Distance Learning Technology

List of 8 items.

• Email

  Audience: Families, students, faculty, staff; all grades
  
  Description and Access: Email will be used for all major communications and announcements, including those from the head of school and division directors. If you need to contact your child’s teacher(s)/advisor, please use email.

• Google G Suite

  Audience: Families, students, faculty, staff; all grades
  
  Description & Access: Google Docs, Slides and Sheets will continue to be the recommended platform for learning documents, spreadsheets and presentations.

   

• Zoom

  Audience: CST support specialists and families, students; Intermediate and Middle Division faculty, students
  
  Description & Access: Video conferencing, online meeting, chat, and mobile collaboration platform. Families create free accounts to access (zoom.us); TSC space is password-protected.

• Classroom Boards on TSC Website

  Audience: Primary Division (K-2) families, students
  
  Description & Access: Log in to The School’s website (www.theschool.columbia.edu). On top menu bar, click Groups; your child’s class (or children’s classes) will appear. Click Bulletin Board tab for resources from classroom teachers, and Topics tab for resources from studio-space teachers. Be sure to click both tabs to access all necessary resources.

• Google Sites

  Audience: Middle Division (6-8) students
  
  Description & Access: Grade-level websites and schedules will continue to be utilized in the Middle Division to post files, assignments, and homework.

• Google Classroom

  Audience: Grades 4 and 5 students, Middle Division (6-8) students
  
  

  Grade 3 students will use G Suite, building understanding of online shared platforms

   

  Description & Access: Platform for teachers and students to communicate and share files, assignments, and homework; students log in with TSC email account (classroom.google.com)

• Teacherease

  Audience: Middle Division (6-8) students, families
  
  Description & Access: TeacherEase will continue to be TSC’s online grade book for the Middle Division, and used to track assignments and assessments.

• TSC Website

  Audience: Families, students, faculty, staff; all grades
  
  Description & Access: TSC will maintain general information on password-protected resource boards (including Online Learning Resources) and publicly on the home page, including announcements and alerts (www.theschool.columbia.edu)