Students, stay home & e-learn!

Staying home can be tougher for kids and school-going children. Fortunately, many educational resources are published online including many FREE e-learning options, thanks to many start-ups! Get those interent up & running!

Here are few good ones which are not only research-based but also enjoyed often with my former students on both the national and international curriculum!

Remember to look out for contents & apps which offer game-based learning!

More Gamification -> Higher order learning -> Deeper cognitive skills!

MindZu / Angaza Ltd: A South African-based startup, they offer senior high school Mathematics (Grade 9 + 10). Check out their app available on Playstore & their website! https://www.mindzu.com

LearnSmart: Curated by Knowledge Platform now offering Free Access. Subject and grade level specific contents available for interactive lectures, practice and assessments. www.learnsmartpakistan.org

SABAQ: Pakistani start-up now offering Free Access to their app and all K-12 contents through their new curations called MUSE Lessons. https://sabaq.edu.pk

Khan Academy : Doesn't need an intro BUT they have put up Daily Schedules for students ages 2-18 for continued learning! (wow-za!) www.khanacademy.org

Virtual Story Telling for the very younger populations! Courtesy of British Council Pakistan library, children story-tellers from around the globe go live on their fb pages. Digital membership is also open year-round for downloading & borrowing books!

Built over a matter of days, Wide Open School was set up to "offer many resources that can be completed offline and on smartphones" for PreK-Grade 12. https://wideopenschool.org

Try learning a new language from Duolingo app (PlayStore & iTunes):

or learn German language from Goethe-Institut via their free online courses from your couch! https://www.goethe.de/en/spr/ueb/stu.html

If audio-books are something your elementary kids, tweens or teens love, Audible just made few of their selections free.

Want to try out something new? Try learning to code! MIT Scratch and Code.org are both powerful learning! Gets those brain cells firing up! https://scratch.mit.edu

Share your learning! Feel free to comment with any other suggestions! #stayhome