{"id":115190,"date":"2020-04-03T12:47:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T22:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=115190"},"modified":"2020-04-03T13:21:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T23:21:01","slug":"school-virtually-student-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/03\/school-virtually-student-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Online resource supports students with disabilities, language learners"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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In this difficult time when students around the state find themselves learning from home, new resources created in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> are being made available to families and educators.<\/p>\n

Professor Kavita Rao<\/strong> from the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa College of Education Department of Special Education<\/a> has co-created SchoolVirtually<\/em><\/a>, a website that provides resources to support all learners, including students with disabilities and English language learners.<\/p>\n

Along with Caroline (Cary) Torres<\/strong>, an assistant professor at Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College<\/a> and UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa alumna, and University of Kansas Professor of Special Education Sean J. Smith, Rao developed this online tool in less than two weeks.<\/p>\n

“My colleagues and I put together this website in the past 10 days to help educators\/teachers make the shift to online learning,” Rao said. “We launched this version 1.0 quickly in order to offer some immediate assistance to educators, parents and students. We will continue developing and adding to it in the weeks to come.”<\/p>\n