering free access to online learning resources. Choose between “limited free trials”, “always free”, and free during COVID-19 school closures” (source).
Edge Foundation: Children who require advice on learning at home can get free consultative assistance from the Edge Foundation. For inquiries, call 888-718-8886 or 206-632-9497 (source).
edHelper: edHelper.com offers free printable learning workbooks on Mathematics, Spelling, Critical Thinking, Puzzles, and more. Available for preschool, grade school, and middle school students (source).
Educational Insights: Educational Insights offers a wide collection of at-home learning activities, games, and puzzles to children of up to 8 years old (source).
Education Modified: Education Modified is offering research-based resource bundles for students who want to study at home. Available in English and Spanish versions (source).
EduMotion: EduMotion offers free SEL Journeys Learn@Home lessons to K-5 students. Register online to receive a special code (source).
EduPlanet: Teachers can enroll to free virtual professional learning courses from EduPlanet until June 30, 2020 (source).
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: ERAU-WW is offering a free 9-week online course to students of ages 8-17 years old. “Aviation is Your Future” covers aviation terminology, principles of flight and gravity, parts and functions of airplanes and helicopters, and the importance of space exploration (source).
Epic: Epic offers free access to over 40,000 online learning resources until June 30, 2020. Registration is free for all teachers, while students can receive access through teacher invitation only (source).
Exploratorium: Exploratorium released an online learning toolbox that contains free science activities and public health lessons for remote learning and virtual classrooms (source).
Follet: Follett offers free access to the Lightbox multimedia tool and the AV2 World Languages audio eBook collection for PreK-12 students. Available until June 30, 2020 (source).
Flinn Scientific: Flinn Scientific is offering free access to at-home science lab experiment videos with student and teacher tutorials. The videos will have a scheduled release and will include real-time FAQ segments from Flinn Scientists (source).
Formative: Formative offers free accounts to teachers who can request school-wide or district-wide subscriptions for remote learning purposes. Call 1-833-463-6761 for more inquiries (source).
Gale: Gale is offering free access to training materials, virtual learning eBooks, and other digital instructional materials for K-12 teachers and librarians (source).
Generation Genius: Generation Genius is extending the free trial of accounts owned by teachers. More free videos are available for parents of children who are undergoing home-based learning, and subscription fees have been reduced (source).
Girls Who Code: Girls Who Code is a nonprofit organization that publishes weekly online and offline educational activities for HTML, CSS, and other Computer Science lessons. These videos are free and can be downloaded at home for remote learning (source).
Great Minds: Great Minds is offering free activity sheets on English arts and language (K-8), mathematics (K-12), and science (grades 3-5). These worksheets are available in PDF format (source).
InferCabulary: InferCabulary offers 2 months of free access to its online visual vocabulary program. This tool helps K-12 students infer the definitions of subtle words by analyzing and interpreting a series of images and captions (source).
inquirED: inquirED offers a free inquiry-based course called “Together When Apart” for students and teachers who are adjusting to distance-based learning. Teachers who use inquirED can access free webinars every Wednesday, and a virtual lounge is available every Thursday (source).
Intelligent Education (IE): Intelligent Education is offering all their online courses and course-building tools for free. Teachers can use IE tools to record their lectures and customize them with 3D models to promote active learning (source).
IObit: IObit allows anyone to download their AdvancedCare 13 program for free to help remove junk files and speed up the performance of devices that use Windows operating systems. For a limited time only, all users can access the Internet Boost feature for free even if they do not own the AdvancedCare 13 Pro edition (source).
iRobot: iRobot offers free online activities and offline STEM-based coding projects that are compatible with the Root Coding application. For a limited time, K-8 students can enter the code LEARN on the Root Coding app’s home screen to access paid premium content for free (source).
JASON Learning: JASON Learning offers its entire collection of STEM online courses for free until the end of April. Schools and districts must register online to request for free access (source).
JoVE: JoVE is offering free access to JoVE Core video textbook, JoVE Science Education STEM video tutorials, and the Lab Manual biology curriculum until June 15, 2020. Teachers can consult JoVE specialists for advice on how to incorporate video tutorials into their curriculum for free (source).
