January 03, 2019
Funding & Recognition
Classroom Grant for Innovative Aerospace Activities
Each school year, the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) awards grants of up to $500 to worthy projects that significantly influence student learning, and inspire and advance the future of aerospace. AIAA’s
Classroom Grant Program encourages development of innovative aerospace activities within the prescribed curriculum.
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Professional Growth
Opportunity to Advance Your Career in Education
Penn State’s M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, with five areas of emphasis to choose from, and the Graduate Certificate in Children’s Literature are taught by distinguished 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. Penn State is accepting applications 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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advancingwomenartists.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Website Giving a Voice to Women Artists
A Space of Their Own will feature works by more than 600 female artists working in the United States and Europe from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries. The paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures were discovered in museum storage spaces throughout Florence, Italy.
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inspiringgirls.org
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Tuition-Free Wilderness Expeditions for Young Women
Inspiring Girls Expeditions interweaves science, art, and backcountry travel to inspire girls to become curious, confident, and successful leaders for the future. Presently Inspiring Girls Expeditions, in partnership with the
College of Natural Science and Mathematics at
University of Alaska Fairbanks, is selecting expedition teams of eight or nine teenage girls and three instructors to spend 12 days exploring and learning about glaciers and the alpine or marine environment.
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bbc.co.uk
Mobile Learning
Exhibition of Museum Treasures in Augmented Reality
The
BBC has launched its first
augmented reality app,
Civilisations AR. Developed by
BBC Research & Development,
BBC Arts, and
Nexus Studios, the app features more than 30 fascinating artifacts from museums across the UK that have been digitally scanned and are now available to view in 3D as part of a new
virtual exhibition.
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ignitemyfutureinschool.org
Funding & Recognition
Competition Encouraging Computational Thinking
Ignite My Future in School is an initiative sponsored by
Tata Consultancy Services and
Discovery Education to transform the way students across America learn through computational thinking, a foundational skill for success in the twenty-first century.
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smithsonianmag.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
First-Person Narrative of Life As a Young Jew During World War II
A journal written in Poland during World War II describes the details of the life of a Jewish girl, Renia Spiegel, from age 15 to 18, as the war unfolded.
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Funding & Recognition
Grant to Foster Creative Thinking in the Classroom
The office supply company
Bostitch is offering a chance for two teachers to win a $250
grant for creative supplies for their classroom. To be considered, teachers need to submit a lesson plan of their own creation that they believe exemplifies creativity in the classroom.
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spaceengineersgame.com
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Engineering and Programming Experiences Incorporated into Gameplay
Medieval Engineers is a
sandbox game about the engineering, construction, and maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build cities, castles, and fortifications; they also construct mechanical devices and perform landscaping and underground mining.
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digitalcivicstoolkit.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Toolkit for Using Digital Media Safely and Productively
The
Digital Civics Toolkit provides lesson plans and content for students of all grade levels, so educators can help them productively engage in digital life. The lessons are intended to encourage students to recognize, take seriously, and act on the civic potential of
digital and
social media.
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parktrust.org
Funding & Recognition
Contest in Celebration of America’s Public Lands
The
National Park Trust (NPT) invites students across the country to participate in the ninth annual
Kids to Parks Day (KTP), a nationwide grassroots movement to celebrate America’s parks and public lands, on May 18, 2019. In honor of this day, NPT is hosting the
Kids to Parks Day National School Contest to help educators engage their students with their local parks.
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robotvirtualworlds.com
Mobile Learning
Game Utilizing Math Strategies to Program Underwater Robots
Expedition Atlantis, an
iPad app from
Robomatter, presents
mobile robot math problems in a scaffolded and contextualized manner to motivate students to use mathematics rather than “guess and check” their way through robot programming.
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npr.org
Funding & Recognition
Challenge to Turn a Unit of Study into a Podcast
National Public Radio’s
first-ever
NPR Student Podcast Challenge is a chance for teachers and students in grades 5–12 across the country to turn their classrooms into production studios, their assignments into scripts, and their ideas into sound. To participate in the challenge, students need to produce a podcast of three to twelve minutes in length on their smartphone or computer, with easily available software.
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teachrock.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Culturally Responsive Learning Experiences Through a Music Lens
Steven Van Zandt—the musician, actor, and music and theater producer—is the force behind an education project that uses the history of rock music as a way of teaching US
history and culture. Students learn US history through a musical lens with the help of lessons created by historians and curriculum experts that are interdisciplinary and available online for
free.
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skyward.com
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
eBook Taking Young Readers on a Coding Adventure
The Code Twins, a
children’s book from
Skyward, introduces coding concepts to young readers of all backgrounds as they take on a programming mission with the book’s main characters—Brett, Yvette, and their robot friend, Cody Point Two.
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challengemap.digitalpromise.org
Professional Growth
Suggested Resources for Addressing Challenges in Education
The
Digital Promise Research team has worked with school districts in its
League of Innovative Schools initiative
to create an
online tool that suggests resources for helping address common challenges found in education—from kindergarten readiness to school redesign.
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Mobile Learning
Art Museum in Augmented Reality
Students can see the complete works of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, including the
Girl with a Pearl Earring, in augmented reality (AR). Google has made the paintings available on students’ smartphones.
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