Harvard Summer Institute for PreK–12 Educators

In Deeper Learning for All, participants will experience and learn how to create the conditions for deep and powerful learning that prepares all students for the demands of the 21st century.

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Funding & Recognition

Merit-based Scholarships for Study Abroad

The US Department of State provides more than 1,000 merit-based scholarships each year for US high school students to study abroad for a summer or an academic year in more than 25 countries.

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Professional Growth

Online Programs for Broadening Your Leadership Career

Penn State’s M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and Graduate Certificate for Principalship programs are led by expert faculty from Penn State’s College of Education and conveniently offered online through Penn State World Campus. No matter where you are in the world, you can pursue a master’s degree or certificate backed by a world-class reputation and accreditation, student support team, and a powerful network of students, mentors, and alumni. Applications are open for the spring 2019 semester. Take the next step to advance your career in education and become part of the Penn State network of more than 692,000 alumni.

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Mobile Learning

Tutorial Game Introducing Young Children to Chess

A collaboration of DragonBox and Play Magnus, which was started by chess world champion Magnus Carlsen, Magnus Kingdom of Chess introduces children aged 8 and up to chess rules and strategies so they learn enough to transition to a real board. The game breaks down chess into such small components so it is approachable for anyone.

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Literacy Resources

Free Lesson on Managing Independent Reading

For middle school and high school teachers, it’s one of today’s most vexing problems: How do you motivate students with varied interests and little appetite for classic literature to stop faking their way through texts and start advancing as skilled, engaged readers? Independent reading is an important part of the answer, but it’s just that—a part of the whole. In No More Fake Reading, Berit Gordon offers the complete solution: a blended model that combines the benefits of classic literature with the motivational power of choice reading. With the blended model, teachers lead close examinations of key passages from classic texts, guiding students to an understanding of important reading strategies they can transfer to their choice books. Teachers gain a platform for demonstrating the critical reading skills students so urgently require, and students thrive on reading what they want to read. Download a free lesson on how to manage independent reading time.

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Funding & Recognition

Institute to Learn About the Normandy Campaign in World War II

The Albert H. Small Normandy Institute will take 15 student–teacher teams on a free learning experience of a lifetime. The Institute is an intensive program to learn about the D-Day Campaign of 1944 and the sacrifices made by young Americans to defeat tyranny. 

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STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Web-based Competition to Increase STEM Literacy

Are you enthusiastic about STEM? eCYBERMISSION, an Army Educational Outreach Program, is a free web-based STEM competition for students in grades 6–9. The program is committed to answering the nation’s need for increased national STEM literacy and expanding STEM education opportunities across the country to open doors to new career paths for American students that lead to a brighter tomorrow. eCYBERMISSION is looking for educators interested in STEM to create teams of students. Register and complete your teams by November 21, and your students will receive a FREE STEM Kit. Visit ecybermission.com to learn more and register today.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Lessons for Analyzing Contemporary Propaganda

The Mind Over Media web platform provides an opportunity for students aged 13 and up to explore the subject of contemporary propaganda by hosting thousands of examples of 21st-century propaganda from around the world.

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Professional Growth

Webinars for Education Leaders on Data Privacy and Cyber Security

edWeb.net and CoSN have partnered to host an edWebinar series to help superintendents with issues of tech leadership.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Program That Engages Students in the World of Investing

SIFMA Foundation’s The Stock Market Game (SMG) is an online simulation of the global capital markets that engages students in grades 4–12 in the world of economics, investing, and personal finance. The game helps students to build a fundamental understanding of investing while providing them with real-world skills and practice in math, English language arts, economics, social studies, and other subjects.

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Funding & Recognition

Competition Inviting Civics-based Videos

Middle school and high school students can compete for up to $100,000 in a contest sponsored by C-SPAN, by producing a documentary on what it means to be an American. This national video documentary competition encourages students to think critically about issues that affect their communities and the nation. The documentary videos entered into the Student-Cam competition should be five or six minutes in length and focus on areas such as constitutional rights or historic events, explaining how the right or event defines the American experience. C-SPAN will award prize money to 150 students of winning documentaries and more than 50 teacher advisers. Interested applicants will find this grant opportunity on GetEdFunding, a free database sponsored by CDW•G of thousands of funding opportunities for educators.

Deadline: January 20, 2019, for entries

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Multileveled Science News Articles

Science in the News, published by Science A–Z, engages students in the ever-changing world of science. Each issue features compelling news stories for students written at three reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction.

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STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Coding Challenges Embedded in Stories

A project of TEACH magazine, Dystopia 2153 is an all-in-one resource that combines coding with a web-based graphic novel about a future dominated by malevolent robots.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Digital Project-based Social Studies Curriculum

Students of History offers a social studies curriculum that includes units with activities to help students in grades 7–10 understand key concepts in US history, world history, civics, and American government.

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STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Scientific and Information Literacy Developed Through Gameplay

Vital Signs is a story-based literacy game from Classroom, Inc. that has students take on the role of a medical director at a family clinic. Students contend with the daily challenges of a doctor: seeing patients, staying on top of community issues, and running an office.

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Mobile Learning

App to Inspire a Love of Nonfiction Reading

Developed by Press4Kids for iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire devices, News-O-Matic provides an exciting and engaging nonfiction experience for children aged 6–12, complete with literacy tools for the classroom.

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