K12 Inc: K12 Inc. is offering free access to their online curriculum. More than 17,000 eBooks are available through their Big Universe reading platform. Free summer programs are available for grade 9-11 students who want to earn credit while exploring for potential career opportunities. For grade 8-11 students, boot camps are available for video game design and programming (June 15-27) and virtual reality (July 6-17). Finishing at least one of these boot camps will qualify you to join a late-July gaming tournament hosted by the High School eSports League (source).
Kahoot: Kahoot provides free access to Kahoot! Premium game-based learning software for a limited time. Licenses can be requested for school-wide use or for account users with higher education (source).
KinderLab Robotics: “No KIBO? No Problem!” is a free booklet from KinderLab Robotics that contains STEAM activities for students who are 3-7 years old. These activities can be used to learn coding, engineering and design without the need for a KIBO coding robot (source).
Kiron: Kiron offers free interactive online lessons that help teachers improve their instructional skills for home-based learning (source).
Knowre: Knowre Math is a supplementary program for teachers of grade 1-2 students who want to improve their skills in teaching online classes. All schools have free access to this app for the rest of the academic year (source).
Kokomo: COVID19Tracker is an app by Kokomo that allows users to gather, manage, and share data about COVID-19 in their area. Free accounts can be requested by school districts (source).
Kuder: Kuder Galaxy is an online program that helps PreK-5 students explore potential career paths. Kuder Navigator is an online planning system for the education and career of grade 6-12 students. New users who register to either Kuder program starting May 31, 2020 are qualified for free lifetime membership (source).
Labster: Labster is an online virtual learning program for high school students that is free for a limited time. Students can simulate over 100 laboratory experiments in engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology (source).
LabXchange: LabXchange is a free online resource platform from Harvard University that allows teachers, researchers, and students to share and use different educational materials (source).
Learning Resources: LearningResources.com uploads free daily activities, STEM worksheets, and experiments for preschool and grade 1 students (source).
Legends of Learning: Legends of Learning is an online resource platform that contains over 2,000 free educational games on math and science. Free unlimited access and premium content is available for schools and parents throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
LightSail Education: LightSail allows free access for their entire K-12 literacy platform, that includes over 6,000 books in English and Spanish, until June 30, 2020. Representatives of schools and districts must provide their direct contact number upon registration (source).
MackinVIA: MackinVIA is offering free access to their digital content library until September 30, 2020. Podcasts on history and culture are included, as well as eBook collections for elementary, middle school, and high school students (source).
Madeleine Editions: Madeleine Editions is allowing free access to their collection of multilingual stories for children until April 4, 2020. Download the stories using Apple Books to keep them permanently (source).
MEL Science: MEL Science is offering 3 months of free webinars, VR lessons, and DIY at-home experiments to students of ages 5-16. Visit their website for the complete schedule of webinar uploads (source).
MIND Research Institute: The MIND Research Institute allows free access to the ST Math program until June 30, 2020. ST Math is an online visual learning tool that K-8 students can use to enhance their understanding of math concepts, problems, and solutions. Free resources for teachers and parents are also available online (source).
Mindantix: Midantix is uploading sets of brain teasers every week that students can access for free. Choose from a collection of challenging puzzles and problem sets that aim to enhance different styles of cognitive thinking (source).
Minecraft: Minecraft: Education Edition is free for students and teachers who have a Microsoft Office 365 Education account. A free, downloadable remote learning toolkit containing 50 STEM worksheets is also available. The free license is valid until June 30, 2020 (source).
National Geographic: National Geographic Explorer Classroom is hosting live video broadcasts on weekdays at 2:00 PM EDT, where students and teachers can ask questions to Nat Geo Explorers. Free learning resources for K-12 students are available online.
National PTA: National PTA is providing a collection of free online resources for teachers, parents, and leaders of parent-teacher associations. This includes strategies and advice on how to help students cope with remote learning during school closures (source).
National Constitution Center: The National Constitution Center is uploading a series of of live interactive courses for students in middle school and high school. These video sessions will begin on April 15 and will continue for the next 8 weeks via Zoom, where students can participate in the lectures about the basic principles of the U.S. Constitution. Teachers who want to set up private remote teaching sessions with their students can register for virtual Classroom Exchanges.
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame: The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is uploading puzzles, horse-related math problems, and other online resources for free on their official website (source).
