Free Resources for the K-12 Virtual Classroom

With a national emergency declared by the president, schools across the United States and the world have been closing their doors and adapting to a new way of teaching. Colleges have been teaching virtually for years, but are K-12 schools prepared to take the plunge into cyberspace? There are many websites dedicated to showing schools how to teach online classes. I've compiled a listing of companies who have waived their fees for schools presently going through this health crisis. Please feel free to add any suggestions in the comments section. Stay healthy, everyone!

Distance Learning Resources

Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions Due to School Closings- comprehensive listing which is continually updated.

Free Online Learning Resources for Teaching Your Students Virtually- from We Are Teachers

G Suite- Google says that "Starting this week, we will begin rolling out free access to our advanced Hangouts Meet video-conferencing capabilities to all G Suite and G Suite for Education customers globally including: 

• Larger meetings, for up to 250 participants per call
• Live streaming for up to 100,000 viewers within a domain 
• The ability to record meetings and save them to Google Drive"

Microsoft- Office 365 is now free for schools and students

Webex- download for your school to transition to the virtual classroom

Zoom- host class meetings; the basic plan's 40 minute limit has been removed for schools