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UnisonEDU Virtual Conference

October 12, 2021 by vsteadmin

Images of keynote speakersIn less than two weeks, UnisonEDU will be offering its biggest event ever - our first virtual conference!  On October 23, you can grow with us professionally and attend one of four keynotes, over 30+ sessions in 3 breakout times, plus bite-sized sessions during the lunch hour; learning from some of the biggest names in our industry.

This conference was designed with educators in mind and we’re giving you lots of choice starting with registration. It’s FREE to attend the conference the day of or if you want more time to view all of the sessions, pay $10 and your access to the recorded sessions will never run out!  You’ll also receive access to additional sessions and resources.

If you are part of a larger group that wants to attend, we’re happy to provide bulk registration with video archive access for schools or school divisions:

  • Schools may register up to 100 people for $100.
  • School divisions who have from 100 to 200 registrations may register for $300.00.
  • School divisions with more than 200 can register for $500.

The choices continue with our Keynote Speakers, where you can decide which keynote fits your focus and attend the one that is right for you as both morning or afternoon speakers will be speaking simultaneously:

Morning

  • Matthew Woods, The Sandbox Mentality
  • Debbie Tannenbaum, Transform: Techy Notes to Make Learning Sticky

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Afternoon

  • Matthew Joseph, Power of Connections: Cultivating Professional Learning Networks
  • Hedreich Nichols, Don't Be Afraid to Get It Wrong 

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During our breakout times, you can choose from 8 - 9 sessions covering a wealth of areas from STEM, creativity, supporting special education students, mentoring other educators, personalizing learning, HyperDocs, and more!  These sessions will range from 30 - 45 minutes and are categorized from traditional presentation styles to edcamp and gamified style sessions.  At lunch, join in for 15 minute bite-sized or spark-like sessions or consider tuning into the STEM 101 panel.  

Whatever sessions you decide, there is something for everyone!  Check out the schedule and register now. 

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Big Book Deal, October 1st, 2021

October 7, 2021 by Mike Scott

VSTE partners with Big Deal Media to bring you carefully curated resources designed for K-12 educators. Grants, competitions, web-based and mobile resources and more. We select our favorites from each newsletter but be sure to scroll down and view the whole newsletter. And, since not all the Big Deal Book resources are time sensitive, we provide an archive for you to browse.

This newsletter will help you with  Food Literacy, Pop Culture, Design Thinking, Digital Storytelling & More

 

Webinar Series on the Future of Safety Science and Sustainability

Since 1922 the Newbery Medal has been recognized as the most prestigious award in children’s literature. The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival is an annual video contest in which young filmmakers create weird short movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books in about 90 seconds.

New Data Hub on Schools and the Pandemic

Hub serves as a central database for educators, researchers, and policymakers looking to study and understand how the pandemic shaped students' modes of learning in the 2020–21 school year and what the implications of that are going forward.

 App Illustrating Evolutionary Relationships Among Living Beings

Developed by PappCorn, the Tree of Life app is an interactive and illustrated family-level phylogeny of living beings. Main groups of organisms—from bacteria to vertebrates—are displayed in the initial tree as collapsed branches that can be opened to view family-level relationships.

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Big Book Deal, September 15th, 2021

September 16, 2021 by Mike Scott

 

VSTE partners with Big Deal Media to bring you carefully curated resources designed for K-12 educators. Grants, competitions, web-based and mobile resources and more. We select our favorites from each newsletter but be sure to scroll down and view the whole newsletter. And, since not all the Big Deal Book resources are time sensitive, we provide an archive for you to browse.

This newsletter will help you with   Back-to-School, Constitution Day, Hispanic Heritage Month & More .....

 

Create a Generation of Problem Solvers

EiE, the award-winning curriculum division of the Museum of Science, Boston, develops research-based, classroom-tested programs that empower children to become lifelong STEM learners. Today’s children need to be problem solvers, critical thinkers, communicators, and collaborators—whether preparing for STEM-related careers or to contribute as world citizens. EiE’s preK–8 curricula encourage all children, including those from underrepresented groups, to envision a future in STEM.
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Back-to-School Savings on Digital Books for Your Classroom

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It’s time to go Back-to-School, and an even better time to outfit your MackinVIA’s digital bookshelves with some serious savings. Now through September 30, 2021, you’ll get 20% off on more than 300,000 K–12, fiction and nonfiction eBooks and audiobooks from dozens of publishers, exclusively at Mackin.com. It’s the perfect way to start the new school year, with fresh digital content for your school’s free, multiple-award-winning MackinVIA. When it comes to Back-to-School fashions, a 20% discount from Mackin is always in style.
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“Living” Periodic Table of Elements

From Theodore Gray comes The Elements, an iPad app that introduces students to the elements of the periodic table and educates them on how the elements combine to form the world.

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September 15, 2021

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Register now: UnisonEDU Conference, October 23, 2021

September 13, 2021 by vsteadmin

UnisonEDU is excited to announce our first virtual conference on October 23, 2021, from 9 AM - 3 PM.

Four keynotes and 30+ sessions throughout the day will explore topics including STEM, coaching, first year teachers, creation tools, SPED, and SEL topics. There is something for all educators!

All of the sessions will be live and free to join that day. There will be an all access option for $10 a person that will provide access to conference materials after October 23! Paid access will include access to all session recordings along with recordings of bonus sessions that will be not presented during the live event.  Be sure to save the date and come #LearnWithUnisonEDU!

Registration is open now. 

Learn more about UnisonEDU.

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Big Book Deal, September 1, 2021

September 1, 2021 by Mike Scott

VSTE partners with Big Deal Media to bring you carefully curated resources designed for K-12 educators. Grants, competitions, web-based and mobile resources and more. We select our favorites from each newsletter but be sure to scroll down and view the whole newsletter. And, since not all the Big Deal Book resources are time sensitive, we provide an archive for you to browse.

This newsletter will help you with   NASCAR Science, Flags of Remembrance, Digital Citizenship & More.......

 

App for Helping Scientists Study the Global Environment

Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) is an international science and education program that gives students and the public worldwide the opportunity to participate in data collection and the scientific process, and contribute meaningfully to scientific understanding of Earth’s system.
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NASCAR-Themed STEM Lessons

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NASCAR and National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) have teamed up to provide engaging and relevant content and activities for teaching science and STEM.
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Real Science, Real Stories, Real Data Exploring the Living World

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) BioInteractive website brings the power of real science stories into tens of thousands of high school and undergraduate life science classrooms. The stories anchor a variety of classroom resources based on peer-reviewed science.
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