Updated: Free Resources for Schools During COVID-19 Outbreak. L - M

LabsLand is providing online access to actual laboratories (not simulations) through school closures. The program is typically used to teach engineering, electronics, physics and other lab courses. The labs are located in 24 universities around the world, and students access them through a browser, to experiment and manipulate the labs remotely. To gain access, contact the company at mailto:support@labsland.com with "COVID-19" in the subject line or visit the covid-19 page. https://labsland.com/blog/en/2020/03/12/schools-and-universities-closure-support/

Labster, which provides virtual laboratory simulations for high schoolers, has made its software free. Some 100 lab experiments cover biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and general sciences, which students can perform "at their own pace." https://www.labster.com/covid-19/high-school/

LabXchange from Harvard University is an always- free resource that provides digital content compiled from multiple sources in the sciences, including lab simulations, which educators can mix into their own learning narratives and share with students. Among the functionality provided are social networking, class groupings, discussion forums and "mentorship" (to bring learners together with educators and researchers around the world). https://www.labxchange.org/

LanSchool is offering free licenses to its software, LanSchool Air, good through Jul. 1, 2020. The "classroom orchestration software" provides screen monitoring for teachers to help students and keep them on task; messaging; a "raise hands" function to address student questions; and integration with Google Classroom and other software in use. https://lanschool.com/lp/complimentary_lsa_covid19/

The Lead4Change Student Leadership Program allows students in grades 6-12 to work virtually to lead, create and implement a project to meet a community need. Lessons are available to educators in PDF or Google Docs form. https://www.lead4change.org/how-to-participate/join/

The League of Young Inventors, a Brooklyn-based hands-on STEAM program, is building a series of free online projects and lessons to help students make, build and learn science at home. Each lesson includes a video to guide students through the project, teaching science concepts along the way; a list of household and basic crafting items for families to find and use; and an online guide with optional extension activities. http://yileague.org/online/

Learning Ally is providing free access to Learning Ally, a collection of 80,000 "human-read" audio textbooks, to help students with reading deficits. The offer runs through Aug. 1, 2020. https://www.distancelearningally.org/educators-resources

LearnToMod is offering free teacher accounts for its Minecraft "modding" software. Teacher accounts give educators the ability to spin up Minecraft servers for students to explore and to create and organize free student accounts into classes. For students without accounts, there is an in-browser Minecraft simulator. However, for the full experience, students need a copy of the game. https://www.learntomod.com/educators/

The Learning Accelerator and GetSetUp are working together to provide free educator-to-educator training on tools teachers need to plan, connect and provide instruction and support for students. Educators can sign up to join free group classes taught by other teachers on how to use tools like Zoom, Google Hangout Meets and YouTube for streaming classes; various screencasting tools; and online teaching platforms. Sessions last one hour and are available on multiple days throughout the week. https://www.getsetup.io/remotelearning

Learning.com is offering online open-source lesson plans for educators, students and parents, covering digital literacy and computational topics. The company is also providing free access to the EasyCode Foundations (CodeMonkey) curriculum and the EasyCode Pillars Python Suite (Codesters) curriculum. https://info.learning.com/virtual-learning-resources

Learning Planet is giving six months of free access to Learning Explorer, an online curriculum management program that includes content as well. The software lets teachers create learning resource collections for their classes and share them with parents and students. Schools and districts that are interested must fill out an online form or call the company at (888) 909-9035.

LearnPlatform is providing services its education technology services free for districts and state education agencies through June 2020. The program tracks software usage, requests and educator feedback about the software they use. https://learnplatform.com/contact-us

Legends of Learning has opened access to its 2,000 standards-aligned math and science games for free for the rest of the school year to schools and parents. The company is also providing its premium-level custom assessments, scheduling features, data and analytics and training and support for all schools affected by closures.

Learning Resources is posting daily activities for young learners on its website. A recent post covered "nine letter writing prompts for kids"; another offered a STEM challenge: "What makes 10?" http://blog.learningresources.com/category/learning-at-home/

LEGO is sharing design simple challenges. The company has assembled LEGO designers, creatives and play experts to come up with new ways to help families "stay creative, curious and connected" while at home. Daily play challenges, new play ideas and live build-a-longs are being shared in photos and videos on social media using the hashtag #LetsBuildTogether and at www.lego.com/letsbuildtogether.

