15 Tech Ideas to Power Students’ Creative Potential

Make 2022 the year of fulfilled potential with 15 teacher-tested tech ideas set to transform the way your students learn. Empower your students to express, engage, and create. Download Logitech’s free Tech-Led Activity Resource Guide.

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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Medical STEM Experiments and Design Challenges

Diagnostic Detectives is a freely accessible offering of medical STEM activities designed for students in grades 6–8 by The International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.

Digital Learning • Learning Support
Tools for Building Healthy Relationships with Technology

In 2013, former Google Product Manager Tristan Harris cofounded the Center for Humane Technology (CHT), an organization dedicated to driving a comprehensive shift toward humane technology that supports well-being, democracy, and a shared information environment by engaging a host of constituencies, including educators, technologists, policymakers, and everyday people.

Digital Learning • Learning Support
Innovative Devices, Software, and Services That Bring Learning to Life

Students are the foundation of a better future, and Lenovo Education is here to help educators break down barriers, foster equality, and inspire the next generation to soar. Lenovo believes every student deserves the advantages of educational 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.

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Professional Growth
Podcast on Trends in the Educational World

LinkedUp: Breaking Boundaries in Education is a podcast that connects educators from across the globe. Guests discuss current trends, concerns, and best practices in education.

STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Virtual STEM Field Trip with an Olympian

Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky wants students in grades 3–8 to take a deep dive into game-changing tech and get excited about STEM. Ledecky, in partnership with Panasonic North America and Discovery Education, has launched the STEM Forward educational initiative, which includes activities for families and students, and tools for teachers.

Funding & Recognition
What Are “Unrestricted Funds”?

GetEdFunding is a grant-finding resource sponsored by CDW•G that is dedicated to helping educators, schools, and other institutions identify the funding they need in budget-tight times. In addition to hosting thousands of funding opportunities, GetEdFunding provides a comprehensive glossary of fund-related terminology to help educators more easily navigate the funding landscape.

Digital Learning • Learning Support
Virtual Exhibit Delving into American Literary History

The authors featured in the American Writers Museum’s online American Voices exhibit represent the evolution and flourishing of American writing.

STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Significant Objects and Documents from 5 Science Museums

The Science Museum Group in the UK shares an unparalleled, diverse, and internationally significant collection of more than 7.3 million items, spanning science, technology, engineering, medicine, transportation, and media.

Funding & Recognition
Essay Contest on National Rights and Respect in a Free Society

The Bill of Rights Institute’s 2022 We the Students Essay Contest is now open! This year’s topic is How does an understanding of natural rights and respect build a free society?

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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Virtual Journey Through the Chapters of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Life

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Home & Museum inspires curiosity and fosters learning about the American pioneer experience through the life and literature of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Professional Growth
Teaching Strategies That Enrich Science Learning

National Science Teaching Association’s (NSTA) Professional Learning Units (PLUs) are bite-sized, self-paced, asynchronous short courses that educators can use to improve their practice, enrich students’ learning, and increase equitable participation in the classroom.

Funding & Recognition
Grants Fostering Creative Expression Through Music

The Mockingbird Foundation offers competitive grants to schools and nonprofit organizations that effect improvements in music education for children.

Mobile Learning
Immersive Experience into the Art of Moviemaking

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles is the largest museum in the United States devoted to the arts, sciences, and artists of moviemaking. The Academy Museum’s mobile app for iOS and Android provides an immersive experience that connects users to the creative, collaborative process of filmmaking.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Self-Guided Design Field Trip

Teachers can bring the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum into their classrooms at any time through a self-guided field trip made in collaboration with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Google Tool with Hands-On Experiments for Learning and Creating Music

Chrome Music Lab by Google Creative Lab inspires children to create music and examine the connections between music and math, science, and art. It’s simple and fun to play around with rhythm, harmonics, chords, songwriting, and much more.

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Mobile Learning
Explorations Encouraging Artistic Expression and Creativity

The NGAkids Art Zone iPad app has eight interactive activities inspired by works in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, plus a sketchbook for freehand drawing and a personal exhibition space where users can save and display art created with the program.