Nepris: Nepris is uploading live sessions with professional speakers from various industries, with online chat available for discussions. Previously uploaded sessions are archived and can be viewed anytime on the website (source).
Netop: Netop offers free trial versions of their Remote Control OnDemand and Vision for Chromebooks. which are available until June 30, 2020. Teachers can use Remote Control onDemand for screen sharing and controlling support for mouse, keyboard, and touchscreen. Vision for Chromebooks is used by educators to monitor the device usage of students and limit them to specific websites during online learning sessions.
NetSupport Manager: NetSupport Manager allows open access for all its programs for the next 3 months. The software enables IT support personnel to provide secure remote support to users running Microsoft Windows, Apple iOS and Google Chrome or Android (source).
The New York Times: The New York Times and Verizon have partnered up to provide free unlimited digital access to all high school teachers and students from April 6 to July 6, 2020. Teachers or school administrators who want to sign up must provide a list of their students’ email addresses (source).
Newsela: Newsela offers free access to its 2019-2020 collection of webinars, articles, and case studies on English language arts, social studies, science and social-emotional learning for the rest of the school year. Free access can be requested individually by teachers or district-wide by school administrators (source).
News-O-Matic: News-O-Matic is providing open access to its daily newspaper until June 30, 2020. Five articles for K-8 students are published daily, and each story is available in four different languages and varying reading levels. Teachers can use the program to track the reading progress of their students, adjust the reading levels, and assign quizzes related to the articles (source).
Newspaper Archive: Newspaper Archive allows K-12 students and teachers to access its collection of newspapers from the years 1607 to 2020. Teachers who want to set up an account with free access must send an email request to accessInfo@NewspaperArchive.com (source).
NoRedInk: NoRedInk is allowing teachers and students of grades 5-12 to access its premium services for free until the end of the current school year. The extended offer includes grammar and writing exercises, Premium Guided Drafts, the Quick Writes feature, Premium tutorials, and Premium SAT/ACT practice tests (source).
NOVA: NOVA is streaming free educational videos series about space and the universe every week. Each video includes free resources like teaching advice, essays, and discussions for learning purposes (source).
Omni Calculator: Omni Calculator offers over 1000 free calculators for different equations and conversion. Each calculator comes with detailed, creative explanations of the concepts involved so students can also learn and have fun (source).
Open Future Institute: The Open Future Institute has partnered with Fetzer Institute to launch their stand-alone program called COVID-19 QUESTion Project. Teachers can use this program and other free online resources to strengthen the emotional and social well-being of their students (source).
OpenSciEd: OpenSciEd offers free instructional materials that teachers can use when conducting online science lessons with grade 6-8 students. Learning materials for educators are also available (source).
OpenStax: OpenStax is always offering free access to peer-reviewed digital textbooks in math, science, humanities, social science, and business. Available for high school and college students (source).
OpusYou: OpusYou offers a series of orchestra performance videos that music students can access for free. A 30-day free trial is available for those who want to subscribe for music lessons (source).
Pearson VUE’s Certiport: Pearson VUE’s Certiport has partnered with affiliate companies to provide free resources for students who seek certifications in graphic design, digital literacy, programming and development, entrepreneurship, business communication, and software applications. Free trials are available for Brain Buffet, CADLearning, Code Avengers, GMetrix, LearnKey, Jasperactive by CCI Learning, MSI, Pearson, TeachMe3D, and Unity Certified User (source).
Peekapak: Peekapak offers free licenses to its interactive learning platform for preK-5 students. Resources include coronavirus-specific lessons, activities, and games that help improve literacy skills (source).
PETEX: The Petroleum Extension (PETEX) school of the University of Texas Austin is offering a discounted rate of $10 on select online courses available for high school and community college students. Send an email request to info@petex.utexas.edu (source).
Project Exchange: Project Exchange is running a free 12-week online cultural exchange program that helps students around the world improve their English skills and broaden their worldview. This program runs through Google Drive, Slack and Zoom and takes 2-3 hours a week (source).
ProjectExplorer: ProjectExplorer is providing over 250 lesson plans, videos, and curriculum guides on topics such as history and culture. All resources can be accessed for free by teachers and students of grades 3-12 (source).
