Partner Resources
SETDA secures strategic partnerships with organizations aligned with our mission, priorities, advocacy goals, and initiatives – including the eLearning Coalition. SETDA’s current strategic partnerships include non-profit and for-profit private sector partners that offer innovative products and services to help meet the needs of SETDA’s state members as well as the schools and districts they serve. As part of the eLearning Coalition, SETDA is sharing our trusted partners’ eLearning tools and resources offered in support of schools and districts, with the goal of empowering them to make smart choices in the short-term and to assist in the development of long-term digital learning implementation plans.
SETDA knows many outstanding companies are stepping up to assist states, districts, schools and families continue to learn during this challenging time and we appreciate being a part of this amazing EdTech community. In this portal we have listed our SETDA annual partners and their contributions for learning so that our states, districts and schools know this is a vetted, reliable list. To join the SETDA community now and into the future, please contact Missy Greene, Director of Strategic Partnerships.
Resources:
https://www.apple.com/education/k12/learning-from-home/
Access: Schools should refer to their AT&T Public Sector sales representative.
- If you do not know who your representative is, call 888-740-4158.
- Please visit the AT&T COVID-19 website, where offers and resources are announced and updated.
Resources:
https://about.att.com/pages/COVID-19.html
Digital Content: Free access to all products for any school closed due to COVID-19.
Duration: Length of school closure.
Resources:
https://tinyurl.com/brainpopCOVD19
Contact:
[email protected]
Professional Learning: Guidance tools for online learning when the classroom closes.
Other Resources:
- CARES Act Overview 1 pager
- Continuing Instruction in the Face of Disruption Canvas White Paper
- Canvas CARES Act Landing Page
Duration: Indefinitely
Resources:
https://www.instructure.com/canvas/tools-for-online-learning
Contact:
[email protected]
Access: CatchOn is an expansive data analytics tool that provides districts with visibility into how their school devices are being used both inside and outside the school building.
- As remote, technology-based learning accelerates in the midst of these crises, CatchOn enables educators to track and assess application and device usage to inform instruction even when students are away from school. We are offering a COVID-19 remote educational service offering of CatchOn through June 30 at no cost.
Duration: Until June 30, 2020
Resources:
https://www.catchon.com/
Contact:
[email protected]
Esports Consultation Services for K–12 Schools and Districts
K–12 esports has seen a major boom in recent years, and with good reason: Thoughtful, purpose-built gaming programs not only motivate and engage previously disenfranchised students but also promote teamwork and communication, open up unique scholarship opportunities, and prepare students to work in the ever-growing esports industry. CDW-G Esports.pdf
CDW BLUEPRINT TO DESIGN
Increased efforts to integrate technology into learning environments have Encouraged a shift in thinking about the impact the physical space has on instructional goals and success. Education leaders across the country are embarking on exciting changes involving new school construction, building remodels, classroom renovation, and media centers. With the CDW Blueprint to Design® four step offering, getting a customized rendering for your space has never been easier! CDW Blueprint to Design™.pdf
DATA ANALYSIS FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
The data analytics experience today should be seamless for school leaders, enabling you to spend less time making sense of confusing data and more time doing what you do best: positively impacting your students’ academic and overall well-being.
That’s why we’ve partnered with BrightBytes to deliver an analytics platform that’s safe, secure and easy to use. With access to relevant data dashboards, predictive analytics and actionable insights through CDW, you can leverage data to drive student outcomes, school performance, cost savings and much more. CDW & BB One Pager.pdf
Focus on K-12: EdTech and The Education Experience Podcast
As the works shifts, our learning journeys take us many different places. On Focus on K-12: EdTech and the Educational Experience, we talk to educators and thought leaders about how relevant topics are impacting the ever-changing world of education. https://www.youtube.com/focusonk12
Cybersecurity
CDWG’s Cybersecurity team understands the challenges and security risks that come with deploying remote learning solutions. These are their top 8 remote learning recommendations.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rI7HAkoJWEEObhDR7yaAHoCvtgAaQvWr/view?usp=sharing
Remote Learning
EdTech: Focus on K-12 explores technology and education issues that IT leaders and educators face when they’re evaluating and implementing a solution.
https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/remote-learning
Initiating a Remote Learning strategy during an extended break can be challenging. Follow these tips to keep student instruction steady and minimize disruption. Remote Learning Strategies
Duration
2021
Contact:
[email protected]
Access: For over 22 years, ClassLink has been trusted to deliver reliable and secure online access to resources from any device. Now, this crisis requires nearly all schools to quickly transition to e-learning models. In response, we created ClassLink Lite to provide essential remote learning tools that will help institutions make the switch in less than 90 minutes. ClassLink Lite will be available through August 2020 and the $995 cost includes setup, training, support, and license. No other fees apply for ClassLink Lite. Visit www.classlink.com/lite to learn more and sign up.
