March 01, 2017
IT Tools for Managing Students Across the School
An award-winning multiplatform Classroom Management solution with dedicated assessment, monitoring, and collaboration features, NetSupport School 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 Internet safety module protects students through webcam blocking, keyword monitoring, concern reporting, plus more.
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captainplanetfoundation.org
Funding & Recognition
Tech Grants to Address Environmental Problems
The
Captain Planet Foundation (CPF) is offering
ecoTech Grants of up to $2,500 to support
inquiry-based projects in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields that leverage technology or use nature-based designs to address environmental problems in local communities.
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Professional Growth
Evidence-Based Strategies for School Recess
What’s the best time for students to have recess? before lunch, or after? What happens if it rains?
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writetheworld.com
Social Media
Community of Young Writers
Write the World is a community of young writers (aged 13–18), hailing from more than 80 countries. This
social media platform allows student writers to connect with peers to share their work.
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thebeoneproject.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Peer-to-Peer Antibullying Program
The Be ONE Project takes a novel approach to middle school
bullying by addressing the underlying problem: the school culture that allows bullying to thrive.
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Professional Growth
Design Education in All Disciplines
The
Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt,
National Design Museum offers several resources on how to integrate design-thinking connections into the K–12 classroom.
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justaddmusic.net
Mobile Learning
Online Studio for Music Making
Students can create, remix, and share music with
Music Maker JAM for
iOS and
Android.
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makingscience.withgoogle.com
Mobile Learning
Activities for Science Making
The
free Science Journal app for
Android lets students use their smartphones or external sensors to conduct
experiments and record
findings.
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Funding & Recognition
Civics Teacher of the Year Awards
“Keeping the Spirit of Democracy Alive Across the Nation” is the theme of this year’s
American Lawyers Alliance (ALA)
Law-Related Education (LRE)
Teacher of the Year Awards.
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natturnerproject.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Digital Archive of Historical Documents
The Nat Turner Project’s
digital archive lets students read original documents related to the only large-scale slave revolt ever to occur in the United States.
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Funding & Recognition
Program and Funding to Collaborate with Science Researchers
The
Emperor Science Award program is committed to helping students in grades 10 and 11 who have a passion for science to join the next generation of cancer researchers.
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bbc.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Branched Storytelling Experience
The
conflict in Syria has torn that country apart, leaving thousands dead and driving millions to flee their homes.
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Funding & Recognition
Contest on the Relevance of Thoreau’s Ideas
Each year the Live Deliberately Essay Contest, sponsored by the Walden Woods Foundation, invites youth aged 14–21 from around the world to respond to a selected quotation from Henry David Thoreau,reflecting on how his words and ideas are still alive and relevant in their lives and in the world.
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calacademy.org
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Scientific Breakthroughs Protecting Life on Earth
The California Academy of Sciences is a renowned scientific and educational institution dedicated to exploring, explaining, and sustaining life on Earth.
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pastpresent.muzzylane.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Game for Developing Historical Literacy
The
Past/Present game thrusts students aged 10–15 into the everyday hustle and bustle of life in a fictional mill town in 1906.
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Funding & Recognition
Challenge to Prevent Opioid Misuse and Abuse
The
United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and
Discovery Education invite teenaged students across the country to participate in the
Operation Prevention Video Challenge.
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ergotron.com
Professional Growth
Webinar on the Health Benefits of Standing Desks
On March 6, 2017, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (ET), the Amazing Resources for Educators community on edWeb.net will be hosting a webinar titled “Standing Desks: How and Why Educators Are Using Them.”
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beautyofscience.com
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Projects Revealing the Wonders of Science
Founded in 2016,
Beauty of Science (BOS) produces inspiring content for K–12 STEM education and science outreach.
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peacemakergame.com
Mobile Learning
Game Inspired by Real Events in the Middle East
Students can go beyond just reading the news; they can “play” the news as they try to bring peace to the Middle East with the
free PeaceMaker game designed by
ImpactGames for
iOS or
Android.
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globallab.org
Social Media
Collaborative Journey of Discovery
Global Student Laboratory (GlobalLab, for short) is a
web-based, educational platform that enables students, teachers, and learners of all ages to pose questions and together find answers.
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