Digital Learning • Learning Support

The Ergonomics Equation

Don’t miss the latest research from Logitech on how the right edtech can impact student engagement and classroom outcomes. More than 1,000 educators, as well as school and district administrators, were surveyed about current edtech setups and challenges. Read about how student engagement, focus, and stamina can improve when physical comfort with technology is considered ... and learn what happens when it isn’t. This is a must-read for all who manage and interact with edtech hardware.

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Funding & Recognition

Funding That’s Right for Your Needs

GetEdFunding is a grant-finding resource sponsored by CDW•G that is dedicated to helping educators, schools, and institutions identify the funding they need in budget-tight times. GetEdFunding hosts thousands of education, classroom, and teacher grants; awards for outstanding educators; and funding opportunities from federal, state, regional, and community sources. Personalized search options define focus areas, twenty-first century themes and skills, and grade levels. If you are looking for funding to support STEM activities or mathematics contests to integrate into your curriculum, or need supplies to start innovative classroom projects, GetEdFunding has a grant for you. You’ll also find a blog on tips and tricks, popular funding opportunities, a comprehensive glossary of funding-related terminology, and more. Start by exploring sample funding finds.

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Funding & Recognition

Toshiba America Foundation Grant

Do you have an innovative idea for improving STEM learning for middle school or high school students? Teachers at grades 6–12 are invited to apply online for a Toshiba America Foundation grant of up to $5,000 and more than $5,000 to help bring an innovative project into their classroom.

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Funding & Recognition

National Weather Association / Sol Hirsch Education Fund Grants

The National Weather Association (NWA) Foundation’s Sol Hirsch Education Fund Grants are awarded annually to K–12 teachers/educators to help improve the education of their students, their school, and/or their community in the science of meteorology.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian Heritage Month

Since 1990 the US government has designated the month of May as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, celebrating the achievements and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the United States.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Projects to Develop Students’ Artificial Intelligence Literacy

Are your students ready for the age of artificial intelligence? aiEDU creates equitable learning experiences that build foundational AI literacy. The nonprofit is focused on reaching the students and communities that are being left out of opportunities to benefit from the rapid digitization of our economy and society.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Quirky Web Series Exploring the Origins of Everything

Based on a French-language comic book, The Great List of Everything, this web series by the same name features artists Cathon and Iris—two quirky and imaginative young women who are curious about the origins of everything.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

War, Remembrance, and Commemoration Through History

Throughout recorded history, monuments, both grand and simple, help remember sacrifices made by humans in time of conflict and war. By studying these various commemorations, students can learn about the societies that built them and compare social values and responses to conflict.

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Professional Growth

Video Series Celebrating Educators Making a Difference

Inspired by teachers going the extra mile to ensure that the educational process is inclusive and equal, Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) presents three series from the Committee for Children: Celebrate Native American Educators, Celebrate Black Educators, and Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Educators.

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Professional Growth

Guidelines and Activity Guides for Teaching Artificial Intelligence

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) for K–12 initiative (AI4K12) is developing national guidelines for AI education, as well as an online, curated resource Directory to facilitate AI instruction, and a community of practitioners, researchers, resource and tool developers focused on AI for the K–12 audience.

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STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Camp for Underrepresented Girls Interested in Engineering, Math, and Science (GEMS)

Since 2010 The GEMS Camp has been serving girls who are historically underrepresended and underserved in STEM. Four unique summer programs cater to girls in grades 7–12 from historically underrepresented groups, specifically Black, Latina, and low-income backgrounds.

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Art in Engineering – Moving Art

One of the jobs of an engineer is to learn how to use forces in ways that benefit society—for example, designing bridges that can withstand the force of high winds or creating airplane wings that harness wind forces to enable flight. Engineers and artists are a lot alike when they study the effects of forces on something they are designing. 

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Free Interactive Science Simulations

Based on JavaScript, JavaLab simulates various natural phenomena that relate to physics, chemistry, Earth science, astronomy, biology, measurement, and mathematics. For example, the Spectrum Analysis Simulation analyzes the sound around students and displays it as a spectrum.

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Mobile Learning

4 Free Apps for Identifying Flowers, Plants, and Trees Around You

Thanks to artificial intelligence trained on millions of observations, anyone with a smartphone can snap a picture or record a sound to identify tens of thousands of species, from field bluebells to native bumblebees.

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Mobile Learning

Electronic Music Creation App for PreK and K

With the Bandimal app from Yatatoy, prekindergarten and kindergarten children in iOS-infused classrooms can create electronic music using cartoon animals as instruments. There are nine animals, each with its own range of electronic sounds, from low to high.

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Mobile Learning

Online Children’s Art-Sharing Museum

Teachers and students can upload original works of art on the Artsonia Kids Art Museum and then give and receive feedback. Students can join classes by scanning a teacher-generated QR code and begin uploading their work immediately.

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