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Our Top Resources in August 2022

Sep 09, 2022 2022-09-09

By Big Deal Media

Each month we publish blogs and newsletters full of digital learning, funding, professional growth, social media, and STEM resources. Below are items from our blogs and newsletters that educators turned to the most in August.

1. Project-based STEM Activities Building Computational Thinking
Microsoft Learning Center’s Hacking STEM webpage allows teachers to build affordable inquiry and project-based activities to visualize data across science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curricula.

2. Virtual Monopoly Camp Focusing on Financial Literacy
Monopoly Money Matters Financial Literacy Camp gives learners the chance to develop tools for lifetime financial success while playing one of the world’s favorite board games.

3. App to Explore the Oceans with Virtual Reality
BioDive is a virtual reality/digital experience in which middle school students become marine biologists investigating the delicate ecosystems of venomous marine snails.

4. Digital Book Series Bringing the Pages of History to Life
Designed for today’s digital generation, this interactive, multimodal learning experience covers the period from 1750 to 1900 through the lens of five amazing people living through complex flashpoints in time.

5. Tools to Tell Stories in Innovative Ways
Northwestern University’s Knight Lab comprises a team of designers, developers, students, and educators who are working together to generate new ways to communicate digitally as a means to enhance journalism in the ever-changing digital age.

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