Purdue University: The Online Writing Lab (OWL) from Purdue University is a free database of research and citation tutorials, general writing tips and assignments, and online instructional materials. Available for all students, faculty, and staff members of Purdue University (source).
QuantumERA: QuantumERA is allowing free access to the beta version its game, Gettysburg: A Nation Divided, for a limited time for teachers, students, and parents. This virtual reality program offers an immersive way to learn about the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 through the use of soldier avatars (source).
Quizlet: Quizlet is extending the free trial of their Quizlet Teacher subscription until June 30, 2020. Teachers who use this offer will also gain access to all the premium features of the app, in addition to classroom games, flashcard study guides, the class progress assessment tool, and advanced content creation materials (source).
Reading Horizons: Reading Horizons is streaming live video lessons and webinar tutorials for students and parents until the end of the current school year. The videos are broadcasted every Tuesday through Thursday, and are uploaded to YouTube afterwards (source).
Reading is Fundamental: Reading is Fundamental offers free resources for students who need help with reading. Quick guides on literacy practices are also available to families.
Renaissance: Renaissance offers free access to the myON reading program, myON News tracker for current events, and the Freckle program for differentiated instruction in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. A free compilation of educational resources for students and teachers is also available (source).
Renzulli Learning: Renzulli Learning is offering free access to new and current subscribers until the end of the current school year. This program offers over 50,000 project-based learning activities that students can perform under teacher supervision. A special discounted rate is offered for the 2020-2021 school year (source).
Ringbeller: Ringbeller is uploading 5-minute videos about remarkable leaders who use their imagination for educational purposes. These videos were previously exclusive for classroom use only, but students can now view them on Ringbeller’s YouTube account, where they can also answer questions and participate in fun activities (source).
RoboKind: RoboKind is offering a free virtual coding course for elementary and middle school students that is available through June 30, 2020. This educational software uses an online avatar based on the robots4STEM Avatar Version (source).
Rocketbook: Rocketbook is providing a series of free PDFs worksheets such as graph paper, music note sheets, letter dot-grid sheets, and lined paper for students and teachers. These files can be downloaded for free from Dropbox (source).
Rubenstein Center for White House History: Rubenstein Center for White House History is offering free online resources for students in K-5 and grades 6-12. These include reading lists, historical essays, classroom packets, short videos, images of the White House and the U.S. Presidents, and a White House interactive virtual tour.
SAG-AFTRA Foundation: The SAG-AFTRA Foundation has an ad-free online children’s literacy program called Storyline Online, which is always available for free. Students can access their video library of animated historical and fictional stories that are narrated by famous Hollywood personalities (source).
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is providing free printable worksheets and activity ideas to teachers who register for the educator newsletter. These interactive learning activities for students include math puzzles, alphabet search and write, and memory games (source).
Sandy Hook Promise: Sandy Hook Premises is offering a free action kit for students. This resource contains activities that strengthen their social and emotional skills during situations where social distancing is observed (source).
SAS: SAS is a data analytics company that offers 30 days of free access to its Learning Subscription and Academy for Data Science, in addition to software labs and online technical support. Students can use these resources at home to enhance their data analysis skills (source).
Scholastic: Scholastic is offering free resources for preK-9 students through their Learn at Home program. Students can access a four-week curriculum of daily activities on various subjects such as math, science, social studies, social-emotional learning, and English language arts. Free resources are also available for teachers and parents (source).
Science News for Students: Science News for Students is providing free access to their Coronavirus Outbreak Collection, a list of articles and updates about COVID-19 and tips for grade 9-12 students on how to adjust towards social distancing. High school teachers can also access more than 200 free STEM-related exercises that they can give to their students.
Seattle Symphony: The Seattle Symphony is streaming rebroadcasts of previous concerts led by Music Director Thomas Dausgaard, all of which can be viewed for free. Two family-friendly, educational broadcasts entitled “Meet the Instrument” and “Tiny Clips for Tiny Tots” are available for viewing on Facebook and YouTube (source).
SiLAS: SiLAS is providing free Social Animation videos for students, 5-day lesson plans for teachers, and activity sheets for parents. Sign up to receive free access to he SiLAS platform (source).
SimX: SimX is offering two free multiplayer virtual reality training cases for Oculus Quest and HTC Vive. These cases can be used by students and healthcare workers to train on triage procedures, the use of personal protective equipment, and the evaluation and inpatient treatment of patients with COVID-19 (source).
