January 04, 2018
arcademics.com
Funding & Recognition
Competition to Solve Multiplication Problems
How good are your students at solving multiplication problems? You can find out by entering them in the upcoming
Arcademics Cup. In the competition, which is
free to enter, students race against their classmates and friends to win prizes while honing their math skills by playing the
free game
Grand Prix Multiplication.
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Professional Growth
Best Practices to Be a Force for Change
Ranked among “America’s Best Graduate Schools” by U.S. News & World Report, Drexel University’s School of Education is renowned for its devotion to equipping graduates with the latest research, best practices, and technological tools to be a force for change in schools and organizations. Drexel offers more than 30 online bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and certificate programs, including EdD in Educational Leadership and Management; MS in Learning Technologies; MS in Teaching, Learning and Curriculum; and Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design. Classes are designed for working professionals and teachers—students can learn online when it fits into their schedules. Learn about Drexel’s education programs and chat with representatives from the School of Education at an online open house on Wednesday, January 31, at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. (ET). Register today.
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Social Media
Google Hangout Events Across the Globe
An organization from Canada called
Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants aims to inspire the next generation of scientists, explorers, and conservationists by bringing science, exploration, adventure, and conservation into classrooms through
virtual speakers and
field trips with leading experts across the globe.
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loc.gov
Digital Learning • Learning Support
First-Person Accounts of Slavery Experiences
In the 1930s, the
Works Progress Administration (WPA) sponsored a
Federal Writers’ Project dedicated to chronicling the experience of slavery as remembered by former slaves. African American men and women born into slavery were interviewed, and their stories were recorded and transcribed.
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Professional Growth
Standout Moments Shared by Teachers of the Year
In a new
podcast series, the
2017 State Teachers of the Year recall specific moments in the classroom that stand out—ones that provoke reflection or teach lessons or are a prominent reminder of their work’s importance.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Sports Curricula Driving STEM-based Learning
STEM Sports develops and provides turnkey curricula for students in grades 3–8 using a sport as the strategic vehicle to drive STEM-based learning in classrooms, afterschool programs, and camp settings. Through each STEM Sports curriculum (BMX, basketball, football, multisport, soccer, and volleyball), youth develop critical thinking, collaboration, and creative problem-solving skills that can be applied throughout their education and future careers.
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tessmiller.ca
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Videos Peeling Back the Layers of Mathematics
A professor at the
University of Prince Edward Island in Canada is trying to take the mystery out of mathematics through a set of
videos called
Math in Motion that can help youth in grades 3–9—and their parents—understand some basics of mathematics.
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Funding & Recognition
Grants for Increasing Technology Integration and Student Achievement
Educators of America delivers new, sustainable, and useful educational technology to K–12 schools and classrooms. Through its
microgrant program, the organization outfits classrooms with technology resources, including web-connected devices, electronic whiteboards, and tablets.
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learnaroundtheworld.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Interactive Virtual Field Trips
Learn Around the World (@learnATW) offers both paid and
free interactive virtual field trips, as well as
private shows. The
free GeoShow is a
geography-based experience that can accommodate from one to 90 classrooms at a time.
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brainyyaklabs.com
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Creative Play Using Engineering and Programming Tools
Founded by two MIT scientists,
Brainy Yak Labs encourages young girls to realize that math, science, and engineering can be fun and creative. The lab’s first product is called
Jubilite. Described as a “dance party lamp kit,” Jubilite gives youth the opportunity to build, wire, and decorate a lamp.
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Social Media
Platform for Growing Global Citizens
Empatico helps teachers in different countries connect their classrooms and encourage an appreciation of different perspectives.
Free for users, this new platform features
standards-aligned lessons suitable for children aged 8–10.
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Funding & Recognition
Funding to Implement Computer Centers
Through its
After School Advantage Program,
International Game Technology (IGT) addresses the needs of
underprivileged and
at-risk children aged 5–18 with a meaningful, enjoyable technology-based learning experience in a safe environment during the critical afterschool hours.
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cultofpedagogy.com
Professional Growth
Pedagogical Strategies and EdTech Solutions
In her
podcast on
The Cult of Pedagogy website, former middle school language arts teacher Jennifer Gonzalez has a knack for finding the hard problems that plague educators and for offering solid solutions in short episodes that cover teaching strategies, classroom management, and educational technology.
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JN Williams ISS 13 Crew/NASA
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Instructional Models and Digital Tools for STEM Learning
WGBH Educational Foundation has launched the first set of interactive K–12 digital resources produced as part of “
Bringing the Universe to America’s Classrooms.” These resources are being distributed
free of charge through
PBS LearningMedia to more than 1.9 million registered educators and their students across the country.
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Funding & Recognition
Grants in Support of Student Community Service
WaysToHelp.org offers
grants of up to $500 to K–12 students with ideas for community service initiatives in the areas of the environment, democracy and equality, health, and community issues.
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3dc.io
Mobile Learning
3D Design App for Mobile Platforms
The
3DC.io app by
3D Creationist OÜ lets users easily create
3D models. Students can build, share, and even
3D-print their designs. 3DC uses basic shapes (cube, sphere, cylinder, cone) to create any 3D model.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Project-based Advocacy Curriculum
An innovative,
project-based curriculum for middle school and high school,
Rock Your World inspires students to ask bold questions about the challenges they see in their neighborhoods, communities, and the world around them, and then engages them in the development of advocacy campaigns designed to overcome those challenges.
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Professional Growth
Partnerships Between Minority-Serving Programs and School Districts
The Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity,
or
BranchED, is a newly launched nonprofit organization offering
hands-on, in-classroom programming and
data use to teacher-preparation programs to increase the number of minority teachers. Founded by a former dean at Hampton University, the organization is partnering with colleges and universities that serve nonwhite students to promote teaching as a career.
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si.edu
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Podcast Presenting Stories About Museum Treasures
More than 154 million treasures fill the
Smithsonian Institution’s vaults, but where public view ends, the
free Sidedoor podcast begins. With the help of biologists, artists, historians, archaeologists, zookeepers, and astrophysicists, the host sneaks listeners through Smithsonian’s sidedoor to search for stories that can’t be found anywhere else.
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tinybop.com
Mobile Learning
App for Creating a Social Robot
Using
The Robot Factory app from
Tinybop, students can design their own
humanoid robot with exoskeletons, zephyr mechanisms, hydrostatic tentacles, G-Force mixers, monster feet, megascopes, hooks, magnets, and more.
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backstoryradio.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Podcast Using Current Events to Dive into the Past
BackStory is a
weekly podcast that uses current events in America to take a deep dive into the past. Hosted by noted US historians, each episode provides listeners with different perspectives on a particular theme or subject—giving the listener all sides to the story and then some.
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