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American School of Bombay, India, Opens up its Virtual Learning Resources to Schools During the COVID-19 Lockdown
Now in its third week, ASB's virtual school has its elementary, middle, and high school back on its feet with faculty posting lectures, teacher assistants running follow-up activities, tech teams helping families work with EdTech, and counselors holding sessions for the wellbeing of students and families. There is more: live chat sessions with class teachers, leadership-faculty meetings, and sessions between principals and parents.
Each level at ASB has its own plan and technologies they work with: the elementary school works with See-saw in which recorded lectures are posted for students to view at their convenience, they can then complete activity challenges and provide feedback. The middle school uses Google Classroom and PowerSchool that allows for recorded sessions, live interactions, discussion boards. The high school uses Google Meet and Zoom.
"We would like to offer large parts of our curriculum and resources for anyone who may want to use it - from read-aloud stories to our physical education classes, to our IB music, drama, or physics. We are working on how we can make what ASB has available to any council, association, federation, board, or school wanting to use them," added Craig.
For more information on how to get access to ASB's online resources, write to headofschool@asbindia.org
American School of Bombay also reached out to almost 50 Heads of Schools, from all over the world, with an idea of coming together to create a powerful message for students, teachers, and parents across the globe. Here's how it turned out to be a wonderful lifting experience.
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