SiriusXM: SiriusXM app users can listen to Tunetopia from Kids Place Live for free at channel 78 until May 15, 2020. This is a daily series of performances and lessons featuring musicians and music instructors for children of 10 years old and below (source).
Skill Struck: Skill Struck offers month of access of free access to its Voyage software. Schools can use this program to deliver project-based activities to students who want to enhance their understanding of computer science concepts and improve their coding skills (source).
Smart Sparrow: Smart Sparrow is providing free access to its Inspark Smart Courses, a series of interactive learning activities that can be used in place of textbooks. Teachers can use the Smart Sparrow platform to track student performance and edit the content of their curriculum. Inspark courses include anatomy, astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, physiology, science writing, and more (source).
SMART Technologies: Smart Technologies is offering free access to its Learning Suite Online, so students and teachers can use it for distance learning and lesson creation. Students can use the program’s Collaborative Workspace activities to work together on a shared digital canvas. The Shout It Out feature allows students to share content and suggestions from their devices to their teachers for discussion and evaluation (source).
Smekens Education: Smekens Education is offering short video lessons on reading, writing and social-emotional learning to K-12 students. All lessons are uploaded weekly, always free to watch, and can be viewed anytime at Vimeo and YouTube (source).
Smithsonian: The Smithsonian Learning Lab Collections is a free resource library of science, social studies, and English language arts activities for pre-K-12 students. Teachers and parents have free access to standards-based lesson plans and additional support on how to cope with distance learning (source).
Smore: Smore is providing free Basic and Pro email newsletter templates to teachers that are affected by school closures. For a limited time, all account owners can get free access to Smore Pro features like automatic translation, file embedding, analytics on open rates, and publishing support with social media networks (source).
Soundtrap: Soundtrap for Education is extending its free trial so teachers and students can use their online recording and editing studio for 120 days, without paying extra fees. This program allows students and teachers to create and share music files, audio stories, podcast, and literacy training classes (source).
Space Foundation: The Space Foundation offers free educational resources for teachers, students, and their parents. These include live webinars, video lessons, STEM lesson plans, and the Science On A Sphere live webcast (source).
Space Station Explorers: Space Station Exploers is offering a series of free educational programs about the International Space Station. These activities include research opportunities, hands-on projects on ISS functions, online videos. Students can also request for special access to the ISS on-board camera feed (source).
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Online Classroom Support
CirQlive: The CirQlive integration tool is free for 90 days, in addition to consulting services for school administrators on how to establish online learning platforms (source).
Classkick: Teachers who work at home can request for a free Classkick Pro account if they cannot afford to pay the standard subscription fee. Classkick helps teachers set up remote meetings and online classes with their students (source).
Classtag: ClassTag is a free communications app that allows teachers to set up meetings with parents of students who undergo home-based learning. Teachers who use ClassTag can get a chance to win free educational materials (source).
Crowdmark: The Crowdmark grading and analytics platform is free until May 31, 2020. Teachers can use this program to give out online assignments and evaluations to their students (source).
DH2i: D2Hi offers free access to their DxOdyssey networking software until August 31, 2020. DxOdyssey is used to connect your device to the Internet and browse safely without the need for a VPN (source).
Edmentum: Edmentum is offering one year of free access to their Study Island K-12 practice and assessment tool. No credit card or code is required to register (source).
GoGuardian: GoGuardian is offering its full set of classroom management, device management, and student safety support tools for free until the end of the semester. Current users of GoGuardian are eligible for additional remote learning resources (source).
Gravic: Gravic offers a free 60-day subscription to their Remark Test Grading Cloud application. Teachers can use this application to scan and grade quizzes, exams, and other learning assessment tools (source).
Hand2mind: Hand2mind is uploading free video lessons, worksheets, and STEM activities on mathematics and literacy for K-5 students. Videos are uploaded daily and schedules are posted every week (source).
Impero Software: The Impero Education Pro Edition can be accessed for free by schools that need to use the program to track and monitor the devices used by students during online learning sessions. Request for a license through email at mailto:info@imperosoftware.com, or call (844) 346-7376 (source).
