Parental Remote-Control App — Saving a Generation of Children
TekNekk is the world’s first Parental Remote-Control App that protects a child’s mind, spine, and safety. Parents can control their child’s phone from any device—like a TV remote control! No more wrestling the phone away from children or escalating arguments with teens. Download TekNekk’s Instant Screen Timeout feature for free to turn off a child’s phone with one touch of a button!
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September 05, 2019
Funding & Recognition
Award Recognizing Outstanding Librarians
ilovelibraries, an initiative of the
American Library Association, is accepting nominations for the
I Love My Librarian Award, which encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. Each year 10 librarians are selected to receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque, and a travel stipend to attend an awards ceremony and reception held in their honor.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Contest to Boost Interest and Proficiency in STEM
Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is celebrating 10 years of helping educators teach STEM while tackling local community issues and winning technology for their school. To celebrate, Samsung is giving away up to $3 million in prizes and selecting more winners than ever before. Take a few minutes and submit your application to participate today.
Deadline: October 23, 2019, for applications
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Professional Growth
All-Education Talk Radio Elevating Teachers’ Voices
ASCD Learn Teach Lead Radio is a partnership between
ASCD and
BAM! Radio Network,
the world’s largest all-education talk radio network. Each episode of this education talk radio program is hosted by an
ASCD Emerging Leader and features guests such as ASCD authors, leaders, presenters, and educators from all roles.
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Literacy Resources
Guidance for Implementing a Coaching Partnership System in Schools
The Coaching Partnership provides educators with a unique perspective and approach to instructional coaching centered on mutual and reciprocal accountability for continuous improvement. Educators will learn to implement a collaborative coaching partnership system—one that will improve instruction and maximize student learning in their schools. The authors examine coaching best practices through research-based strategies, real-life vignettes, coaching-in-action videos, reflective practice questions, a helpful planning tool, and more.
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saxenafoundation.com
Funding & Recognition
Grants Supporting STEM Programs That Empower Females
The
Saxena Family Foundation awards grants and supports programs that have a particular focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and around empowering girls and young women so that they have equal rights later in life through literacy programs, jobs, and life-skills training.
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theworldwar.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Monument to Men and Women Who Served in World War I
The
National WWI Museum and Memorial is dedicated to remembering, interpreting, and understanding the Great War and its enduring impact on the global community. In addition to interpreting the history of World War I, the Museum and Memorial encourages public involvement and informed decision-making by providing exhibitions and educational programs that engage diverse audiences, as well as collecting and preserving historical materials.
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destinationimagination.org
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
STEAM-based Challenges Fostering Creativity
Destination Imagination’s
open-ended STEAM-based Challenges enable students to learn and experience the creative process while fostering their creativity, curiosity, and courage. Destination Imagination is open to all kindergarten through university-level students worldwide. Students form teams of up to seven members, select their preferred Challenge, and work together to develop a solution to the Challenge.
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nysci.org
Mobile Learning
Game Pairing Environmental Concepts with Computational Thinking
The Pack, created by the
New York Hall of Science, is an
open virtual-world game based around two timely STEM subjects—
environmental awareness and
computational thinking. The game is set in a future world where healthy ecosystems have faltered and resources are scarce.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Software That Helps Bring People Together
Thoughtexchange’s community intelligence software empowers education leaders to ask open-ended questions and get answers in real time. Artificial intelligence and machine learning ensure everyone’s response gets considered by others. Powerful analysis tools instantly surface valuable insights into key areas of agreement and disagreement. Leaders can find common ground, inspire trust, and use data to make decisions that get immediate support. Everyone contributes and everyone learns, without bias. Millions of people around the world use Thoughtexchange to lead change, optimize learning, define products, and drive innovation. Discover how Thoughtexchange is rethinking the way people come together to share ideas and create ownership for important decisions.
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fabfems.org
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Directory of Female STEM Role Models
The
FabFems directory is a
national database of
women in STEM professions who are inspiring role models for young women and girls. The directory is accessible to young women, programs serving girls, and other organizations working to increase career awareness and interest in STEM.
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pulitzercenter.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Essays and Literary Works Reframing US History
The 1619 Project,
inaugurated with a
special issue of
The New York Times Magazine, reframes US history by marking the year when the first enslaved Africans arrived on Virginia soil as the nation’s foundational date. The Project is a collection of
essays and
literary works observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery.
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Funding & Recognition
Grants to Provide Healthful Eating Opportunities
The
Salad Bars to Schools program donates salad bars to schools to increase access to fruit and vegetables for school children. The
Chef Ann Foundation awards grants based on a formula that assesses readiness to implement and launch a salad bar lunch program and application date.
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nhseb.unc.edu
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Collaborative Discussions of Complex Ethical Dilemmas
The
National High School Ethics Bowl (NHSEB) promotes respectful, supportive, and rigorous discussion of ethics among thousands of high school students nationwide. Each fall the NHSEB releases a set of cases covering a broad range of issues, which then serve as the focus for the year.
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pixaloopapp.com
Mobile Learning
App That Turns a Smartphone into a Photo Animator
Thanks to the camera on the smartphone, it has never been easier to capture a moment in time, but no matter how well a shot is composed, sometimes a picture just can’t convey the true scale or intensity of the scene, such as a majestic waterfall.
Enlight Pixaloop, an
app for
iOS and
Android devices from
Lightricks Ltd, seamlessly bridges the gap between still photography and video with tools that anyone can master.
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weteachkindness.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Challenge to Make Kindness Commonplace
A project of
Stand with Children, the
Middle School Kindness Challenge is an easy and
free way to make kindness commonplace and improve school climate and student learning in the critical middle school years.
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Professional Growth
Lessons to Help Youth Thrive Through Informal Learning with Technology
Digital cultures and technology are changing the world, and community-based, youth-serving organizations can play a critical role. To help prepare for this role,
Reclaiming Digital Futures, an initiative of
Susan Crown Exchange (SCE) and
University of California, Irvine, has developed a
toolkit that shares
effective practices for
equitable, youth-oriented digital learning.
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wernative.worldsecuresystems.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Culture-based Resource to Help Native American Students Thrive in School
WeRNative is a comprehensive web resource for Native youth, by Native youth, providing content and stories about the topics that matter most to them. WeRNative promotes holistic health and positive growth in local Native communities and the nation at large.
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scigirlsconnect.org
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Strategies for Engaging Girls in STEM
Funded by the
International Space Station National Lab,
SciGirls in Space integrates
space-themed role-model videos and
gender equitable space-science-aligned activities for use in outreach programs. Among the resources for teachers is a
gender-equity guide with six strategies on how to engage girls in STEM.
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