{"id":336,"date":"2020-03-31T15:49:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T20:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/?p=336"},"modified":"2020-03-31T15:49:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T20:49:28","slug":"wide-open-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/31\/wide-open-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Wide Open School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was checking out the new offerings from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\">Common Sense Media<\/a> today when I got what looked like a pop-up ad for <a href=\"https:\/\/wideopenschool.org\">Wide Open School<\/a>. &#8220;That&#8217;s funny,&#8221; I thought. &#8220;This site doesn&#8217;t have ads.&#8221; So I clicked it. And wow. Just wow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In partnership with what appears to be anyone who is anyone in the field of online content, Common Sense Media has put together <a href=\"https:\/\/wideopenschool.org\/\">a show-stopper of a website<\/a> packed with resources for teachers, kids, and families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.25.50-PM-1024x731.png\" alt=\"Wide Open School homepage with partners\" class=\"wp-image-340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.25.50-PM-1024x731.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.25.50-PM-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.25.50-PM-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.25.50-PM-1536x1096.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.25.50-PM.png 1802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resources include things like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Daily schedules with curated content for every grade level<\/li><li>Hundreds of online lessons and videos<\/li><li>Information about how to set up a virtual classroom<\/li><li>Resources for supporting students with special needs<\/li><li>Virtual field trips<\/li><li>Physical activities<\/li><li>Social-emotional support<\/li><li>Links to resources for low-cost devices, Internet access, and free meals\/nutritional support<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything is in an easy-to-use interface with colorful icons that make it inviting and accessible to even the youngest children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.26.09-PM-1024x863.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.26.09-PM-1024x863.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.26.09-PM-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.26.09-PM-768x647.png 768w, https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.26.09-PM-1536x1294.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-3.26.09-PM.png 1790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you would expect from an organization dedicated to children&#8217;s online safety and well-being, the site also adheres to the Children\u2019s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and promises it will not collect any user data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re a teacher looking for high-quality online content, a parent getting used to the &#8220;new normal&#8221; of homeschooling, or just someone who is curious to see what kinds of resources are out there, I recommend checking it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was checking out the new offerings from Common Sense Media today when I got what looked like a pop-up ad for Wide Open School. &#8220;That&#8217;s funny,&#8221; I thought. &#8220;This &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Wide Open School\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/31\/wide-open-school\/#more-336\" aria-label=\"More on Wide Open School\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenrassler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}