Big Deal Media K-12 Technology Newsletter

Harvard Summer Institute for K–12 Educators

Experience and learn how to create the conditions for deep and powerful learning that prepares all students for the demands of the 21st century. Find details on this highly interactive on-campus program here.

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April 02, 2018

 

Science Competition youngscientistlab.com

Funding & Recognition

Competition Using Science to Solve Everyday Problems

The Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge invites students in grades 5–8 to create a one- to two-minute video that offers a unique solution to an everyday problem. 

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Calculus Game triseum.com

Digital Learning • Learning Support

Game to Develop Understanding of Calculus Concepts

Created by the game developer Triseum, which grew out of the LIVE Lab at Texas A&M University, the learning game Variant: Limits is designed to assist high school and college students with the intuitive understanding of calculus concepts, which they must apply to save a planet from powerful geomagnetic storms.

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Professional Growth

Graduate Program Applying Design Thinking to Teaching and Learning

Penn State World Campus has partnered with Penn State’s College of Education to offer a Master of Education in Learning, Design, and Technologycompletely online. Participants in the program will expand their skills in instructional design and learn to evaluate the impact of technology on learning. Penn State World Campus also offers the following graduate certificates that can be applied to the master’s degree: e-Learning Design; Educational Technology Integration; Teaching and Learning Online in K–12 Settings. Applications for 2018–2019 are now being accepted.

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Robotics Curriculum waterbotics.org

STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Underwater Robotics Curriculum

WaterBotics, from the Stevens Institute of Technology, is an innovative, underwater robotics curriculum that can be used in traditional classroom settings or in afterschool and summer camp programs.

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Digital Portfolio Creator

Social Media

Tool for Organizing Digital Content

Wakelet lets students save and organize online content in any way they want. They can easily embed articles, videos, Tweets, podcasts, images, and anything with a URL into a Wakelet collection.

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Augmented Reality Game

STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Augmented Reality Word Game

With Catchy Words, an interactive augmented reality word game, students create specific words with 3D letters that float around the room. Students can engage in the immersive experience without touching the screen of their mobile device.

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STEM Day siemensstemday.com

Funding & Recognition

Sweepstakes for a “Fab Lab” Makeover

Through Siemens STEM Day, schools have an opportunity to promote STEM activities among teachers and students by entering the Possibility Grant Sweepstakes.

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libertyellisfoundation.org

Digital Learning • Learning Support

Firsthand Recollections of Immigrants

From 1892 to 1954, more than 12 million immigrants entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island, a small island in New York Harbor within the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. The Ellis Island Oral History project is dedicated to preserving the firsthand recollections of immigrants who passed through the Ellis Island immigration station during that period and the employees who worked there.

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Interactive Course on Maps teach.kqed.org

Professional Growth

Course on Techniques for Making a “Mental Movie”

KQED Teach offers a free interactive course entitled “Making Interactive Maps.” The course has three modules: five lessons on how to make a basic interactive map; seven lessons about adding layers to maps; and three to practice making interactive maps.

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Mobile App Development

STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Curriculum Fostering Entrepreneurship

MAD-learn, a web-based curriculum program for K–12 students, inspires creativity and fosters entrepreneurship through Mobile Application Development (MAD). The program, developed by embr, allows students and teachers to learn and execute the fundamentals of mobile apps, including ideation, planning, design, creation, development, marketing, launch, and maintenance.

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Podcast Creator

Social Media

Platform for Creating Podcasts

On the Anchor.fm platform, students can quickly and easily create their own podcasts—free of charge. They can capture all of their audio with the Anchor mobile app (iOS or Android) or upload the audio from their dashboard at anchor.fm.

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Contest Solve Problem projectparadigm.org

Funding & Recognition

Challenge to Reduce Waste by Applying STEM Skills

Sponsored by Project Paradigm and the American Red Cross, the Paradigm Challenge is intended to inspire youth to use STEM skills, as well as kindness, creativity, and collaboration, to make a difference. The challenge is to generate new ideas to reduce waste in homes, schools, communities, and around the world.

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Walkie Talkie App

Social Media

App for Real-Time Communication

Voxer is a “push-to-talk” app for iOS, Android, and the web, which educators can use to have conversations about shared interests. The conversations are safe and secure: data is sent through encrypted connections and stored in a secure cloud.

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youngzine.org

Digital Learning • Learning Support

Community of Globally Aware Young People

Youngzine is a website where children can learn about current news and events shaping their world—in a simple, engaging, and interactive way. The goal is to help parents and educators create a vibrant community of globally aware young citizens in an increasingly connected world.

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Science Math Grants

Funding & Recognition

Grants for Enhancing Project-based Learning

Toshiba America Foundation accepts applications for grants from teachers of grades 6–12 who are passionate about making science and mathematics more engaging for their students through project-based learning.

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Music Math Science okgosandbox.org

STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Rock Videos with Underlying STREAM Concepts

Some teachers are using videos created by the rock band OK Go to teach art, math, and science. The band collaborated with the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota to create a free website for educators called OK Go Sandbox.

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Physics App

STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Interactives Based on the Work of Stephen Hawking

Students can rocket through space with Einstein and drop a bowling ball off Mount Everest in this dazzling exploration of the world of physics. With Stephen Hawking as their teacher, students of any age will enjoy ten interactive lessons that make complex concepts fun and easy to understand.

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