Jumio: Jumio offers free identity verification services to users who download the Jumio Go application. For the rest of the semester, schools can use Jumio Go to confirm that only enrolled students are authenticated to participate in online classes and take online exams (source).
Kapwing: Kapwing is offering free accounts to teachers who want to use the Kapwing Pro Edition for online classes. Kapwing is a digital platform with cloud storage that is used for creating, editing, and sharing multimedia or video projects. Free accounts are available through April 17, 2020 (source).
Kialo: Kialo Edu is a free online platform from Kialo that teachers can use to create private discussions, host debates, and assign tasks to their students (source).
KwikSurveys: KiwiSurveys is offering free temporary Pro accounts to schools that want to track their student’s learning progress at home. Free KiwiSurveys Pro accounts last for 3 months and lets teachers create, score, and track online exams for their students (source).
Learning Planet: Learning Planet offers 6 months of free access to their online curriculum manager, Learning Explorer. Teachers can use this program to create learning resource collections that are shareable to students and their parents (source).
Lenovo: Lenovo is providing free temporary licenses for its LanSchool Air software, which are valid through July 1, 2020. Teachers can use this program to monitor their students’ screen as they perform online tasks, while students can use the “raise hand” feature if they have any questions (source).
Macmillan Learning: MacMillan offers free access to their iClicker online response software until the end of the Spring semester. Available to students that do not have a iClicker subscription on or before March 10, 2020 (source).
Managed Methods: Managed Methods offers free access, including support and training, to K-12 school districts through May 31, 2020. This online monitoring platform ensures that students who use email apps, G Suite, and Office 365 are safe from security risks (source).
Mango: The Mango Classroom online language-learning program is free for schools until the end of the academic year. Students can access online lessons in 70 different languages that can be downloaded for free. Teachers can use the app to monitor and assess the reading, speaking, and listening activities of their students (source).
Math Nation: Math Nation allows free access to online learning platform through August 31, 2020. School districts in Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, South Carolina, and Tennessee can login directly (source). For others, contact access@mathnation.com to set up a free account.
Maths Chase: Math Chase is always offering free online games for students who want to practice mathematics. Choose from an assortment of activities such as times tables, basic arithmetic, odd and even numbers, place values, sequences, and prime numbers (source).
MathTutor Educational Software: MathTutor Educational Software is free for grade 6-12 students through June 30, 2020. This series of interactive tutorials for math concepts and problem solving are available in online and offline versions. Request free access by sending an email to coronavirus@mathtutor.com or by calling (800) 521-4518 (source).
McGraw-Hill: McGraw-Hill’s website offers digital support for K-12 teachers who are transitioning to remote learning. Online instructional materials and tutorial videos are accessible for free (source).
Menlo Security: Menlo Security software is used to protect email links and attachments from malicious practices, and connects your device directly to the internet without the need for a VPN. Schools can request for a free license through May 1, 2020 (source).
Microsoft: Microsoft Office 365 A1 is free for students, faculty and staff members. This includes the full online version of Office with email, video conferencing, Microsoft Teams with customized hub for online classes, and other support tools (source).
mindSpark: The mindSpark Online Toolkit version 2.0 is currently free for teachers who need support tools for remote learning. This program includes access to SpotLight Training Courses and Spotlight Snippets, sparkPlugs advice, and the Learning Facilitator for easy scheduling of classes (source).
Mobile Guardian: Mobile Guardian allows free access to their comprehensive web-filtering and remote management settings for ChromeOS, Android, and iOS devices. This feature allows teachers to monitor their students’ use of mobile devices during online class hours (source).
Myers-Briggs Company: Myers-Briggs is offering a free version of the VitaNavis Student Success Package, a mobile app that helps K-12 students explore different career options based on their personal capabilities. Sign up for an account to receive the free app before April 30, 2020 (source).
National University: National University offers free tuition for up to three online classes to each California college student who is affected by school closures and want to continue their education. These courses are offered every month, and the credits are transferable to other universities in the State of California (source).
Natural History Museum of Utah: The Natural History Museum of Utah has a free interactive learning program called Research Quest. This online platform allows students to participate in live sessions by museum educators, every weekday at 9:30 AM Mountain Time. Each session is then archived and can be viewed anytime (source).
