FW: SCS TODAY: March 18, 2020

Thu Mar 19 11:27:22 EDT 2020

Hello everyone,

I know quite a few are trying to find ways to entertain the kiddos! I had collected some resources for my guy and put this together to share.

It may be part of the resources listed by the Dean’s office in the future with updates. Stay tuned.

Thanks and take care!
Trish

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Trish Spencer
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From: Artur Dubrawski <awd at cs.cmu.edu<mailto:awd at cs.cmu.edu>>
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To: Patricia N Spencer <pnspence at andrew.cmu.edu<mailto:pnspence at andrew.cmu.edu>>
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Subject: Re: SCS TODAY: March 18, 2020

This is very useful Trish,

Could you please take charge of setting up a little web document listing and categorizing these resources that could be shared across the Auton Lab and maybe RI, SCS and CMU communities?

Thanks!
Artur

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:07 AM Patricia N Spencer <pnspence at andrew.cmu.edu<mailto:pnspence at andrew.cmu.edu>> wrote:
Hello everyone,

My son’s school starts online classes next week (6th grade) that will keep him busy most of the day. Its likely the younger ones that are the biggest distraction.

I have seen some resources on Facebook that I saved and can share:

Education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closings:
https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609/list-of-education-companies-offering-free-subscriptions/?fbclid=IwAR26hSN8doobtpTQol0jEc1IhYiiqB447GStIZ-kniqprRWirhG_saIyu6Q

Storyline Online – actors read to children; storylineonline.net<http://storylineonline.net>
https://www.facebook.com/StorylineOnline/photos/a.158912177507620/2979053258826817/?type=3&theater

150+ educational shows on Netflix
https://homeschoolhideout.com/educational-shows-on-netflix/?fbclid=IwAR3HqelWytHJOZSuUq8MN8N8JoNKXMJkgOMTM086PhjB9CzE6G3WgtU29vA

Free Learning websites for kids – pic attached
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10218903164102838&set=a.2097656433722&type=3&theater

Easy Indoor Activities for Kids
https://www.hellowonderful.co/post/easy-indoor-activities-for-kids/?fbclid=IwAR3nCUHj48cO1hI4niI7f-6BHapNScQlnFKfL31Ye2qeyA3FCLNWiFAvTlg

Good luck!

Trish

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Subject: Fwd: SCS TODAY: March 18, 2020

fishing for ideas...

Thanks
Artur

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From: Artur Dubrawski <awd at cs.cmu.edu<mailto:awd at cs.cmu.edu>>
Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 6:56 PM
Subject: Fwd: SCS TODAY: March 18, 2020
To: Martial Hebert <hebert+ at cs.cmu.edu<mailto:hebert%2B at cs.cmu.edu>>

This is good, thanks Martial.

One issue is that many of our staff members who have kids now need to take care of them, helping to continue their schooling is one particularly serious distraction.
For my team to maintain productivity, it would be of great help if we could find a way to alleviate that a bit.
I know that some EU countries have just dedicated a few tv channels to broadcast school classes so that the kids can continue
their education through the school closures, while parents can do their work stuff, without spending a significant amount of time focusing on schooling their kids.
I guess there must be similar resources around (the Internet?) to be put to similar use in our environment. Who could help us identify such resources?

Artur

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 5:55 PM <hebert at cs.cmu.edu<mailto:hebert at cs.cmu.edu>> wrote:

SCS TODAY: March 18, 2020
[A late-day, daily update from the SCS Dean’s Office]

MY THANKS
— To all faculty, staff and students who put in amazing extra efforts to get online teaching and learning underway today. I offer my sincere appreciation!

OF NOTE
— perhaps historical: today was the first day for CMU teaching and learning taking place completely online
— reports are that things went smoothly, for the most part; challenges seemed mostly minor
— students having trouble accessing Zoom:  contact your department’s academic liaison, Piazza page, or contact it-help at cmu.edu<mailto:it-help at cmu.edu>
— our goal is for every student to be able to access lectures, which will be available online if accessing in realtime is a challenge
— we are aware of one internet outage (in Squirrel Hill); the affected classes are being addressed
— I’ll hold online Office Hours via Zoom, 11:30am – 1:00pm on Friday, https://cmu.zoom.us/j/512029450

ZOOM NOTES FOR INSTRUCTORS
— please test-drive Zoom from your location: activate 30 minutes early and consider developing a back-up plan
— Zoom allows hosting for only two meeting set up by the same person to run simultaneously. If you set up multiple meetings for recitations that overlap, you can have some else set up each meeting (e.g. TAs)
— Don’t "enable join before host" AND "record meeting automatically." You could end up recording some random noise before the class starts.

— please read the email from the Eberly Center (approx. 2:00pm) about delays in "record to cloud" in Zoom. For now, you should record to your local machine and upload to Canvas (or elsewhere).

TO KNOW
— EarthTime Focuses on the COVID-19 Threat: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/news/earthtime-focuses-covid-19-threat
— Tartan Proud —> The Pittsburgh Virtual Tip Jar:  http://centerforethicsandpolicy.com/PGHTipJar.html

REMEMBER YOUR RESOURCES
For students: https://www.cmu.edu/alert/coronavirus/resources/student-resources.html
For staff: https://www.cmu.edu/alert/coronavirus/resources/staff-resources.html
For faculty: https://www.cmu.edu/alert/coronavirus/resources/faculty-resources.html
SCS Alerts: https://scsdean.cs.cmu.edu/alerts<https://scsdean.cs.cmu.edu/alerts/index.html>

CMU Coronavirus Updates and Information<https://www.cmu.edu/alert/coronavirus/index.html> and FAQ<https://www.cmu.edu/alert/coronavirus/faqs.html>
CMU Health Services<https://www.cmu.edu/health-services/index.html> (412-268-2157)
Remote Education for Instructors: SCS FAQ<https://scsdean.cs.cmu.edu/alerts/faq.html> and Eberly Center FAQ<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pHM5zatOMaBu32V3Bhf6BK9-UraUAp0CewmC5E0kYaE/preview>
SCS Faculty Hiring: Updates and Guidelines<https://scsdean.cs.cmu.edu/faculty-hiring/index.html>

Until tomorrow,
----- Martial
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