Duration
March 20, 2020 - August 31, 2020
Resources:
https://www.classlink.com/resources/remote-learning
Contact:
[email protected]
Access:
- Connect to Compete, provides home internet for $9.95/month for families that have a K-12 student and receive government assistance.
- COVID-19 Special Offering: Cox is offering to fast-track the qualification process for Connect2Compete.
- Schools are being asked to contact [email protected] with a list of eligible low-income students that currently do not have an internet connection. Cox will assist in getting students qualified quickly so they can continue learning from home. Cox has also partnered with PCs for People where families can purchase discounted refurbished computers: https://cox.pcsrefurbished.com/.
Contact:
[email protected]
Professional Learning:
- Guide to transitioning from face-to-face to online learning while maintaining an engaging experience
Duration: Indefinitely
Contact:
[email protected]
Digital Content: A collection of edWeb resources (that are all free) to help schools and districts with online learning and collaboration through the duration of the COVID-19 related school closures.
Duration: Indefinitely
Resources:
https://home.edweb.net/onlinelearning/
Contact:
[email protected]
Access:
- ENA is available to assist communities with their own crisis management procedures and help them implement tools such as Video Collaboration Powered by Zoom, a video conferencing solution that is available on a monthly basis without subscription. If you’re a current ENA SmartConference customer and need to upgrade the port capacity of your conference bridges to help with staff communication during this time, please contact your ENA account service manager. We can upgrade your current ENA SmartConference bridges to include higher port capacity until June 30 no additional charge.
- ENA SmartVoice is a highly resilient, cloud-based communications service that can keep your staff and faculty connected anytime and anywhere. All ENA SmartVoice extensions have been updated to include access to the ENA SmartVoice Go mobile app and ENA SmartVoice desktop client. Mobile and desktop access enables users to make and receive phone calls and person-to-person video calls from their mobile device or desktop, keeping them connected when they are away from their desks. This feature will be enabled until June 30 no additional charge. Please click below for instructions.
Duration: Until June 30, 2020
Contact: Monica Cougan or Lexus Words
Digital Content: GeoInquiries are free online activities in 10 content areas (15 activities each), engaging online GIS, with no login required
- Free public ArcGIS Online permits mapping and exploration without saving and requires no login
- Free ArcGIS Online Organization accounts are available for instructional use for schools or districts
- Free resources for students and teachers to learn about using GIS
- Webinar: Learn How to Teach with GIS When School is Disrupted
Duration: > Five years
Contact:
[email protected]
Professional Learning: Five Star’s set of free resources for educators addresses topics that will assist schools implementing eLearning. Resources include:
- Planning for Virtual Learning (a set of driving questions to help educators plan for virtual learning)
- Planning for Expectations and Attendance
- Communication
- Quality Virtual Learning Lesson Design
- Accessibility
- Feedback & Grading
Duration: Indefinitely
Contact:
[email protected]
Access: Flipgrid offers support for remote learners. This simple one page PDF contains all the information you need to get started using Flipgrid in a remote learning environment.
Resources:
http://blog.flipgrid.com/community
Professional Learning: Personalized Distance Learning: 2gno.me (“To know me”) is a secure cloud platform that makes it easy for districts to personalize professional learning for their teachers and students, at scale. Free access to the platform and available learning frameworks for any district closed due to COVID-19.
Duration: Throughout COVID-19 school closures
Resources:
https://2gno.me/
Contact:
[email protected]
Access: All advanced features of Google Meet free for to anyone who uses GSuite around the globe
Duration: Until September 30, 2020
Professional Learning: Teach from Home – A temporary hub of information and tools to help teachers during the coronavirus crisis.
Contact:
[email protected]
Access: Bundle of Kajeet SmartSpot with CIPA-compliant Custom LTE data on any carrier network. Minimum 4 month term. 2GB / device / month, pooled across devices, across carriers and over term. Available on VZW, ATT, TMO, Sprint, US Cellular, Bell Mobility. Starting as low as $156 each.
Duration: While supplies (h/w) last
Resources:
https://www.kajeet.net/distance-learning-contact
Contact:
[email protected]
Access: Innive Inc. is providing access to its Remote Learning Management Dashboard at no cost until Dec 2020, to help schools understand the technology needed for distance / blended learning, assess what is available and what is needed, measure usage, and assess effectiveness of the program by measuring student outcomes.
Duration: Until December 31, 2020
Resources:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e28zvh0dhfbien4/AABO_k3EtP7Oz1NmhxGFGaJea?dl=0
Contact:
[email protected]
Professional Learning:
- Provides visibility to free tools for edtech inventory, and practical steps for Instructional continuity plans. Available for LEAs or SEAs.
- Free, easy install, browser-based integration to inventory any edtech accessed. Can be used to ensure equitable access and decision-making before and during instructional continuity planning.
- Organize, streamline and analyze any/all education technology. Configure for to meet your privacy, compliance, workflow and transparent communication needs for teachers, parents and students — at school or home. Additional budget relief for districts in need.
