May 01, 2019
lead2feed.org
Funding & Recognition
Competition Empowering Students to Lead and Serve
The
Lead2Feed Challenge, a component of the
Lead2Feed Student Leadership Program, encourages teams of middle school and high school students to hone their
leadership skills by completing a
service-learning project. Working with a nonprofit organization, each team must set a goal to solve a local, state, or national social or cultural problem.
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Professional Growth
Online Courses to Earn a Master’s Degree or Graduate Certification
Penn State’s M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction and Graduate Certificate in Children’s Literature are taught by distinguished faculty from Penn State’s College of Education and offered online through Penn State World Campus. The M.Ed. offers five emphases—Children’s Literature, STEM Education, Elementary Education, Curriculum and Supervision, and Theory and Practice in English, Social Studies, and World Languages; a path that allows participants to customize their master’s degree in curriculum and instruction; online courses replicating those in Penn State’s prestigious, high-quality resident program; and a program from a university long renowned for preparing and supporting education professionals. 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, a student support team, and a powerful network of students, mentors, and alumni. Request more information about Penn State’s Curriculum and Instruction (Master of Education) here.
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billofrightsinstitute.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Videos to Deepen Understanding and Spark Curiosity
Boclips for Teachers offers an extensive library of engaging videos that bring academic topics to life for all ages while deepening students’ understanding of a variety of subjects. A school-safe alternative to consumer-focused video platforms, Boclips for Teachers gathers video clips from more than 120
partners, including Visual Learning Systems, Intelecom Learning, and Crash Course.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Passages for Supporting Students’ Comprehension of Science Content
For more than 15 years,
OLogy has been recognized as a premier site for science learning by supporting children’s questions about the natural world. Now teachers can use OLogy to support reading comprehension in their classroom.
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kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu
Funding & Recognition
Competition Fostering Business and Personal Finance Skills
The
Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS)
Comment and Win contest is an opportunity for students in grades 9–12 to dig into the hundreds of online KWHS articles, videos, and podcasts about business, finance, entrepreneurship, leadership, economics, and career and college preparation, and to leave compelling comments about the topics that interest them most. It’s a way for students to read, reflect on, and deepen the conversation around these topics—and get recognition for their ideas.
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everychildareader.net
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Videos Featuring Authors Commemorating Children’s Book Week
KidLit TV has partnered with the
Children’s Book Council and
Every Child a Reader to produce
100 book creator videos for teachers, parents, librarians, and educators across the country to share with their students.
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Professional Growth
Pathway to Becoming a Media Literacy Educator
PBS and
KQED offer a set of
free media literacy micro-credentials that validate media literacy skills and classroom implementation practices. These competency-based micro-credentials provide the pathway to earning certification as a
PBS Media Literacy Educator.
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downloadorb.com
Mobile Learning
App Using Augmented Reality to Develop Maker Skills
With
Orb, an
iOS app by
Pantheon, users young and old can design and build entire worlds in a matter of minutes by transforming simple shapes into 3D objects. For example, instead of creating a tree on a two-dimensional surface, such as a phone screen, students can build the tree as if it were growing in their classroom.
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Social Media
Conversations on Use of Immersive Technology in the Classroom
#ARVRinEDU Twitter chat, which occurs every
Wednesday evening at
8 p.m. (
CT), discusses the latest tools and connects with innovators who can provide support and encouragement to educators starting to use immersive technology in their classrooms.
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mathprize.atfoundation.org
Funding & Recognition
Prize Celebrating Girls’ Mathematical Creativity and Insight
The
Advantage Testing Foundation (ATF)
Math Prize for Girls is the largest math prize for young women in the world. Each fall, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, nearly 300 young female mathematicians compete in a challenging test of mathematical creativity and insight.
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artsnowlearning.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Collaborative Activities for Arts Integration
ArtsNow provides a structured arts-based pedagogy that promotes collaboration, creative and critical thinking, and the ability to apply arts principles across different disciplines. The ArtsNow resources encourage integration of the arts across all grades and content areas.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Interactives Exploring the Genius of Leonardo da Vinci
May 2, 2019, is the hundredth anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci—artist, inventor, and scientist whose natural genius crossed so many disciplines that he epitomized the term “Renaissance man.”
Da Vinci – The Genius, a website created by the
Museum of Science, Boston, helps students gain insight into the mind of this genius and the fundamental scientific and artistic principles he discovered.
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observer.globe.gov
Mobile Learning
Tools to Engage in Citizen Science Activities
The
GLOBE Observer app extends the reach of
NASA’s
GLOBE Program by providing a way for citizen scientists to make observations and contribute to the GLOBE community. GLOBE observations help scientists to track changes in clouds, water, plants, and other life in support of Earth system science research.
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Funding & Recognition
Student Contest to Develop Open Source Software
Google Code-in is a contest to introduce pre-university students (aged 13–17) to
open source software development. In the fall, Google chooses more than a dozen open source organizations to participate. The organizations create an extensive list of three- to five-hour tasks for students to work on. The tasks are categorized as Code, Documentation/Training, Outreach/Research, Quality Assurance, and Design.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Videos on Significant Moments in American History
The
Bill of Rights Institute has introduced a new series of
Homework Help videos showcasing significant moments in history, often defined by politicians, entrepreneurs, leaders, and even scoundrels. The
Homework Help Evidence of History Series explores how people such as Boss Tweed, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Joseph McCarthy left their mark on American history.
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Social Media
Thoughtful Discussion on Best Approaches to Achieve Learning
Kialo is an easy-to-use tool to engage in thoughtful discussion, understand different points of view, and help with collaborative decision-making in areas such as science, technology, and education. With Kialo, users can take on issues big or small, build consensus on a topic, and explore every aspect of a discussion.
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