Small Footprint, Big Power
Is your classroom full to the gills? As class sizes continue to increase, you no longer have to give up valuable space to accommodate a greater number of devices. LocknCharge’s Revolution 32 Charging Cabinet packs as much charging power and capacity as a traditional charging cart, yet it takes up only half the footprint. The removable racks allow the Revolution Charging Cabinet to accommodate future device needs or STEM/STEAM technology, so you’ll never need another solution.
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August 15, 2018
challenge.poweruptoys.com
Funding & Recognition
Paper Airplane Challenge
POWERUP’s first
powered paper airplane challenge gives students a hands-on flight experience as they use their creativity while learning about physics and aerodynamics.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Multimedia Resources About the US Supreme Court
PBS LearningMedia’s
resources from the award-winning
PBS series The Supreme Court chart the Court’s unique evolution through archival footage, graphic techniques, and interviews with legal historians and experts.
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Professional Growth
Online Degree Programs for Effective Teachers
The goal of effective teachers is to maximize their students’ engagement, creating a positive and inclusive learning environment while establishing a culture of continuous education in their classrooms. Waldorf University online programs give teachers the competitive edge they need to pursue careers as counselors, education administration professionals, and special curriculum specialists.
M.A. Education, Effective Teacher
The Master of Arts in education, effective teacher program is designed to help working education professionals bolster their teaching efficiency, refine their leadership skills, and grow their potential in the education field.
M.A. Organizational Leadership, Teacher Leader
Waldorf’s Master of Arts in organizational leadership develops students’ leadership skills and equips students to use those skills as instruments for organizational change within the education industry.
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nasa.gov
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
In-flight Activities from the International Space Station
This year
NASA is celebrating a
Year of Education on the International Space Station, as astronauts and former teachers Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold make the International Space Station their home
.
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lxbgame.com
Mobile Learning
Minigames Developing Global and Cultural Awareness
The League of Extraordinary Bloggers, also known as LXB, is a team of teen bloggers from China, Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam who are traveling through Asia to track down a mysterious criminal mastermind known as The FOX.
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facebook.com
Social Media
Lessons for Navigating the Digital World
Hosted by
Facebook,
Digital Literacy Library provides learning resources made available under a Creative Commons license by
Youth and Media at the
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at
Harvard University. The lesson modules are designed to help young people develop skills needed to navigate the digital world, critically consume information, and responsibly produce and share content.
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Funding & Recognition
Grants for Environmental Service Learning
Project Learning Tree (PLT) offers
GreenWorks! grants of up to $1,000 to schools and youth organizations for environmental service-learning projects that link classroom learning to the real world.
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technolochicas.org
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
SPOTLIGHT! On Latinas in Computing Disciplines
TECHNOLOchicas is a national initiative of the
National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) and
Televisa Foundation designed to raise awareness among young Latinas and their families about opportunities and careers in technology.
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Funding & Recognition
Grants for Classroom Projects and Materials
The
Association of American Educators (AAE)
Foundation offers
Classroom Grants of up to $500 that can be used for a variety of projects and materials, including but not limited to books, software, calculators, math manipulatives, art supplies, audiovisual equipment, and lab materials.
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genmaverick.com
Social Media
Positive Social Space for Young Girls
Maverick is a
free social network that connects young girls with female mentors to express their creativity in a safe space. The
social media platform is designed to help preteen and teenage girls engage with both the online content and one another.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Program Encouraging Respectful Discourse
AllSides for Schools, a multifunctional program of the
Mediators Foundation in partnership with
AllSides and
Living Room Conversations, helps educators teach essential skills in critical thinking, collaboration, listening and respectful discourse, media literacy, and social–emotional learning.
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Professional Growth
Global Connections for Developing Global Competence
The
Global Schools Network (GSN), powered by the
Partnership for 21st Century Schools (P21), officially launched on July 30, 2018. Schools from around the world may apply to join this global network focused on
global competence,
global awareness,
linguistic competence, and a
curriculum enriched by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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polyup.com
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Digital Playground Exploring Mathematical Thinking
Polyup is a
free digital programming environment—designed for mathematics and computer science classrooms—which translates abstract mathematical concepts and exercises into physical form.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Activities for Fostering a Climate of Kindness
The
Middle School Kindness Challenge is an easy way to make kindness commonplace and improve school climate and student learning in the critical middle school years.
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kano.me
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Kit for Building a Harry Potter Coding Wand
With the
Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit, students can build a wand, learn to code, make magic—and then play on their tablet or computer.
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beyondthechalkboard.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Digital Media in Young Children’s Learning
Boston Children’s Museum has been creating curriculum, activities, and other resources for educators and parents for more than 100 years. These resources are rooted in decades of understanding how children learn most effectively and how adults can best support that learning.
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khanacademy.org
Mobile Learning
Program Inspiring Learning and Discovery for Young Children
The nonprofit
Khan Academy has launched
Khan Academy Kids for early learners (aged 2–5). The
education app includes thousands of original activities, books, videos, and lessons, and combines subjects such as math and reading with creative activities.
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molecularium.com
Mobile Learning
Game Exploring the Nanoscale Universe of Atoms and Molecules
My Molecularium is an engaging and challenging
molecule-building game developed at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for
iOS and
Android mobile devices.
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