OneLogin: OneLogin offers 3 months of free access to their Trusted Experience Platform for Education until June 30, 2020. Teachers from select school districts can use this program to provide secure authentication services for virtual learning sessions (source).
OurPact: OurPact offers 3 months of free usage to parents who want to monitor and regulate the screen time of their children’s devices. Redeem the free access by signing up for an account or by downloading the OurPact app for Android or iOS (source).
Outschool: Outschool is offering free video lessons for K-12 students, thanks to thousands of donors. closures. Free webinars and online resources are also available for teachers (source).
OverDrive Education: OverDrive Education offers free access to the Sora Remote Reading Book Bundle, a collection of over 200 digital titles from well-known publishers. The books are accessible in text or audio formats and are available for free until June 30, 2020 (source).
Paleontological Research Institution: The Paleontological Research Institution is offering a list of free STEM resources for teachers and students. These include educational videos, blog articles, and activities on paleontology, earth science, energy, and climate (source).
PandaTree: PandaTree is a free learning platform for foreign language learners of ages 2-17 years old. They offer free daily short stories that are available in Spanish and Mandarin, in addition to other learning activities (source).
Pantone: Pantone Connect is free for everyone until July 1, 2020. Artists and designers can use this program to create and share color palettes, or convert and cross-reference colors. Adobe Creative Cloud users can also use this program to match Pantone colors (source).
PBS LearningMedia: PBS LearningMedia is uploading free videos, interactive activities, and lesson plans that are available in English and Spanish. A free webinar that guides teachers on remote learning using LearningMedia resources is also available (source).
PCS Edventures: PCS Edventures is allowing free access to its Blocksmith 3D Coding & Design until June 15, 2020. Students can use this program to learn 3D coding and game design while creating interactive, animated games. Free STEM and STEAM activities are also available for offline use (source).
PearDeck: Pear Deck Premium is free for 90 days. Teachers can use this program to create, manage, and distribute multimedia content and formative assessments on the devices of their students. Access can be requested per individual or per district (source).
Promethean: Promethean is providing free access to the ClassFlow cloud-based lesson planning and delivery software. Parents and teachers can use this program to access educational resources for K-12 subjects and share them with students who are working at home. Teachers who are subscribed to ActivInspire can create and record lessons for students, which can be accessed through any cloud-based environment (source).
Qualtrics: The Qualtrics Remote Learning Pulse is a free program that schools can use to determine the preparedness of teachers and students towards remote teaching and learning. The program provides a series of questions that can help identify any problems experienced by teachers and students in remote sessions so that they can be addressed (source).
Ready Learner One: Ready Learner One offers free instructional support to teachers. A calendar appointment system for the next four weeks can be used to schedule video call consultations with experts on curriculum design (source).
SoftChalk: SoftChalk offers free access to the SoftChalk Cloud E-Learning program until May 31, 2020. Teachers can use this software to create course materials and online lessons that they can share with their students (source).
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Communication & Internet Services
Bloomz: The Bloomz communication app offers free Premium accounts for school-wide accounts until the end of the semester. Restrictions apply (source).
EZ Texting: EZTexting offers free emergency text alert services to schools, government agencies, and municipalities. Register using a valid .gov or .edu email address to receive a free keyword, free message templates, 100,000 free outgoing text messages for 6 months, and individual consultation services (source).
Google: G Suite users will be able to use advanced Google Hangouts features like video conferences for up to 250 participants, recording, and live streaming for free until July 1, 2020 (source).
Hargray: Hargray offers 60-days of free Internet access including free installation to the households of K-12 and college students who are not subscribed to a Hargray Internet plan. Current customers of Hargray can upgrade their Internet speed for a discounted price (source).
Loom: Loom Pro is available for free to K-12 students and teachers who want to use the video capture software for online classes. Loom records the user’s screen and audio during video calls and allows controlled viewing, editing, and instant sharing (source).
PC Matic: PC Matic offers free access to its cybersecurity program for organizations that have 10 or more employees, who are working at home until June 30, 2020. PC Matic Pro provides security features such as device authentication, remote device management, performance monitoring, and more (source).
Pronto: Pronto is allowing free access to its chat and video messaging app throughout the spring and summer semesters of 2020. The Pronto app includes features such as real-time one-on-one or group chat, file storage and sharing, task management, and announcements (source).
