Big Deal Media K-12 Technology Newsletter

May 01, 2017

 

Standing Desks Make a Difference

Standing Desks Make a Difference

In the words of teachers, introducing adjustable standing desks into the classroom is a game-changer. Not only are there health benefits to introducing standing, but there are also learning benefits. Additionally, LearnFit adjustable standing desks are naturally mobile, removing classroom furniture as an obstacle for learning and teaching. More information can be found on JustStand.org, or watch this video case study about one of the presenting teacher’s standing classroom.

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Teacher Award

Funding & Recognition

Award for Contributing to Education in Rural Schools

The National Rural Education Association (NREA) and the Monsanto Fund will be presenting the Rural Teacher of the Year Award to a deserving rural teacher directly involved in preK–grade 12 classroom instruction.

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Learn Skills to Teach the Earth Sciences

Professional Growth

Learn Skills to Teach Earth Sciences

The Earth Sciences curriculum, offered online through Penn State World Campus, can prepare you to help students in grades 7–12 to master the educational objectives related to Earth and space science. Penn State’s courses offer flexibility and convenience, and are taught by the same distinguished faculty as on campus.

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art app lofopi.com

Mobile Learning

Virtual Art Materials

Created by LOFOPI, Art Set is like having art materials right inside your iPad. Users of this iPad app can paint and draw via the photo-realistic interface with tools that look and feel like the real thing.

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Bird Watching nestwatch.org

STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Citizen-Science Activity Tracking Birds

NestWatch is a nationwide monitoring program conducted by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, designed to track the status and trends in the reproductive biology of birds, including when nesting occurs, how many eggs are laid and hatch, and how many hatchlings survive.

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Happy Educator Appreciation Month!

Mobile Learning

Happy Educator Appreciation Month!

It’s that time of year again and Sprint has great deals for Education employees:

• Great deals on devices, including Samsung and LG

• Deals on tablets, and other-on-the-spot rewards

Get an EVEN better deal not available in Sprint’s retail stores by calling 1-844-344-6552 and stating that you are an education employee. Mention code GDVRT_ZZZ.

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American Revolution amrevmuseum.org

Digital Learning • Learning Support

Populist Account of the American Revolution

More than a hundred years in the making, the Museum of the American Revolution opened in the heart of historic Philadelphia on April 19, 2017.

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Political Division

Professional Growth

Shared Conversations on Contemporary Issues

In a frank conversation recorded for HarvardEdCast, three Harvard researchers describe the complexities teachers routinely navigate, often alone, and especially in today’s divisive political and cultural climate.

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Computer Programming Club

STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Global Network of Coding Clubs

CoderDojo is a loosely connected global network of free volunteer-led, community-based programming clubs for young people. The volunteers are usually a mix of technical mentors and nontechnical volunteers.

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Science Plants store.powerfulplants.net

Mobile Learning

Talking Seeds

Powerful Plants is a science curriculum featuring “talking” seed packets that teach students about cultivating and eating locally grown produce.

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Humanities newsela.com

Digital Learning • Learning Support

News Representing Multiple Perspectives

A Mile in Our Shoes is a new program from the news curating company Newsela, which takes content from a variety of credible news sources, such as the Associated Press, The Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, and rewrites the articles at five reading levels to make reading news accessible to all ages.

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Vlog Books thelivbits.com

Social Media

Vblog Promoting Student Voice and Audience

Olivia Van Ledtje may only be nine years old, but already she has a global following. She loves to read, and she records a video blog called LivBits in which she shares information about the books she has read, as well as her observations about life in general.

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IT for Ill Children

Funding & Recognition

Technology for Hospitalized Children

Grahamtastic Connection provides free laptops, tablets, robots, and internet access to seriously ill children for educational purposes.

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Slavery whitneyplantation.com

Digital Learning • Learning Support

Story of Slavery from the Point of View of the Enslaved

Whitney Plantation—located in Wallace, Louisiana—is the only plantation museum of its kind in the state, and the first one to focus on the story of slavery from the slaves’ point of view.

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Terrorism

Professional Growth

Teaching in a Time of Terrorism

As an educator, what do you do after students have awakened to news of terrorism—close to home or far away? How do you create a context for a conversation?

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STEM Funding

Funding & Recognition

STEM Education Grants

Do you need funding to launch or enhance a STEM learning project or program at your school?

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amightygirl.com

STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Posters Celebrating Women in Science

A science-trained designer, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, has created a series of posters celebrating women in science to connect the Women’s March to the March for Science.

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Hip Hop Historyr flocabulary.com

Mobile Learning

Educational Hip-Hop Videos

Flocabulary, the interactive learning platform that uses educational hip-hop to engage students and increase achievement across the curriculum, has launched its first mobile app.

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Shakespeare Hip Hop Music hiphopshakespeare.com

Digital Learning • Learning Support

Parallels Between Shakespeare and Hip-Hop Artists

Founded in 2009 by BAFTA and MOBO award-winning UK hip-hop artist Akala, The Hip-hop Shakespeare Company (THSC) is a music theatre production company aimed at exploring the social, cultural, and linguistic parallels between the works of William Shakespeare and that of modern-day hip-hop artists.

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online whiteboard notebookcast.com

Social Media

Collaborative Whiteboard Tool

NoteBookCast is a free collaborative whiteboard tool that lets students communicate in real time either by voice or by text.

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Health Art Reading eatplaygrow.org

Digital Learning • Learning Support

Creative Activities for a Healthy Start

EatPlayGrow is a free early childhood health curriculum developed by the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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