Lenovo is offering free access to LanSchool Air licenses as an online learning solution through Jul. 1, 2020. The program supports distance teaching through screen monitoring, which mimics the classroom environment, helping teachers provide assistance and encouragement to keep students on task. Messaging enables teachers and students to stay connected and collaborate on assignments. "Raise Hand" lets teachers address student questions in remote settings. The program integrates with Google Classroom and Clever. https://lanschool.com/lp/complimentary_lsa_covid19/

LightSail Education is offering schools, districts and parents free access to its K-12 literacy platform, including 6,000 fiction and nonfiction books, until Jun. 30, 2020. The collection includes literature "classics" and short-form books in English and Spanish. https://lightsailed.com/coronavirus-complimentary-literacy-platform-access/

Lingoda, an online language school, is offering free access to 2,000 different language learning materials in English, Spanish, French and German, as well as assistance in setting up online classes, online "masterclass" Q&A sessions and guides on running a successful online class experience. After registration, a staff member will get in touch to set up access. https://blog.lingoda.com/en/stay-home-and-keep-learning-with-lingoda

Literal is offering free access to its "classic" subscription books through July 2020. The program offers multiple modes of reading engagement to "entice, motivate and delight reluctant readers." Teachers can track student progress remotely. Use the promotion code "FreeClassics" during registration. https://literalapp.com/literal-for-education/#CovidClassics

Local Civics is running an on-going series of Zoom workshops to help young people in middle school and high school learn how to take leadership roles in all kinds of professions. Registration is limited. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdk2sB5_aQ0Uybh0SIOeeTSa4fQz0XkzWSBOhOvsnhHVSjkhQ/viewform

Loom is making its quick-response video software free for educators forevermore. The program captures a person's screen, voice and face and allows for editing, "instant sharing" and controlled viewing. https://support.loom.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006579637-Loom-Pro-Free-for-Students-and-Teachers

MackinVIA, which resells learning products into the education market, has compiled a collection of digital content from its publishers free until Sep. 30, 2020. Ebook collections are available for elementary school, middle school and high school readers. Other resources include history and cultural site tours and podcasts. Set-up of a company account is needed for educators who don't already have one. https://www.mackin.com/hq/distance-learning-essentials/

Macmillan Learning is offering free access to LaunchPad, Sapling, iClicker and FlipIt to educators and students through the remainder of the spring 2020 semester as well as the winter 2020 quarter for those schools not already using these digital products. LaunchPad provides an online space where students can read, study, practice and complete homework on a given subject. Sapling gives students "wrong answer-specific feedback" on their problems so they learn from correct and incorrect answers. iClicker is a response system that works in an online format. FlipItPhysics is a class preparation system that uses active learning. The company is also hosting a series of webinars to help educators make the transition to online teaching. https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/content/covid19

Madeleine Editions is making its collection of multilingual stories free until Apr. 4, 2020. The company said that its mission was to help children ages three to eight "cultivate an ear for languages and a taste for the creative arts." Once downloaded via Apple Books, the collection can be kept permanently. Titles include, "Vampire Pool Party," "Wiggly Tooth" and "The Taste of a Strawberry," among others. https://madeleineeditions.com/stories/

Managed Methods, a cybersecurity platform that monitors G Suite, Office 365 and email applications for cybersecurity threats and student safety risks, is offering K-12 school districts free access to its platform through May 31, with training and support. The company has also published a checklist to help school IT teams vet their cybersecurity and safety protections during the move to remote learning. https://get.managedmethods.com/k12-cybersecurity-free-access

Mango is making its Classroom online language-learning program freely available to schools through the end of the current school year. The program offers lessons for 70 languages in a digital format that can be accessed online and offline, via desktop and mobile app. The software includes on-task monitoring and assessment results for teachers and reading, listening and speaking activities for students. https://mangolanguages.com/info/covid19-response.cfm

Manticore Games has launched "Code Academy," a destination for free online classes for game creation and design. Courses include tutorials, videos and hands-on examples, as well as weekly livestreams where instructors answer questions directly. https://www.manticoregames.com/news/introducing-core-academy-and-core-game-dev-bootcamp

