Venture into the Art World, Apply Mathematical Thinking & More

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The University of Alabama’s College of Education offers an MA in Instructional Technology to help educators empower their teaching and engage their students through technology. Since coursework is completely online, educators can pursue this degree while continuing to work full time. They will gain the confidence and expertise they need to effectively develop, implement, and evaluate the use of the newest tech strategies to create a better learning experience for their students.

May 01, 2018

Excellence in Physics Education Award for Teachers

Funding & Recognition

Award for Commitment to Outstanding Physics Education

The American Physical Society (APS) will present the Excellence in Physics Education Award to an individual or team that has exhibited sustained commitment to outstanding physics education.

Professional Growth

Online Educational Technology Programs

Penn State World Campus offers a world of possibilities—online. Educators can expand their skills in instructional design and learn to evaluate the impact of technology on learning. The educational technology programs offered online through Penn State World Campus, in collaboration with the College of Education, help educators to incorporate the use of technology and the internet to more effectively engage learners and improve the quality of learning experiences. The courses are taught by the same faculty who teach in residence. Penn State’s Education programs have been ranked consistently in the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report. Interested educators can choose from the following programs: Master of Education in Learning, Design, and Technology; Graduate Certificates in E-Learning Design, Educational Technology Integration, and Teaching and Learning Online in K–12 Settings. Request more information here.

Explore Leonardo's Lesson Plans and Interactive Learning Activities Teach Students About Art and Science mos.org

STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Activities Intersecting Art and Science

Exploring Leonardo focuses on the intersection between art and science, exploring how Leonardo da Vinci applied the scientific method creatively in every aspect of life, including art and music. Students can explore the interactive learning activities on the site to discover more about this fascinating scientist, inventor, and artist.

Out of Eden Social Media Platform for Kids Focuses on Sharing Stories of Diversity Across the Globe nationalgeographic.org

Social Media

Program Promoting Local and Global Storytelling

Out of Eden is a free online program for students aged 3–19 that has served more than 20,000 students in 57 countries. On Out of Eden Learn’s social media platform, students of similar ages from diverse geographical and socioeconomic settings come together for collective learning experiences.

Inquiry-Based Science Helps Students Develop English Language Skills

Professional Growth

Inquiry-based Approaches to Science Teaching

The Institute for Inquiry (IFI) is a professional development program provided by the Exploratorium in San Francisco. IFI has created an online curriculum for professional developers that addresses the theory and practice of inquiry-based science education.

Experience Artwork Through Musebooks App musebooks.world

Digital Learning • Learning Support

Art Books in the Digital World

Musebooks is the first digital reading experience specially designed for art lovers. The high-quality content is from Musebooks’ partners: The Museum of Modern Art, Thames & Hudson Publishing, Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Belgium, Ludion Publishers, and Unicorn Press.

Use Art to Teach Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, and Math

Digital Learning • Learning Support

Activities Integrating the Arts into Other Disciplines

The Walters Art Museum in Maryland offers free Integrating the Arts activities that are ideal for visual arts teachers who want to integrate the arts into other disciplines or for non-arts teachers who want to venture into the world of art.

Social Media

Social Media Service for Detecting Online Threats

Social Sentinel is a social media scanning service that helps K–12 schools and higher education institutions detect online threats and determine whether students may be at risk of suicide or violence.

Learn About US Presidents and the Public Issues They Faced in Office millercenter.org

Digital Learning • Learning Support

Issues Viewed Through the Lens of the US Presidency

The Miller Center at University of Virginia offers a free teacher- and student-friendly collection of resources that are about all of the US presidents and key public issues of each period.

$A Math Trail Gives Students Insight into How Math Is Used in the Real World$

Professional Growth

Guide to Blazing a Math Trail

A mathematics trail is a walk to discover mathematics. A math trail can be almost anywhere—a neighborhood, a business district or shopping mall, a park, a zoo, a library, even a government building.

Penguin Random House Grants for Reading and Literacy Teachers

Funding & Recognition

Award Recognizing Innovative Projects Cultivating Literacy

The Penguin Random House Foundation is offering awards of $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 to support teachers who inspire a love of reading in students through programs and curricula that are innovative, original, and have measurable success.

Students Learn About Climate Change and the Human Ecological Footprint Through Cleanopolis VR App miniverse.io

Mobile Learning

Minigames to Increase Environmental Awareness

Fighting climate change becomes interactive with the free Cleanopolis VR app for iOS and Android by Groupe EDF. Students learn about CO₂ and battle along with Captain Clean in the fight against climate change.

Design Squad Global Features Challenges, Videos, and Activities that Encourage Students to Learn About Engineering pbskids.org

STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Real-World Engineering Challenges

PBS Kids Design Squad Global empowers middle school students to solve real-world problems and understand the impact of engineering in a global context. The site is refreshed weekly with challenges, videos, and activities.

Submit Your Essay on Tort Law Democracy to Win Up to $1,000

Funding & Recognition

Essay Contest on Law and Democracy

What do an exploding car, Taylor Swift’s assailant, and a “killer building material” all have in common? In these examples, wrongdoers were brought to justice with tort law and trial by jury.

Use Seek App by iNaturalist to Learn About Wildlife in Your Area

Mobile Learning

Image Recognition Technology for Exploring Nature

Students can take their nature knowledge up a notch with Seek, a free iOS photo-identification app from iNaturalist that encourages outdoor exploration and learning by harnessing image recognition technology to help users identify plants and animals from their photos.

Scratchwork is an Online Whiteboard and Video Conferencing Tool for Student Collaboration app.scratchwork.io

Digital Learning • Learning Support

Collaborative Tool Made by Mathematicians

Scratchwork is an online whiteboard and videoconferencing tool designed with math students in mind. The platform provides a whiteboard on which to draw, type, or import images to annotate.

SAM Space Education STEAM App by SAM Labs Develops Coding and Computational Thinking Skills samlabs.com

Mobile Learning

Wireless Blocks for Developing Computational Thinking

SAM Space Education is a programming app for iOS that teaches students how to apply computational thinking to design algorithms and programs. It can be paired with hardware SAM Blocks that feature buttons, DC motors, LED lights, sliders, buzzers, and more.

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