April 03, 2017
Managing Your IT Assets While Better Safeguarding Students
Combine the cost- and time-saving benefits of education-focused IT Asset Management software while utilizing unique student Internet safety controls and multiplatform classroom management features to better leverage the value of technology-led learning. Visit NetSupport’s website for more information or a free trial.
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Funding & Recognition
Standing Desks That Make a Difference
In the words of teachers, introducing adjustable standing desks into the classroom is a game changer. Not only are there health benefits to introducing standing, but there are also learning benefits. Additionally, LearnFit adjustable standing desks are naturally mobile, removing classroom furniture as an obstacle for learning and teaching. View the edWeb.net PD webinar for a CE Certificate. You will hear from two educators about their experiences implementing mobile standing desks into their classrooms, including their observations, insights, and challenges in making the transition to a standing classroom. The webinar will also present additional information, data, and resources for helping to build the case for standing desks at your school. Find more information on Ergotron’s Just Stand for Kids web page or view a video case study about one of the presenting teacher’s standing classroom.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Project-based Computer Science Curriculum
Mobile Computer Science Principles (Mobile CSP) offers an Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles (AP CSP) curriculum for students in grades 9–12 to learn computer science by building socially useful mobile apps.
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Social Media
Virtual Cross-Cultural Exchange Program
Campfire is a virtual exchange program that leverages technology to enable meaningful cross-cultural dialogue and collaboration.
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poetryfoundation.org
Mobile Learning
Mobile Poetry Library
With The Poetry Foundation’ POETRY mobile app for iOS and Android, students can take hundreds of poems by classic and contemporary poets with them wherever they go.
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Funding & Recognition
Grants for Health Initiatives
Game On Grants, sponsored by Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK), fund physical activity and nutrition initiatives to support K–12 schools in becoming nationally recognized as health-promoting institutions.
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blvrd.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Virtual Field Trips to Cultural Sites
Boulevard (formerly WoofbertVR) offers educators and students the opportunity to explore art galleries all over the world, fostering student discovery without leaving school and adding new energy to classroom discussions.
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playcodemonkey.com
Funding & Recognition
Coding Competition Combining Learning with Playing
CodeMonkey, in partnership with DK Publishing, has launched Code Rush, a national coding competition created for elementary and middle schools in the United States.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Videos Sharing Personal Thoughts on the Constitution
The National Constitution Center (NCC) and iCivics have launched a digital initiative called “ WeLoveTheConstitution,” inviting people of all perspectives to record videos celebrating America’s founding document, the US Constitution.
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gse.harvard.edu
Professional Growth
Stories to Spark Shared Conversations
One and All is a project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education for creating, posting, and sharing stories, videos, and resources to spark a shared conversation about how educators can protect students, respond to harassment, and build strong, positive and inclusive schools.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Activities in Celebration of Reading
“Drop Everything and Read” (D.E.A.R.) is a national month-long celebration designed to remind people of all ages to make reading a priority activity in their lives.
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nudgemath.com
Mobile Learning
Algebra Tutorials
Nudge an iPad and Android app from Benciti Technology, provides students with interactive, on-demand algebra tutorials.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Lessons for Developing News Literacy
A Washington, DC–based organization, the News Literacy Project is piloting a virtual classroom called Checkology, where teachers and students in grades 8–12 can access digitally a dozen lessons, many of which are taught by journalists in the field.
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Funding & Recognition
Challenge to Inspire Courageous Action
Middle school and high school students have the chance to win scholarships of up to $5,000—and additional money for their educators and schools—by entering the annual IWitness Video Challenge hosted by USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education at University of Southern California.
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Professional Growth
Effectiveness of Math and Reading Programs
A new website geared toward school administrators rates instructional programs for K–12 reading and mathematics based on the criteria for judging their effectiveness that are laid out in the new federal education law.
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sciencefriday.com
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Weekly STEM Podcasts
Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
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thix.co
Mobile Learning
Galaxy in a Game
Designed by THIX for the iPad and iPhone, the SPACE game invites students to create their own universe by building asteroids, nebula, comets, planets, moons, stars, pulsars, and even black holes.
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Social Media
Real-Time Translation Tool
Skype has made it easier to connect with people halfway around the world, even if they speak different languages.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Design-based Learning for Environmental Stewardship
NEXT.cc is eco web that develops ethical imagination and environmental stewardship through activities and links to cultural heritage institutions.
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