MarcoPolo Learning is offering 30-day free trials to MarcoPolo World School. The program provides a STEAM-based curriculum where children ages 3-7 have access to 500 video lessons and 3,000 interactive learning activities. https://www.marcopololearning.com/special-offer/MPL1M

Math Nation is offering free digital access to its resources through August 2020. This learning program uses videos, hands-on activities and lesson guides to cover its subjects. Teachers can assign explanatory videos to students based on their learning needs; the study experts in the videos cover the same material at different speeds and with different styles. A practice test tool at the end of each section of content quizzes students and provides instant results and personalized feedback to identify gaps in understanding. Students can also get feedback from teachers, tutors and peers on the "Student Walls." A "Teacher Wall" helps educators from within a given state engage with each other. https://mathnation.com/LearnMore/

Mathchops helps students build core skills for standardized tests through adaptive games. Teachers can view high-level stats for their students, see individual questions and create and assign quizzes. All questions have explanations and are graded automatically. Versions for SAT, ACT, ISEE, and grades 4-11 are being made available free during the COVID-19 school closures. https://www.mathchops.com/signup/free-trial

Maths Chase, already free, provides online learning games to help students practice their math skills. Games include times tables and problems for addition, subtraction, division, odd and even, sequences, prime numbers and place values. https://www.mathschase.com/

MathTutor Educational Software is making its math tutorial software for grades 6-12 available to schools at no cost through Jun. 30, 2020. The series is available in online and desktop versions. The programs feature interactive, self-paced tutorials that help students build proficiency in math concepts and problem solving. https://www.mathtutor.com/coronavirus.html

Matific is making its math software free for 60 days. The program's Common Core learning standards-aligned activities, worksheets and word problems combine gamified activities with real-world problems, to help students see the relevance of what they're learning. Teachers can assign activities, assess results with the real-time reporting system and email progress reports home to parents. Access is provided through a school account. https://www.matific.com/us/en-us/home/onboarding/

Matrox is making a remote recorder free as a 90-day trial to support distance learning initiatives. The Matrox Maevex 6020 Remote Recorder provides multi-channel live streaming and video recording in an appliance. Once a lecture is over, the company said, recordings are available immediately as part of a secure and searchable video library for later review viewing. The free trial offer is available until Jul. 1, 2020. https://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/contact/product/?product=maevex-6020

Mawi Learning and ACT Tessera are providing free social-emotional learning resources from ACT's SEL Curricula and Assessment, including SEL home connections worksheets and skill building activities. Resources include hands-on-tools for stress management, goal setting and relationship building. https://www.mawilearning.com/covid-19-help-resources/

Mazaam introduces young children to classical music. The app for iOS and Android is currently free. https://mazaam.com/en/app-recommended-public-institutions-canada-united-states/

McGraw-Hill has developed an out-of-school learning website to help K-12 teachers make the transition to remote instruction, with product walkthroughs of its many math products and other free resources and videos over the coming days. https://www.mheducation.com/prek-12/explore/remote-learning.html

McGraw-Hill announced free access to its "5 Steps to a 5" Advanced Placement test preparation guides in 14 AP subjects. Students can create a personalized study plan based on their test dates and set daily goals to stay on track, through the use of integrated lessons, practice questions, exams, flashcards and games. The online courses will be available for 90 days for students who register for access prior to Jun. 30, 2020. https://learn.mheducation.com/ap-teacher-resources.html

MEL Science has introduced free online science lessons with "practical experiments" that students can carry out at home, such as creating a DIY hand sanitizer, showing how to cool a drink with salt and how to make a simple barometer. The company has also launched MEL Academy, a set of webinars delivered by science teachers giving online science lessons and hands-on demonstrations of experiments for students ages 5 to 16. https://melscience.com/US-en/articles/

Menlo Security is offering no-cost licenses to organizations to help their employees maintain security during work-from-home days. The software covers three security concerns: isolation of email links and attachments to protect against phishing attacks or malicious attachments; direct connection to the internet without having to use the virtual private network infrastructure; and a free assessment of the current infrastructure and development of a deployment plan to quickly deploy services. The offer is good until May 1, 2020. https://info.menlosecurity.com/Request-Your-Free-Proxy-and-Phishing-Protection-Licenses.html