Remind: Remind is a free app that teachers can use to send messages and share files with students and their families. Teachers can subscribe for a special plan that allows up to 10 classes for each account, which supports a maximum of 150 participants per class. This app supports integration with programs such as Box, Flipgrid, Google Classroom, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, SignUp, and SurveyMonkey (source).
RingCentral: RingCentral offers 3 months of free access to its call, message, and video conference features for use by K-12 schools and community colleges that are affected by school closures. Each video conference call can accommodate up to 200 people (source).
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Academic Journal Access
Elsevier: Elsevier is giving priority to journal submissions that are related to COVID-19. All these journals can be accessed for free by anyone who visits their website (source).
Johns Hopkins: Johns Hopkins is inviting everyone to sign up for their online Teach-Out course on the epidemiology of COVID-19. Free registration begins on April 6, 2020 (source).
Journal Storage (JSTOR): JSTOR offers free expanded access to most unlicensed journals from their Archive and Primary Source collections. Free access to 26 Public Health journal archives are also available (source).
The Lancet: The Lancet offers free access to their COVID-19 resource centre, which contains all published journals about the 2019 novel coronavirus (source).
MUSE: Project MUSE is offering free access to eBooks and journals on COVID-19. Each publisher has specific duration for how long their journals are available for no cost (source).
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM): The NEJM offers free access to all online resources regarding COVID-19. This includes articles, management guidelines, clinical reports, and commentaries (source).
Oxford University Press (OUP): OUP is providing free access to all of their published journals and online articles on COVID-19 (source).
RedShelf: RedShelf is offering free access to their eBook collection until May 25, 2020. Available to students from nonprofit, semester-based colleges and universities. Each student may access up to seven free eBooks, and free access does not include online courses (source).
VitalSource: VitalSource offers free access to online course materials from partner publishers and retailers until May 25, 2020. Download the ViralSource Bookshelf app and sign in using a valid school email address to view the free material (source).
Wiley Online Library: Wiley Online Library allows free access for all of its published journals, online articles, and book chapters on Coronavirus research. Journals that are published on Monday through Thursday can be viewed for free within 24 hours of publication (source).
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Health & Wellness
The Character Tree: The Character Tree is a video subscription service that offers free lessons on important values such as kindness, integrity, teamwork, and respect until June 30, 2020. Free supplemental resources are available when you sign up for an account (source).
DoYogaWithMe: DoYogaWithMe is offering free access to their premium content for 2 months. Create an account and choose the “free” option when you redeem your subscription (source).
Down Dog: The Down Dog apps for 7 Minute Workout, HIIT, yoga, and other exercises are free for healthcare workers, teachers, and students in K-12 and college until July 1, 2020. Register online to qualify, and download the Down Dog app to create an account.
EkhartYoga: EkhartYoga offers 12 free online yoga and meditation classes. Registration only requires a valid email address (source).
Glo: Glo is offering free online classes for meditation, Pilates, and yoga. No registration is required (source).
Headspace: Headspace offers free courses on meditation and relaxation. Healthcare professionals can subscribe to Headspace Plus for free when they sign up with their email address and National Provider Identifier (NPI) number (source).
Nike Training Club: The Nike Training Club (NTC) offers its Premium workouts for free. Download the NTC app or update to its latest version (source).
Peloton: The Peloton app is offering free 90-day access to exercises such as meditation, yoga, cardio, strength training, and more (source).
Parenting for Lifelong Health: Parenting for Lifelong Health is offering free tip sheets that can help parents cope with home-based learning throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. These resources are downloadable in 55 different languages (source).
Pilot Light: The Pilot Light Food Education Center is providing free cooking and nutrition lessons that are available in English and Spanish. New lessons are added every week that include videos, activities, and discussions related to each recipe (sources).
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Stay Safe At Home!
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to last for the next two months, maybe much longer than that. Social distancing and self-quarantine greatly reduce the risk of transmitting the disease. For updates on the status of the Coronavirus pandemic around the world, you should check reliable sources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). If you have any questions or suggestions about this guide, feel free to email me your comments.
Click here to download the List of Free Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic in PDF format here.
Emma Lewis
Emma Lewis is a prolific blogger, mother, and yoga enthusiast from Southern California who loves blogging and spending time in the great outdoors.
