Create a Bully-Free Environment
Bullying takes many forms. Verbal, cyber, physical, threats, exclusion, and rumor spreading are bullying challenges that Cool School® covers through engaging and interactive videos to help educators and students recognize and respond to bullying in all its forms. The easy-to-implement Cool School® curriculum reinforces the responsibility that all students share in creating a positive classroom and school climate for themselves and their peers. Start your Cool School® experience here.
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August 01, 2018
globalteacherprize.org
Funding & Recognition
Award for Innovative Teaching
The
Global Teacher Prize, a US $1 million award from the
Varkey Foundation, is given to an exceptional and innovative teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession and an inspirational impact on his or her students and community.
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americanhistory.si.edu
Digital Learning • Learning Support
American Revolution As a World War Told Through Primary Sources
A new exhibition at the
Smithsonian’s
National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, invites Americans to recognize another world war—one that has traditionally been envisioned as a confrontation between a ragtag army of rebellious colonists and a king’s mighty military force of red-coated Brits.
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foecast.net
Professional Growth
Community of Educators Discussing the Future of Education
A group of educators trying to get a handle on what’s coming next in technology is working to build a new type of organization to track edtech trends.
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earsketch.gatech.edu
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Program Integrating Coding with Music Theory
EarSketch is a
STEAM-based program for underrepresented populations in high school computer science education. The program
provides an innovative learning experience by blending
computer-coding concepts with
music theory.
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apple.com
Mobile Learning
Curriculum Encouraging Creative Expression
Everyone Can Create is a new curriculum from
Apple Education that brings creative expression to every subject.
Designed with the help of educators and creative professionals, the program teaches students to develop and communicate ideas through
video,
photography,
music, and
drawing.
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donorschoose.org
Funding & Recognition
Special Weeklong Funding Event
From
August 5 to August 10, 2018, all
DonorsChoose.org teachers who have previously posted a classroom project on the site can earn $25 in DonorsChoose.org credits each time they refer a teacher to post his or her first project.
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oculus.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Virtual Tour of the World-Famous Secret Annex
The
Anne Frank House museum has partnered with
Force Field VR to recreate the
Secret Annex where Anne Frank and her family lived in hiding from July 6, 1942, until their arrest on the morning of August 4, 1944.
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piwars.org
Funding & Recognition
Space-Themed Robotics Challenges
Pi Wars is an international, challenge-based
robotics competition in which teams build Raspberry Pi–controlled robots and then compete in various nondestructive challenges to earn points.
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gpstheseries.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Program Supporting Social Entrepreneurship in the Classroom
Cisco has introduced
Global Problem Solvers: The Series (GPS: The Series), a new animated program with supporting activities that
engages students with a team of teens from around the globe who use technology to solve real-world social, economic, and environmental problems.
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Professional Growth
Online Courses on Teaching and Learning with Technology
The
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has announced
ISTE U, an ongoing option for professional development around teaching and learning with technology.
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worldwildlife.org
Mobile Learning
Virtual Experience Providing Insight into Environmental Science
The
World Wildlife Fund’s
WWF Free Rivers app for
iOS gives students the opportunity to get involved and help protect rivers, as well as the people and wildlife that depend on them.
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vexrobotics.com
Funding & Recognition
Robotics Engineering Programs and Competition
The global
VEX Robotics Competition, presented by the
Robotics Education & Competition (REC)
Foundation, is the largest and fastest growing middle school and high school robotics program, with more than 11,000 teams from 45 countries playing in over 900 local, regional, and national tournaments.
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beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Game Promoting Fundamentals of Digital Citizenship
Be Internet Awesome offers elementary school students a path to digital citizenship and a way to become smart and safe users of the internet. They will enjoy participating in the
game Interland, and traversing Reality River, Mindful Mountain, Tower of Treasure, and Kind Kingdom to learn the fundamentals of online ethics and safety.
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gocoderz.com
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Robotics and Coding Curriculum
Intelitek’s
CoderZ online learning environment helps students worldwide learn STEM by coding
virtual 3D robots. The
Robotics & Coding STEM Curriculum teaches students to solve STEM problems through code, using mathematics and engineering to overcome challenges.
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thinklikechurchill.com
Mobile Learning
Scenarios That Changed History
Think Like Churchill by
Touch Press is an app for
iOS that lets students stand in the shoes of Winston Churchill as he faces some of the most difficult and challenging dilemmas in history.
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cardboardchallenge.com
Funding & Recognition
Challenge Engaging Children in Creative Play
Since 2012, in the fall of each year, children across the globe have taken part in the
Cardboard Challenge as a way to gear up for
Imagination’s
Day of Play. It all began following the success of the short film
Caine's Arcade, the story of a nine-year-old boy and his elaborate cardboard arcade.
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