MetaCoders is offering daily coding lessons on YouTube. Curriculum covers computer science concepts, how to think like a programmer and how to code more efficiently. Lessons run between five and 15 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJwcNVM9uG03zUbYrUYeW0g

MeTEOR Education, an education consultancy, is making its MeTEOR Connect library of professional development videos available free. Topics cover subjects, such as math and English language arts, as well as instructional best practices. https://lms.meteorconnect.com/

Microsoft is reminding schools and districts that it offers a free set of productivity applications — including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote — for education, for those schools that haven't adopted a software suite yet. Office 365 A1 also comes with services, including OneDrive (for storage and file transfer), Teams (for web communications), Forms (for quizzes) and other utilities useful for collaboration. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/academic/compare-office-365-education-plans?activetab=tab%3aprimaryr1

MIND Research Institute is offering ST Math to parents, schools and districts for grades K-8, free through Jun. 30, 2020. The company has also compiled resources to help parents and teachers get their students up and running on the lessons. https://www.stmath.com/coronavirus

Mindantix said it intends to release weekly sets of brainteasers that teachers and parents can use for warm-ups with their students or that can be worked on independently by students. One example is coming up with a mnemonic for remembering the order of the planets (which includes Pluto!); another suggests creating a new gadget using sunglasses and chopsticks. https://www.mindantix.com/index.php/site/page?view=covid

mindSpark Learning has developed a set of professional learning sessions for educators, including school leaders, focused on remote teaching, supporting and engaging staff remotely and maintaining social and emotional health during physical distancing. The nonprofit is also hosting on-going "coffee chats," Zoom sessions for people to share their specific needs and get feedback from other participants. The nonprofit is working with IBM on hosting a series of free professional development sessions for educators on artificial intelligence, to help them learn the basics and infuse AI concepts into instruction. mindSpark is also working with Project ECHO, at the University of Denver, to deliver a continuing education series on social-emotional learning for teachers, administrators and others who work with children. https://www.mymindsparklearning.org/online-toolkit

Minecraft (Microsoft) is making Minecraft Education Edition available free to teachers through June 2020. They need to have a valid Office 365 Education account. There's a brief educator quick-start guide that includes a set of "curriculum kits," projects that can be implemented with students working remotely. The Minecraft Education Challenge invites students to learn about sustainability and inclusion, and then to design projects using Minecraft. The company has also added a new education category within the Minecraft Marketplace, free of charge through June 30. Minecraft players can explore the International Space Station, wander through the inside of a human eye, learn what it's like to be a marine biologist and more. The world will be free to download through Jun. 30, 2020. Just look for the "free" tag. https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/marketplace

Mobile Guardian is offering its classroom and filtering products free to schools. Remote management can be handled online for Android, iOS and ChromeOS devices. That includes setting device, content and app permissions based on profile, time and location. A district dashboard allows for creating and managing multiple school profiles. A linked parent dashboard allows families to manage and monitor their students' mobile device usage outside of school hours. https://www.mobileguardian.com/mobile-guardian-pro-classroom-to-cloud-remote/

MobileMind, a certified Google for Education professional development partner, is offering free technical and learning support for G-suite. The offer includes live support sessions, consultations and curated distance learning resources for educators using Classroom, Chat, Docs, Drive, Slides and Calendar. https://mobilemind.io/distance/

MobyMax is making its catalog of K-8 programs free for teachers, schools and districts through the end of the school year. These include educational curriculum for students in the core subjects; software to allow teachers to assign lessons based on student placement tests; monitor progress and adjust the order of upcoming lesson sequences; and a tool for setting up teams and adding game functions to practice assignments. https://teachers.mobymax.com/moby-remote-learning

The Myers-Briggs Company has released an open-access version of VitaNavis, a mobile tool to help students envision possible careers for themselves. The "Student Success package provides schools with access to Student Exploration and "SuperStrong," assessments to help users evaluate their strengths, interests and values; and a virtual advising guide, to help counselors work with students virtually to navigate their academic and career pathways based on their assessment results. Registration is required; the company said it would get in touch within 72 hours to set up an account. https://get.vitanavis.com/k12guide

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