Boost Knowledge, Retention, and Achievement

Educators are shifting their focus to solutions that maximize their schools’ technology investments, drive learning outcomes, and build confidence in the classroom. Built for the iPad ecosystem and designed for diverse learning styles, Logitech’s education solutions expand the horizons of what’s possible in the classroom and beyond. Schedule a demo with the Logitech team and learn about special pricing for your school.

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STEAM Program Transforming Learners into Innovators

TinkRworks’ standards-aligned supplemental STEAM program reinforces core learnings through a multidisciplinary curriculum that includes projects and individual student kits. The STEAM-X curriculum is tailored for classrooms and remote or hybrid settings.

Funding & Recognition
Award Recognizing Educators Promoting Gender Equity in Computing

Sponsored by the National Center for Women and Information Technology, the Aspirations in Computing Educator Award celebrates high school educators who encourage girls’ interest and participation in technology pursuits.

Digital Learning • Learning Support
Teach Remotely from the Comfort of Your Home

Proximity Learning is hiring exceptional teachers for the 2021–22 school year. The company hires certified teachers and trains them in virtual learning best practices before matching them with class times that fit their unique schedules. A great teacher can change a student’s life. That’s what drives Proximity Learning teachers to be passionate, innovative, challenge-seeking educators. Thousands of students across the country currently lack access to certified teachers in crucial subjects. Teaching with Proximity Learning enables teachers like you to connect with those students and make an impact.

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Professional Growth
Webinars to Help Educators Prepare for the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

On the second Wednesday of every month, UBTECH Education offers free webinars for educators to explore topics such as connecting STEM to other subject areas, using STEM and artificial intelligence to prepare students for the future, and utilizing the engineering design process to mold open-minded, creative students in the classroom.

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STEM Program Connecting Real-World Phenomena with 3D Learning

Twig Science Next Gen is a preK–8 STEM program built to address the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The program provides comprehensive coverage of 3D science standards through engaging hands-on and digital investigations in which students take on the roles of real-world scientists and engineers.

Professional Growth
Graduate Studies Rooted in the Tradition of Great Books and Thoughtful Exploration

The Master of Arts in Liberal Arts and Master of Arts in Eastern Classics at St. John’s College are pathways to deeper engagement with the great books of the liberal arts tradition. Immerse yourself in small, dynamic classes where graduate students read and discuss over 3,000 years of books that shed light on the complicated and persistent questions surrounding our shared human experience. Ranked among the best colleges for the quality of the faculty and classroom experience, St. John’s offers a flexible class schedule, online and in-person class options, and generous scholarships for educators—making this education possible for busy teachers. St. John’s is now accepting applications for the 2022 academic year.

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Funding & Recognition
Challenge to Students to Launch Experiments Aboard a Rocket

The NASA TechRise Student Challenge invites teams of sixth- to twelfth-grade students in public, private, or charter schools, to design, build, and launch experiments on suborbital rockets and balloon flights during the 2021–22 school year.

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Mobile Learning
Podcast Digging Deep into Philosophical Questions

A History of Ideas is a philosophy and history podcast created by the BBC. In each episode, the hosts and their guests dig into classical thought through a modern lens, examining the impact of philosophers and their philosophies in the past and the present.

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Samsung Solve for Tomorrow — $2 Million in Prizes

Each year Samsung holds a national competition for public schools, grades 6–12, in which students are asked to consider how technology and STEM can be used to create change in their communities. With the help of their teachers, students can apply to the contest and compete to win up to $100,000 in prizes for their school, plus the opportunity to work with Samsung employees to develop their prototypes and pitch their idea to a panel of judges in New York City. Three National Winner schools will each receive a $100,000 prize package; 10 National Finalist schools, a $50,000 prize package; and 100 State Winner schools, a $6,500 prize package. All prize packages include Samsung products and classroom resources.

Funding & Recognition
Award Recognizing Educators Promoting Gender Equity in Computing

Sponsored by the National Center for Women and Information Technology, the Aspirations in Computing Educator Award celebrates high school educators who encourage girls’ interest and participation in technology pursuits.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Software for Creating Kinesthetic Learning Activities

Most web-based platforms require children to sit in front of a screen while learning. Not so for Walkabouts, a unique movement-based lesson software that teaches math, language arts, and reading to preK–2 children while they’re running in place, jumping, or otherwise physically active.

Digital Learning • Learning Support
Smarter Learning Needs Smarter Technology

The aim of Lenovo Education is to help educators break down barriers, foster equity, and inspire the next generation to soar. Lenovo believes every student deserves the advantages of education technology. To make that a reality, the company is working with schools to implement solutions that promote equity and help bridge the digital divide. The Lenovo team is dedicated to working closely with IT leaders and educators to understand their challenges and develop customized, flexible solutions that meet their needs—and beyond.

Professional Growth
Social–Emotional Thinking Routines for a World on the Move

Re-Imagining Migration is a collaborative between Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero and UCLA’s School of Education and Information Sciences. The organization seeks to ensure that young people grow up understanding migration as a shared condition of the past, present, and future in order to develop the knowledge, empathy, and mindsets that sustain inclusive and welcoming communities.

Funding & Recognition
Competition for Students to Collaborate with Persons with Disabilities to Create Assistive Technology

The SourceAmerica IDEATE competition (formerly called the SourceAmerica Design Challenge) invites high school and college engineering students from across the country to innovate ways to improve workplace inclusion and opportunities for people with disabilities.

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Funding & Recognition
Real-World Cybersecurity Challenges with Opportunities to Win Scholarships

CyberStart America provides a free immersive cybersecurity training game for high school students, with more than 200 engaging challenges, which students solve as cybersecurity agents investigating criminal gangs.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Social–Emotional Learning Programs for Every Stage of Development

Move This World provides social–emotional learning (SEL) training with the use of interactive videosmovement, and creative expression to help students, educators, and families develop emotional intelligence skills for long-term wellbeing.