Know Your Why!: Google Resources for Remote Learning

If you've been following on social media, you've seen ten of thousands of educators and EdTech companies step up to support teachers and students during the school shutdowns. For better or for worse, I've been one of those. I know it can be a bit overwhelming and it is probably too much right now for many of us.
I wanted to start this post by first apologizing to everyone who is being overwhelmed by all of the great sharing that is happening. I know I am part of this, but I also wanted to share what I think is some practical advice.

You don't have to change everything you believe in as a teacher and a learner to succeed as a facilitator of learning, but you do have to change something. Challenge yourself to try one new thing with your students at least once. You never know what you might learn.

So here I go again. Apologies in advance. I will continue to be a bit selfish because I truly believe that the more you share the more your learn. Creating is part of my learning experience, and creating for just myself has too much of an empty feeling.

You don't have to love Google to love what they do to support teachers and learners. I am not naive enough to say that Google is doing all this for the sake of learning, but I know that Google is one of many EdTech companies that truly believes that learning should never end. Today I wanted to provide a brief summary of some of the Google resources that have been created and shared to support remote learning. While these are Googlecentric, there are many resources and ideas here that you can use even if you do not use G Suite for Education.

Google For Education Remote Learning Posts and Resources

Teach From Home - A temporary hub of information and tools to help teachers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
Learn@Home - Check out these learning channels offering videos, tutorials, and activities appropriate for all different ages and areas of interest.
Grow With Google - Work, teach, and learn from anywhere. In today's environment, more employees, educators, and students are working remotely. To help, Google gathered some free tools and resources you can use to stay connected and productive.
Google For Education COVID-19 support resources - Explore distance learning resources for schools affected by COVID-19.
COVID-19 Information and Resources - Google's hub of information about the disease. This page includes health information, safety & prevention tips, data & insights, resources to help, and more.
Preparing students to learn from home with Chromebooks - Google for Education blog post with resources to support Chromebooks as remote learning devices.
Manage teaching and learning with Google Classroom - Everything teachers and students need to work better, together Classroom was created hand-in-hand with teachers to help organize day-to-day tasks, communication, and foster greater collaboration.
With school closures, teachers can keep their lessons going remotely - Google for Education blog post with resources to support teachers exploring remote learning. There are some great social connections at the end of the post worth exploring.
Teach from Anywhere Collection - Collection of Google Applied Digital Skills Lessons to support remote learning. Engage your students outside the classroom. Keep your students learning, even when you’re not together, by assigning these lessons to teach digital skills.
Accessibility for Every Student - Resources and ideas to engage all students across needs and learning styles.