First phone. Are your children ready?
First steps. First haircut. First day of school. Life is full of firsts. As you try to decide whether it’s time for another first, know that Sprint can help. Visitors to Sprint’s Kids First Phone webpage will find a readiness quiz, deciding factors, benefits of a phone for children, parent–child phone contract, and more.
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January 15, 2018
Funding & Recognition
Grants for Early Childhood and Parenting Education
The
Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood provides
grants for innovative, creative projects and programs that significantly enhance the development, health, safety, education, and quality of life of children from birth through age 7.
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Professional Growth
Online Degree Programs for Effective Teachers
The goal of effective teachers is to maximize their students’ engagement, creating a positive and inclusive learning environment while establishing a culture of continuous education in their classrooms. Waldorf University online programs give teachers the competitive edge they need in order to pursue careers as counselors, education administration professionals, and special curriculum specialists. Waldorf’s Master of Arts in education effective teacher program is designed to help working education professionals bolster their teaching efficiency, refine their leadership skills, and grow their potential in the education field. The Master of Arts in organizational leadership develops students’ leadership skills and equips them to use it as an instrument for organizational change within the education industry.
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gometa.io
Mobile Learning
Tool for Creating Augmented Reality Experiences
Metaverse – AR Browser by
GoMeta makes it easy for anyone to create
computer vision,
artificial intelligence, and
virtual reality experiences without needing to write complex code. Using
Metaverse Studio, teachers can create engaging games and interactive quizzes to digitally enhance their curriculum.
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nytedu.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Summer Journalism Academy
Hosted by
The School of The New York Times, the
NYC Summer Academy gives intellectually curious high school students the opportunity to live and learn in New York City while studying topics in journalism, media, technology, arts, culture, sports, fashion, business, science, and more.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Essential STEM Resources to Spark Creativity
Quill.com helps educators launch the new year with fresh lesson plans and activities, as well as products, supplies, and technology to create engaging and positive learning environments. Teachers can put their students’ creativity into high gear with 3D models and other STEM activities. They can brush up on their professional growth efforts (and receive a CE certificate) with relevant webinars on topics such as “Teaching with Technology,” “Tech As a Learning Tool,” and “Creating Brain-Friendly Classrooms.” Quill’s Educator Resource Center grows by the day with sources to enrich STEM projects, grants to expand special programs, and links to access more than 85,000 classroom essentials.
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Professional Growth
Online Course on Bullying Prevention
The
Anti-Defamation League offers “
Building Ally Behaviors,” a
free 20-minute
online course to help teachers in grades 3–7 maintain a positive, safe, inclusive classroom environment so all students can learn and thrive. The course takes teachers through a process to help students move from being bystanders to using ally behaviors in bullying situations.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Live Broadcast of the Olympic Games
For the first time, in 2018 the events of the
winter Olympic Games will be broadcast and streamed live in all time zones by
NBCOlympics.com. The videos will also be available on the
NBC Sports app for
Android and
iOS phones.
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Funding & Recognition
Competition Promoting Philosophical Discussions Among Youth
The
Kids Philosophy Slam is designed to make philosophy accessible and engaging for children of all ages and abilities, to encourage a philosophical dialogue between children and adults, and to promote a greater awareness of philosophy and education in everyday life.
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scientificmonkey.com
Mobile Learning
Simulation Techniques Practiced by Engineers
Designed by a rocket scientist,
Truss Me! utilizes real algorithms and simulation techniques practiced by aerospace, mechanical, and civil engineers to test for stress and structure failure. Students can design and test structures in a
realistic virtual environment.
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commons.mtholyoke.edu
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Philosophical Discussions Through Books and Art
Students can learn about complex topics with Big Ideas for Little Kids, a free online curriculum that encourages students to inquire about the world. Developed by two social studies educators, the program uses picture books to cover subjects such as economics and the environment and includes high school students as mentors.
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doodles.google.com
Funding & Recognition
Contest to Design an Uplifting, Interactive Doodle
K–12 students are invited to take part in the
2018 Doodle 4 Google contest and create an uplifting doodle that tells the world “
What inspires me.” From crayons to clay, graphics, or even food, young artists can utilize any materials to bring their creations to life.
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messengerkids.com
Social Media
Messaging App for Children
For the first time,
Facebook is opening up to children under age 13 with a
privacy-focused app designed to neutralize child predator threats that plague youth-focused services such as Snapchat.
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sabeh.org
Professional Growth
Opportunity to Teach in China
Now in its fourteenth year,
Sino-American Bridge for Education and Health (SABEH), welcomes experienced teachers of all subjects and grade levels to apply for a
four- to six-week trip to China in
July 2018.
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microsoft.com
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Collection of Project-based Activities
Microsoft has provided an online collection of
free hacking
STEM lessons and
hands-on activities developed by middle school teachers for Office 365. The inquiry- and project-based activities help students to visualize data across the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curricula.
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lego.com
Social Media
Social Themed App Inspiring Children to Create and Share
LEGO Life is an
app-based social network that allows LEGO fans, typically children, to share their LEGO creations in a community in which the children are anonymous.
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youtube.com
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Summary of the Field of Computer Engineering
The
Map of Computer Science is a
YouTube animation that presents a survey of computer science—from the work of Alan Turing to augmented reality.
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coachseye.com
Mobile Learning
App to Amplify Coaching with Video
Coach’s Eye is an
analysis tool for athletic coaches and their athletes to improve technique and physical performance. For example, the coach can record a pitcher’s release, track the ball in slow motion—including the moment it strikes the bat—and use the
in-app tools to analyze body positions, diagram plays, and more.
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learn.concord.org
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Repository of Interactive STEM Activities
For more than 20 years,
The Concord Consortium has developed cutting-edge educational software for STEM—and just about all of the award-winning, scientist-designed resources are
free. The
STEM Resource Finder features activities, modules, and software tools.
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Social Media
Scientific Explorations Through Virtual Field Trips
Teachers can show their students that science, exploration, and conservation are alive outside of their textbooks by joining
virtual field trips with
National Geographic Explorers. Several times a month, students can participate in
Explorer Classroom and connect with National Geographic explorers in
Google Hangout events.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
MOOC on Safe Operation of Drones
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is offering a
free online course on how to operate drones. “
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Key Concepts for New Users” lasts two weeks and is expected to take about four hours of work each week.
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