In Case You Missed It … FREE WEBINAR
Many of us have the tech, but don’t always know how or where it makes sense to use it in the classroom. Edina Public Schools and Logitech discuss simple, school-tested ways to use technology to creatively enhance learning. You’ll come away with creative ways to personalize learning and specific school-tested strategies that you can use immediately. Access the webinar recording here.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
3D Interactive Rotating Models of Molecules
The CanvasMol website has more than 50 three-dimensional interactive rotating models of relatively common molecules such as glucose and fructose. Students can alter each model to show (or not show) bonds, to show (or not show) individual atoms, and to rotate on the X, Y, and Z axes.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Learning Pathways into the Gaming and 3D Tech Industries
Unity Learn is a code-teaching system that focuses primarily on gaming, augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR), and 3D environment modeling. The system can be used for engineering, architecture, automotive, entertainment, gaming, and more professional needs.
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Funding & Recognition
Share Your Grant-Finding Success Stories
GetEdFunding is a curated collection of thousands of grants and awards that grows by the day, all selected through the prism of relevance to today’s educational institutions.
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Professional Growth
Open Online Courses Fostering Global Competence in STEM Fields
The US Department of State has announced STEM Innovations and Global Competence—a free, self-paced online course for US educators. The course focuses on the intersection of STEM subjects and global competence.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Challenges to Inspire Girls to Become Cyber Defenders
In just three years, 30,000 high school girls have discovered the exciting world of cybersecurity through Girls Go CyberStart Challenges and are on track to become the next generation of cyber defenders.
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Professional Growth
Making the Most of EdTech: Smart School-Tested Strategies That Make a Difference
Many of us have the tech, but we don’t always know how or where it makes sense to use it in the classroom. In this freely downloadable webinar recording, Edina Public Schools and Logitech discuss simple, school-tested ways to use technology to creatively enhance learning.
The panelists share creative ways to personalize learning in virtual, hybrid, and in-person classrooms. They suggest ways to connect students with unique career pathway experiences and virtual internships, and expand global exchange global exchange program possibilities.
You’ll come away with creative ways to personalize learning and specific school-tested strategies that you can use immediately.
Access the FREE webinar recording here to empower student expression, engagement, and connection today.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Applications Fostering Social–Emotional, Intellectual, and Physical Skills
The Lü platform transforms any space into an active and immersive educational environment where youth are engaged physically, intellectually, socially, and emotionally.
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Funding & Recognition
Monetary and Product Support for Providing Inclusive, Engaging Music Education
The D’Addario Music Foundation awards grants and product donations to programs that bring music into communities and schools, and get children playing instruments as early and frequently as possible.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Journey of Discovery into the Musical Diversity of the Planet
Smithsonian Folkways Learning Pathways (SFLP) are in-depth curated journeys of discovery that place music at the heart of the educational experience. The free online resources provide a basis for K–13 teachers to explore a broad range of cultural, historical, social, and musical themes with their students.
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Professional Growth
Program Seeking Submissions of Digital Learning Materials About Women
The National Women’s History Museum is seeking K–12 educators to participate in its summer “For Educators, By Educators” Curriculum Resources Development Program.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Inclusive Learning Opportunities Through Oral History
Voice of Witness advances human rights by amplifying the voices of people impacted by—and fighting against—injustice. The nonprofit produces a book series that depicts human rights and social justice issues through the edited oral histories of people most closely affected by them.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Class Connections with Scientists Around the World
Skype a Scientist’s mission is simple: to make science accessible and enjoyable through personal connections with scientists. The organization’s focus is on connecting the general public with scientific disciplines in engaging and meaningful ways, making science education available and enjoyable for everyone.
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pandemics.historyadventures.app
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Mobile Learning
Digital Stories About Living Through History’s Worst Pandemics
History Adventures’ Global Pandemics is a free app that transports users back in time and into the lives, choices, and dilemmas faced by individuals around the globe during some of the largest-scale plagues and pandemics in history.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Learning Experiences Where the Impossible Becomes (Virtual) Reality
From the Moon to inside a plant cell, Avantis World lets students explore the impossible, all from the safety of a ClassVR headset or web browser. Avantis World is split into lands, with various zones and learning scenes for students to explore independently.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
American History Through the Lens of Chinese American Trailblazers
The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) redefines the American narrative one story at a time. MOCA engages audiences in ongoing and historical dialogue in which people of all backgrounds are able to see American history through a critical perspective, reflect on their own experiences, and make meaningful connections between the past and the present, the global and the local, themselves and others.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Program Rallying the Nation to Take Charge Against Bullying and Hate
Children and teens are bullied in schools all across the country, including many Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) youth who face unique cultural, religious, and language barriers that can keep them from getting help. The nonprofit Act To Change empowers students, families, and educators with the knowledge and tools they need to help stop and prevent bullying in their communities.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Engaging Books to Commemorate Juneteenth in the Classroom
To support teachers in commemorating Juneteenth, The New York Public Library has a new booklist, featuring both fiction and nonfiction titles, which provides context and background information on this holiday for students of all ages.
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Professional Growth
Videos Showcasing Innovations in STEM Teaching and Learning
The STEM for All Multiplex is an online, free, interactive platform featuring more than 1,600 short videos that showcase federally funded projects aimed at transforming science, technology, engineering, math, and computer science learning.
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