August 01, 2017
cue.org
Professional Growth
Educational Organization Fostering Personalized Learning
CUE inspires innovative learners by fostering community, personalizing learning, infusing technology, developing leadership, and advocating educational opportunities for all.
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eclipse2017.nasa.gov
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Solar Eclipse Through 3D Printing Technology
On Monday,
August 21, 2017, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. The
NASA eclipse website will broadcast the
solar eclipse live and offer advice for safe eclipse viewing.
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education.makewonder.com
Funding & Recognition
Competition for Future Innovator
MakeWonder hosts the annual
Wonder League Robotics Competition, which brings together teams from around the world to solve coding challenges.
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wouldyourathermath.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Math Challenges with Two Opposing Paths
Would You Rather?—a collection of quick and fun math challenges for students—presents a picture with a problem that has two paths. Students then choose one of the paths and justify their choice with mathematical reasoning.
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thewonderment.com
Social Media
Projects That Create a World of Good
The Wonderment is a global community that promotes awareness and action as youth explore the world around them.
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Funding & Recognition
Award for Instilling a Love of Reading
The
Penguin Random House Teacher Awards for Literacy recognizes the nation’s most dynamic and resourceful K–12 public school teachers who use their creativity to inspire and successfully instill a love of reading in their students.
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whatsoproudlywehail.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Civics Curriculum Using Stories and Songs
What So Proudly We Hail (WSPWH) provides
free resources and lesson plans to language arts and social studies teachers, demonstrating how short stories, speeches, and songs can be used to enhance civics education.
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Professional Growth
Community of Educators Exploring Virtual Reality
Teach in VR is an online community for educators interested in using
virtual reality (VR) in the classroom.
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kidsdiscover.co
Mobile Learning
Interactive Reading Experiences in Science and Social Studies
The
iPad apps by
Kids Discover are packed with facts, figures, and stunning images. Each of the apps focuses on a single nonfiction subject in the
natural or
social sciences.
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flickr.com/photos/32955216@N03
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Philosophical Conversations Through Children’s Literature
Philosophy and Children’s Literature, a website created by the
Center for Philosophy for Children at
University of Washington, provides
literature lesson plans for more than 100 children’s books geared toward elementary-school-aged students
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cospaces.io
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Virtual Reality Storytelling
CoSpaces turns students from
virtual reality (VR) consumers into VR creators. On CoSpaces’s platform, VR becomes a creative tool for student expression—from telling stories and modeling environments to exhibiting work.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Stories Related to Science and Technology
Wow in the World,
NPR’s first
podcasts aimed at K–6 students, guides curious children away from their screens and on a journey to connect and discover the wonders of the world around them.
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Funding & Recognition
Grants for Promoting STEM As a Career
The
National Science Foundation is awarding up to 18 multiyear grants for efforts that promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in preK–12 schools.
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participate.com
Social Media
Twitter Chats on Teaching in America
Participate’s
Twitter education chats occur daily throughout the school year, generally in the evenings. Most have an overriding theme or focus on a specific subject or grade level.
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ala.org
Funding & Recognition
Grants for Developing Computational Thinking
The
American Library Association’s (ALA) competitive grant program, sponsored by
Google, will fund a cohort of school and public libraries to develop resources to help get US libraries “ready to code.”
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Professional Growth
Education Radio Network
BAM! Radio is the largest education radio network in the world, offering programming from the nation’s top education organizations and thought leaders and reaching a wide audience of people passionately committed to quality education.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Artifacts from 21st-Century Online Culture
In June 2017, the
Library of Congress debuted two collections featuring artifacts from 21st-century online culture.
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byob.berkeley.edu
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Computer Science Learning
Developed at
University of California, Berkeley,
Snap! is a
free drag-and-drop programming interface designed to help students learn to program.
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Mobile Learning
Modern Method for Writing, Recording, and Producing Music
Tuniversity, a project co-founded by Pharrell Williams, aims to “reinvigorate” music education by helping teachers use Apple’s
Garageband in the classroom.
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researchmap.digitalpromise.org
Professional Growth
Evidence-based Guidance to Classroom Dilemmas
In a new series aimed at closing the gap between research and practice,
Usable Knowledge is partnering with
Digital Promise on a project that collects real questions from educators across the country and poses them to faculty members at the
Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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