February 01, 2017
Tools for Managing Students in the Classroom and Across the School
NetSupport School, an award-winning multiplatform Classroom Management solution, provides dedicated assessment, monitoring, and collaboration features that can now be combined with education-focused IT Asset Management. NetSupport DNA includes a toolbox of features to effortlessly monitor, manage, and report on all IT assets and endpoints across a school or district, saving time while reducing costs. A unique eSafety module protects students through webcam blocking, keyword monitoring, concern reporting, and more.
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Funding & Recognition
Challenge to Make a Difference
Peace First is launching the Peace First Challenge, a call to action for teams of young people across America to create powerful solutions for issues in their schools and local communities.
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Social Media
Global Awareness Activities
#GlobalSpeedChat is a worldwide collaboration platform on which students respond to activity prompts, such as “If the world had a flag of its own, what would it look like?”
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Professional Growth
Instructional Design Careers on the Rise
The Educational Technology programs delivered through Penn State World Campus are designed to help you successfully incorporate the use of the Internet and technology into your professional setting. If you work in an educational institution, you can expand your skills in instructional design and learn to evaluate the impact of technology on learning. The courses are designed and taught by the same faculty who teach in residence. Penn State’s College of Education has consistently ranked in the top 10 in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. Penn State World Campus makes learning online flexible, offers a career-focused curriculum—and, after graduation, you can become part of the largest alumni association in the world.
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gonoodle.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Video “Brain Break” Activities
GoNoodle turns movement into a game and makes it easy to be active, the youth way—energetic, playful, and fun.
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nytimes.com
Mobile Learning
Augmented Reality Statues
A collaboration between IBM and The New York Times, the T Brand Studio AR app for iOS and Android uses augmented reality (AR) to immerse users in history.
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Professional Growth
Antiviolence Program
Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM) is an evidence-based violence prevention program, sponsored by Futures Without Violence.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Robot Simulator
RobotBASIC is a multifeatured, general purpose, versatile programming language with an integrated robot simulator.
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jamzone.littlekidsrock.org
Funding & Recognition
Music Program for Underserved Communities
Little Kids Rock partners with public school districts in some of the nation’s most economically disadvantaged communities with the goal of ensuring that all K–12 students have access to music education and its many benefits.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Global Literacy Materials
Through its CFR Campus, The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) helps to prepare citizens to take advantage of opportunities and contend with challenges in a world that is more interconnected than ever.
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plotagon.com
Mobile Learning
3D Animated Video Creator
Designed by Plotagon, the Plotagon Education app for iOS makes creating 3D animated videos as easy as writing.
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playposit.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Interactive Video Lessons
Backed by AT&T and Stanford University’s startX, PlayPosit is an online learning environment for creating and sharing interactive video lessons.
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Funding & Recognition
Grants for Classroom Technology
DirectStarTV provides grants for K–12 teachers to deploy technology in the classroom.
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thegreatkindnesschallenge.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Bullying Prevention Initiative
The Great Kindness Challenge is a positive and proactive bullying prevention initiative for preK–12 schools.
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sciencefriday.com
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Entertaining and Educational STEM Stories
Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in the human body, NPR’s Science Friday podcast is a source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool topics.
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ed.ted.com
Social Media
Global TED-Style Talks
The TED-Ed Clubs program supports students in discovering, exploring, and presenting their big ideas in the form of short, TED-style talks.
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firstinspires.org
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
STEAM Enrichment Opportunities
Nonprofit NTC Research Foundation is joining forces with FIRST LEGO League Jr. and The National Theatre for Children to launch a first-of-its-kind national program that provides proven STEAM learning experiences for elementary school students.
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wnyc.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Media Production Lessons
Produced by WNYC Studios since 2014, Radio Rookies has been developing a series of free l esson plans for educators who are interested in using audio production as a teaching tool.
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