Google, YouTube offer new resources for teachers, students at home

Google and YouTube have launched new resource pages for both teachers and students who are stuck at home because of COVID-19. Teachers can access Teach From Home page, which has recommendations on how educators can teach remotely using Google's products. Google promises the page will "continue to evolve." It's currently available in English, but the downloadable Teach From Home toolkits come in Danish, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Polish, too. Google plans to introduce more languages soon.

As for the students, YouTube is offering Learn@Home. The page highlights educational YouTube channels that students can watch at home. The channels are categorized for families with children that are 13 years old and older, families with children five years old and older, and families with preschoolers. YouTube collaborated with Khan Academy for the initiative and features channels like CrashCourse, Cool School, Discovery Education, PBS Kids, and Sesame Street. It's currently available in English, but will also be available in French, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Spanish, and more in the "coming days."

The tech giant is also offering a $10 million Distance Learning Fund as part of its $50 million contributions to COVID-19 response efforts, which Google made through its philanthropic, Google.org. They will give a $1 million grant from the fund to Khan Academy to help it "provide remote learning opportunities to students affected by COVID-19 related school closures." 

Source: Google