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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Nation’s Highest Honors in Recognition of Excellent K–12 STEM Teaching
For nearly 40 years, the National Science Foundation, on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has honored STEM teachers nationwide for both their deep content knowledge and their ability to motivate students.
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) are the highest honors bestowed by the United States government for K–12 STEM educators in public, private, and charter schools. PAEMST awardees, of which there are up to two per state and jurisdiction honored each year, receive a certificate signed by the President; a $10,000 award; a paid trip to Washington, DC; and access to a nationwide cadre of award-winning teachers.
The award alternates yearly between K–6 and 7–12 grades. In the academic year 2022–2023, members of the public can nominate a teacher at the 7–12 level. Teachers may also apply themselves. Nominations are due by January 9, 2023, and applications are due by February 6, 2023. Learn more at www.paemst.org.
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Funding & Recognition
NASA TechRise Student Challenge
From environmental research to developing technologies near the edge of space, schools are invited to join NASA in its mission to advance space exploration and enhance our knowledge of Earth.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Platform for Creating Interactive Animated Content
Genially is, at its core, a slide presentation tool, and although many such tools are available, this one stands out by making its creations interactive. Rather than flipping through a slideshow, students become more engaged with the content, so they are actively learning as they progress through the presentation.
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Mobile Learning
Game-Design Coding Tool
The idea behind Ready Maker is to get everyone into coding—young students and beginners alike—by using gaming as an entry point. Since playing games appeals to many students, building one is a fun way to learn coding without focusing on the nitty-gritty of the code itself.
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Professional Growth
Engineering and Robotics Activities to Reinforce the STEM Pipeline
The NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University is offering a free one-hour webinar for K–12 educators, parents, and administrators on October 18, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. (ET).
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Professional Growth
Power Trip Leadership Series for Creating Smart and Safe Schools
If you have attended Big Deal Media’s Power Trip summit, you know that it is an event filled with inspiration, learning, and growth from a brain trust of female education leaders. Now you can join the new, extended Power Trip Leadership Series from October 20 to November 16, 2022.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Space for Students to Engage in Collaborative Discourse
A web-based platform called Parlay provides a space for students to engage with their peers and teachers in structured discussions and debate. Parlay offers online and live options so educators can use the platform synchronously or asynchronously, depending on student need.
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Funding & Recognition
Federal Grants to Assist Schools in Providing Mental Health Services
As schools struggle to hire mental health workers, two new federal grants may help—the expanded School-Based Mental Health Services grants and the expanded Mental Health Services Professional Demonstration grants. The priorities for both programs also call for increasing diversity, and cultural and linguistic competency of school-based mental health professions to help reflect the needs of a diverse student population.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
SPOTLIGHT! On Spooktober
Imagine watching a scary movie without accessibility! Don’t worry ... Described and Captured Media Program (DCMP) has plenty of Spooktacular videos with captions, audio description, and ASL.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
NASA Media Library—Publicly Accessible and Copyright Free
For public use and with no copyright restrictions, NASA has made 140,000 audio samples, films, and photographs available for everyone to view and download—all for free.
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Funding & Recognition
CyberStart America Game Challenge
CyberStart America gives students in grades 9–12 free access to the world-renowned CyberStart game, in which students will tackle four unique bases, each focusing on offensive and defensive cybersecurity disciplines.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Lesson Plan for Media Literacy Week
Held in conjunction with UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Week, US Media Literacy Week (October 24–28) will celebrate one of the five components of media literacy’s definition of the day: Access (October 24), Analyze (October 25), Evaluate (October 26), Create (October 27), and Act (October 28).
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Mobile Learning
Digital Tool That Turns Text into Film
Plotagon allows anyone to create a cartoon-style movie with acting and spoken scripting. Students can start by viewing other videos and commenting on them, or they can begin making their own videos by selecting the camera icon.
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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. The Share Your Success section features success stories of GetEdFunding users who have secured grant funding.
Learn from the experiences of your peers and gain insight into the kinds of proposals and project ideas that have been successful; organizations that have provided funding and how much was granted; and difficulty of the application process. Do you have a funding success story you want to share? Visit GetEdFunding and submit your story on the Tell Us What You’ve Won page.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Tool to Build Meaningful Connections Between Teachers and Students
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative brings together educators, researchers, and product developers to build tools such as the Along Teacher–Student Connection Builder that helps teachers differentiate learning experiences equitably and foster strong connections with their students.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Standards-Aligned Audio Adventures for Elementary Students
The “STEAM Daydream" podcast was developed by museum educators at National Children’s Museum in Washington, DC, to complement elementary curricula.
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Professional Growth
Guidelines for Integrating Tech into Lessons
Developed by a professor at University of Michigan, School of Education, the Triple E Framework addresses the desire of K–12 educators to bridge research on education technologies and teaching practice in the classroom. Research points out that effective technology integration begins with good instructional strategies.
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