Blog Post 2: Tools to be used by parents

Tools to be used by parents during lockdown:

During Lockdown the following tools will be useful for parents.

1) d6 School Communicator

2) The school's website

3) WhatsApp

4) E-learning portal of the WCED

5) Youtube videos

The following tools will be useful for teachers:

1) WhatsApp

2) Youtube

3) Renderforest videocreator

4) Piktocharts

5) Canva, etc.

Furthermore, this can be seen as an opportunity to be creative as Educational Technologists.

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