- Districts say they are overwhelmed by vendor outreach: To help them focus on immediate continuity planning, we’re aggregating and sharing a list of all edtech COVID-19 offers of support. We’re set up to collect this information, merge with some information from our existing library, and share back with our community.
Duration: Ongoing
Contact:
[email protected]
Digital Content:
- LEGO Education’s At Home Learning activity page. It includes Math, Science, Storytelling and Reading, and Thinking and Problem Solving Activities for grades k-2, 3-5, and 6-8, https://education.lego.com/en-us/support/homeschool
- LEGO Education’s Summer Camps: Hands on play and learning is more important than ever for students and at LEGO® Education we are committed to making sure that students can still be inspired and engaged with hands on STEAM learning, even away from the physical classroom. Our camp-style lesson plans are perfect for fostering a love of learning throughout the summer. https://education.lego.com/en-us/camps
Duration: Indefinitely
Contact:
[email protected]
Access: Lenovo is offering free access to classroom management software. LanSchool Air supports distance teaching in the following ways:
• Screen Monitoring mimics the classroom environment, enabling teachers to provide assistance and encouragement to keep students on task.
• Messaging makes it easy for teachers and students to stay connected and collaborate on assignments.
• Raise Hand allows teachers to quickly address student questions in remote settings.
• Integrations with solutions you love – including Google Classroom and Clever – streamline digital instruction.
Duration: Through July 1, 2020
Resources:
https://lanschool.com/lp/complimentary_lsa_covid19/
Professional Learning:
- Making the transition to remote learning
- Get started with Microsoft Teams for remote learning
- Remote Learning with Minecraft Education Edition: Educator Kit
- Educator and Student Support
- Parent Support
- Getting started with remote learning in Office 365
- Remote Learning Wakelet
- Teams for Education remote learning webinars
- Get Office 365 free for your entire school
- Microsoft Teams quick start guide
- Skype in the Classroom, a free global community for educators
Content:
Public media stations across the country are supporting teachers, students, and families during school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic by offering expanded educational resources and support. NETA, a public media membership organization, has created a timely webpage to help the education community learn what stations are doing in response to this unprecedented time. Many state education departments and school districts are partnering with their local public media stations to offer equitable access to remote learning.
Duration: Indefinitely
Resources:
https://www.netaonline.org/Education-Services
Contact:
[email protected]
MIND Research Institute, a non-profit focused on education and neuroscience research, has made its flagship product, ST Math, free to families in the United States through June 30, 2021.https://www.stmath.com/coronavirus
In addition, in partnership with the Texas Education Agency’s Texas Home Learning initiative, any Texan can receive free access to ST Math at www.stmath.com/texas.
Resources:
https://www.stmath.com/coronavirus
Contact:
Elizabeth Neiman
Access: Eliminate the chaos of multiple disconnected freemium tools. Otus is the best K-12 platform to bring lessons, assessments, and data in one place. Truly understand how your school community is doing, whether students are in the classroom or at home. One login, one platform.
Resources:
https://otus.com/remotelearning/
Contact:
[email protected]
PBS LearningMedia is a free service that offers thousands of contextualized learning materials aligned to state and national standards.
The site includes a variety of key features, which were developed based on feedback from educators:
–Search and browse content by subject area, state and national curriculum standards, and grade
–Grab-and-go activities, lesson plans, interactive lessons, and media that illustrate specific topics or themes relevant to what you are teaching
–Create an account and access lesson plan and assignment tools: save and organize content, plan curriculum, and share assignments with students
–Inspire learners with content from PBS stations and award-winning series such as Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Wild Kratts, Crash Course, Ken Burns, and more.
–Full Google Classroom Integration — giving teachers the ability to sync class rosters, assignments, and assignment results between PBS LearningMedia and Google Classroom.
Resources:
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
Access: Reduced cost for use of Vital Insights Solutions so that stakeholder groups can be included in identification of issue/problem and strategy/solution data with ease, even when working remotely.
Duration: Indefinitely
Resources:
www.vitalinsightsolutions.com
Contact:
[email protected]
Digital Content: Student-safe alternative to Tik Tok! Get free access to WURRLYedu—our award-winning teaching platform and creation tools for students including:
- 1000 standards-aligned lesson plans for K-12: SEL, General Music, Modern Band, Vocal Ensemble, Jazz, and non-Music subjects
- The most extensive music catalog for schools: thousands of songs including pop, rock, hip hop, country, mariachi, choral, jazz and classical
- Personal recording studio: students and teachers can adjust the key and speed of the track, select instruments, apply one-touch audio and video filters, and even perform remote duets
- Tips from grammy-award winning artists
- Suite of mobile games: scales, call & response (rhythm/melodic)—students can view progress and streaks on their dashboard
- Available on web and iOS
- Duration: Through July 1, 2020
Resources:
https://www.wurrlyedu.com/
Contact:
[email protected]
