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Fuel Young Minds
Educators can enter the CITGO Fueling Education contest offering teachers, student teachers, and PTA/PTO members the chance to win $1,000 in school supplies for their classrooms. Deadline October 18, 2015.
Enhance Students’ Literacy and Technology Skills
On Tuesday, October 6, 2015, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (ET), the Shutterfly community on edWeb.net will host a free webinar titled “Creating Multimedia Stories for Learning.” In this webinar, participants will explore ways for students of all ages and content areas to easily create a storybook with text, photos, audio clips, and Doodle drawings using the free Shutterfly Photo Story app for the iPad.
Join a Giant Sing-Along
Performer and teaching artist Dave Ruch from Buffalo, New York, is going all out to put the fun in the fundamentals of online connection during Connected Educator Month. He is setting up a worldwide sing-along for elementary students at 1:15 p.m.(ET) on October 30. Zoom is hosting and donating bandwidth. The lighthearted event, named Largest Online Gathering of K–5 Classrooms (ever!), will last 15 to 20 minutes as Ruch performs songs and asks students from Los Angeles to Zimbabwe to move and participate with him.
Big Deal Book, October 1, 2015
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