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Big Deal Book, November 15, 2017

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Blue rectangle with words Maximizing Technology in the the 21st Century Classroom bright graphic on left side of rectangle displays words Big Deal MediaFrom digital learning to mobile learning to professional growth, Big Deal Media offers the best of the best web-based resources for K-12 educators. The October 16, 2017, newsletter offers resources that help Create a Global Classroom, Tap Deeper Learning, Picture History & More.

Here are a few of our favorite resources in this newsletter. Be sure to check out the full newsletter linked below:

Digital Learning • Learning Support

Web Projects to Enhance Historical Thinking

The American Social History Project (ASHP) in the Center for Media Literacyat City University of New York has been at the forefront of history on the web since the mid-1990s, producing a variety of websites where teachers, students, and the general public can discover the past. The subjects range from revolutionary France to twenty-first century America and points in between.

STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Essential STEM Resources to Spark Creativity

Quill.com helps educators launch the new school 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.”

Mobile Learning

Number Crunching Gameplay

Developed by Little 10 Robots for iPhone and iPad, Calcugators – Additionimmerses students in entertaining gameplay while sharpening their addition skills. Although the app focuses on addition, students have a variety of ways to manipulate numbers and improve their overall number sense and problem solving skills.

Big Deal Book, November 15, 2017

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Big Deal Book, October 16, 2017

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From digital learning to mobile learning to professional growth, Big Deal Media offers the best of the best web-based resources for K-12 educators. The October 16, 2017, newsletter offers resources that help students Solve Coding Puzzles, Create Oral Histories, Perform Shakespeare & More.

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Game Applying Constitutional Rights

Developed by Filament Games, That’s Your Right is a single or multiplayer digital card game that teaches students in middle school and high school about the first ten amendments of the US Constitution, known collectively as the Bill of Rights.

Intergenerational Oral Histories

The Great Thanksgiving Listen is a national movement that empowers high school students to create an oral history of the contemporary United States by recording an interview with an elder using the free StoryCorps app for iOS and Android.

Adventures Exploring Coding Concepts

SpriteBox Coding by LightBot is an adventure game for iOS and Android that gets students aged 6–8 coding. Students start from scratch by solving coding puzzles using icons.

Big Deal Book, October 16, 2017

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Big Deal Book, October 2, 2017

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The Internet is full of great education resources: the challenge is finding them! VSTE has an answer for you: The Big Deal Book! We partner with Big Deal Media to bring you the best of the best from grants to competitions to apps. In this edition you can find ways to Structure Tinkering Time, Get Advice from Watson, Connect Safely & More.

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Lesson Planning with IBM Watson

IBM’s famous Watson computing system is helping to power a searchable database of mathematics open educational resources (OERs) designed for K–5 teachers.

Student-Led, Culturally Responsive Professional Development

An organization called Diversity Talks wants to provide K–12 school districts and higher education institutions student-led professional development on approaching culturally sensitive topics.

Program Developing Digital Citizenship Skills

Google and ISTE have teamed up to create a new way to teach digital citizenship. Be Internet Awesome, a program developed in concert with the Family Online Safety Institute, the Internet Keep Safe Coalition, and Connect Safely, educates youth about digital citizenship in interactive ways, including an online game.

Big Deal Book, October 2, 2017

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Big Deal Book, September 15, 2017: Maximize Your Learning

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Looking for some new ideas for the new year? Interested in grants or competitions? Check out the latest edition of the Big Deal Book, VSTE's partner for making sure you get the best of the best in web-based resources.  In this edition, you can find ways to Tinker with Technology, Track Climate Change, Think Visually & More.

Grants for Field Trips Connected to Classroom Curricula

Target Field Trip Grants are awarded to K–12 public, private, and charter schools nationwide to fund field trips that connect students’ classroom curricula to out-of-school experiences.

Challenge to Girls to Become Tech Entrepreneurs

Technovation offers girls around the world the opportunity to learn the skills they need in order to emerge as tech entrepreneurs and leaders. Technovation invites girls to identify a problem in their community and then challenges them to solve it.

Search and Rescue Game

A distress call from an emergency beacon goes off somewhere in the world. Satellites orbiting high above Earth receive the signal and relay the person’s location to search and rescue crews on the ground. In Rescue 406, an iOS mobile game by NASA, students use the information from these satellites to direct the rescue effort.

Big Deal Book, September 15, 2017

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Big Deal Book, September 1, 2017

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It's back to school time and the Big Deal Book can help make sure you are providing your students with quality resources. It is filled with news, information and resources to help you start the school year successfully. In this edition, you can find ways to Commemorate 9/11, Celebrate Constitution Day, Promote Kindness & More.

Explorations of the Life of Plants

Students aged 9–11 can take on the role of a naturalist in NAMOO – Wonders of Plant Life, as they water roots, pollinate flowers, and “blow” carbon dioxide onto leaves.

Resources for Leading a Digital Transformation

CoSN recently released a set of resources developed specifically for school-system leaders, providing a comprehensive and consistent review of various edtech topics that guide and empower superintendents and their leadership teams in leading a digital transformation.

Virtual Amusement Park of Atoms and Molecules

Produced by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NanoSpace Moleculariumintroduces elementary and middle school students to the properties of atoms and molecules.

Big Deal Book, September 1, 2017

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