‘Teach from Home’ available

KARACHI: Google has made available a new distance learning resource hub for Pakistan called “Teach from Home”, a statement said.

It is a central hub of information, tips, trainings and tools from across Google for education to help teachers keep teaching, even when they are not in the classroom, including a collection of training materials on how to get started, best practices for conducting lessons with or without video call capability, tips on engagement and community building, and a downloadable step-by-step “Teach from Home” toolkit.

Google has also made premium Google Meet video conferencing features free for schools and educational institutions until September 30. This includes the ability to have 250 people in a call together, record lessons and livestream. Productivity suit G Suite for education is free for all eligible educational institutions, it added.