Snow days virtually eliminated with Web tools

Despite winter storms that forced schools and colleges across the nation to cancel classes, tech-savvy educators are turning to Facebook, podcasts and other Web tools to keep students on track.

In Chicago’s suburbs, Lake Forest College professor Holly Swyers uploaded videos of her anthropology lecture last week on YouTube and kept an e-mail line open while Chicago absorbed 20 inches of snow and its public schools had their first snow day since 1999. University of New Hampshire professor Kent Chamberlin gave an electromagnetics lecture live — audio only — while still in pajamas.

By Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY

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