Remote Working Guide & Resources
If you only have a short time, just watch these videos. The rest is a partly sorted — long list.
Recent addition: How to run a remote party (surprising amount of things can apply to your remote meetings) https://tedcooke.blog/2020/04/13/21-things-we-learned-from-hosting-our-first-online-party/
Some Cats to keep you company working from home.
Remote work and culture
https://www.heroku.com/podcasts/codeish/6-making-remote-work-work
https://medium.com/salesforce-ux/making-remote-work-b2e2fe53221f
https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2017/02/streamline-remote-working-team.html
https://batko.substack.com/p/4-less-common-wfh-rhythmstools-to
https://info.growthinstitute.com/3-strategies-for-remote-team
Facilitation and Consulting
Remote Design Sprints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSNR0wf9Qug
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/working-out-loud-using-chat-kelsey-van-haaster
https://www.invisionapp.com/inside-design/remote-work-problems-solutions/
https://www.invisionapp.com/inside-design/vmware-jehad-affoneh-design-better-podcast/
https://info.trello.com/hubfs/Trello-Embrace-Remote-Work-Ultimate-Guide.pdf
Mentally Friendly (agency) Lengthy Guide https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BP80GNg-rUkYUu-ZszwK6U3Dr65qvw70aXispH-EcQ8/mobilepresent?slide=id.g8188f02a6a_362_0
https://mumbrella.com.au/business-as-unusual-running-an-events-business-in-the-covid-19-era-621015
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/virtual-meetings-how-reduce-cultural-anxiety-dr-john-curran/
https://www.adventureswithagile.com/2019/07/08/how-to-facilitate-remote-agile-meetings-like-a-pro/
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-we-created-remote-first-manifesto-balki-kodarapu/
https://findmethod.co/facilitation-and-collaboration/tips-for-remote-facilitation
https://uxdesign.cc/the-future-of-the-workshop-is-remote-a3e2b4b6249c
https://goodpatch.com/blog-en/running-remote-workshops-works/
https://www.axis-workshops.com/blog/how-to-run-effective-remote-meetings-and-workshops
https://medium.com/@TriciaRosetty/running-remote-workshops-successfully-a-3-step-primer-732120a696b9
Remote design and testing
Some duplication from the above sections.
Another very big list from the Git Lab people: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/resources/
VIRTUAL EXCURSIONS
To places like zoos, The Lourve, The Great Wall of China, farms and some cute animals.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/19-immersive-museum-exhibits-you-can-visit-from-your-couch
https://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china
https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games. Enjoy the tour! https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/
Tour Yellowstone National Park!
https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm
Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover.
https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/
This Canadian site FarmFood 360 offers 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs. https://www.farmfood360.ca/
Indoor Activities for busy toddlers
Play games and learn all about animals
Math and Reading games https://www.funbrain.com/
This iconic museum located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies. https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/
300,000+ FREE printable worksheets from toddlers to teens https://www.123homeschool4me.com/home-school-free-printables/
Geography and animals
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Fave kids books read by famous people https://www.storylineonline.net/
Crafts, activities, mazes, dot to dot, etc, https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/
Fun games, recipes, crafts, activities https://www.highlightskids.com/
Online history classes for all ages preteen through adults https://school.bighistoryproject.com/bhplive
Educational games K-12 https://www.breakoutedu.com/funathome
Digital archive of history https://www.bunkhistory.org/
Daily free science or cooking experiment to do at home.http://www.clubscikidzmd.com/blog/
35,000 pages of online content on the cultures and countries of the world. https://www.countryreports.org/
Free Weeks of Maker Stations to keep your children creating at home! Each challenge includes simple instructions using materials around the house, QR code video resources, and a student recording sheet. bit.ly/freemakerstations
Interactive video earth science based curriculum supplement. https://www.everyday-earth.com/
Poetry and music https://www.thewell.world/mindful-music/mindful-poetry-moments
Illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2–12 cook with their grown-ups. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, math, and science. https://www.nomsterchef.com/nomster-recipe-library
National Geographic Young Explorers is a magazine designed specifically for kindergarten and first grade students. Children can listen to the magazine being read to them as they follow along with the highlighted text. https://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/index.html
An interactive way to learn history
Allows students to type in any city, state, or country to view an archive of historical photographs and other documents. It’s a unique way to help them learn about history.
A human visualization platform that allows students to explore the human body in really cool ways. https://human.biodigital.com/login?returnUrl=%2Fdashboard
Helps kids learn to appreciate the arts by providing them with the opportunity to play games, conduct investigations, and explore different forms of art. https://artsology.com/
No need to travel to one of the Smithsonian’s zoos or museums — this website brings your child everything from live video of the National Zoo to the Smithsonian Learning Lab right to their screen https://www.si.edu/kids
This NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals. https://climatekids.nasa.gov/
Kids Think Design explores careers in fashion design, graphic design, interior design, book design, product design, film and theatre, architecture, animation, and environmental design. http://www.kidsthinkdesign.org/
Innerbody explores the 11 bodily systems in depth. With interactive models and detailed explanations, this website will help them learn more about the internal mechanics of the amazing human body.https://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Watch Opera
MENTAL HEALTH
Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. https://www.gonoodle.com/
Kid-friendly workouts — choose from Strength for Kids, Agility for Kids, Flexibility and Balance for Kids, Warm-p for Kids, Cooldown for Kids, Stand Up and Move for Kids, OR create your own custom kid workout. https://app.sworkit.com/collections/kids-workouts
At home OT, PT, and ST resources designed to build skills in children through movement and play. https://www.theottoolbox.com/
EDUCATIONAL SHOWS
This is a Netflix US list but many will be available here.
https://homeschoolhideout.com/educational-shows-on-netflix/
12 MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD YOU CAN VISIT VIRTUALLY
https://www.travelandleisure.com/…/museums-with-virtual-tou…
THIS GUY IS RUNNING A YOUTUBE CHANNEL TEACHING KIDS DRAWING.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmzjCPQv3y8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/
ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS.
https://docs.google.com/…/1oCM2Ue9w32EUIGfRXsjw…/mobilebasic
SCHOOLASTIC ACTIVITIES
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
FOR ADULTS AND OLDER KIDS. FREE COURSES FROM MOMA.
FREE COURSES FROM SOME IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITIES IN THE USA.
https://www.classcentral.com/collection/ivy-league-moocs
Classes for older teens or adults https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/lp/t1/freemo?source_id=FREEMO&utm_source=Social_Media&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=1000614&fbclid=IwAR1vaJx-3_aCdyE75S0fTJg4JZ_jI6KJvsJb4CnXY03tnfTm3FdgflaNpYs
2,500+ online courses from top institutions https://www.edx.org/