Big Deal Media K-12 Technology Newsletter

April 03, 2023

 

Funding & Recognition

Funding at Your Fingertips

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. Explore the sample funding finds and experience the depth, breadth, and ease of use of GetEdFunding.

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Funding & Recognition

Grants to Advance Cultural Understanding and Civic Engagement

The NEA Foundation’s Envision Equity Grants enable educators to test creative new ideas and innovations demonstrating exemplary teaching and learning while advancing students’ cultural understanding and appreciation, antiracism commitments, and civic engagement and democracy.

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Funding & Recognition

Mentorship and Scholarships for Underserved Girls Passionate About STEAM

Aspire2STEAM is a 501(c)(3) humanitarian organization dedicated to helping young women and girls break through barriers and complete STEAM-related training, certification, and college.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Celebration of Cars As Works of Art

The private collection of more than 90 automobiles at the Newport Car Museum focuses on eight decades of modern industrial automotive design and celebrates cars as works of art. The cars reflect a time when artists who likely would have been the great sculptors in the Renaissance Age became stylists, designers, and industrial engineers for the Big Three American auto manufacturers and leading European companies.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Stories About the American Home Front Effort During WWII

Students in grades 6–12 are invited to join The National WWII Museum on the Manufacturing Victory Electronic Field Trip, on April 25, 2023, to learn about the inspiring story of the American Home Front effort that brought victory to the Allies and brought the country out of the Great Depression.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Journey Through the Wonders of the American West

The Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, comprises five smaller museums, each covering a facet of the American West: Draper National History Museum, Plains Indian Museum, Buffalo Bill Museum, Whitney Western Art Museum, and Cody Firearms Museum.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

GPT-4 Learning Tool for One-on-One Tutoring

Khan Academy is exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can transform education. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Khan Academy’s new AI-powered guide, Khanmigo, brings the benefits of one-on-one tutoring—deep understanding, confidence, clarity, and empowerment—to all students.

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Digital Learning • Learning Support

Challenge to Turn Back the Clock of Doomsday

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor for how dangerous this moment in human history is and the urgent need to get involved in “turning back the clock.” The Turn Back the Clock virtual tour, created by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, invites students to learn about the significance of the Doomsday Clock and how it has evolved to include risks humans face today.

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Professional Growth

Early Career Support for Underrepresented Literacy Teachers

The Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Program, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), supports early career teachers of color as they build accomplished teaching careers in literacy education.

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Professional Growth

Guide for Selecting Effective SEL Programs for Adolescents

Building on more than a decade of research, a practical and comprehensive new guide from the Wallace Foundation aims to help schools and out-of-school educators choose SEL programs for adolescents.

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Professional Growth

Innovative Strategies and Tools to Elevate Math Instruction

YouCubed is a platform for teachers and parents to find information on how to approach mathematics from a different angle. The focus of the program is on growth mindset in the math classroom and task-based teaching to engage and inspire students.

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STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Hands-on Activities Introducing Quantum Science to K–12 Learners

Teachers can bring quantum information science to their classrooms during QuanTime, a free international event, dedicated to expanding K–12 access to quantum science activities.

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hololabchampions.schellgames.com

STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Immersive Virtual Reality Chemistry Lab

Students grab their safety goggles and set out on a chemical-burning, liquid-stirring, camera-whirring competition in HoloLAB Champions, a free virtual reality lab practice game show.

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xplorlabs.org

STEM • STEAM • STREAM

Investigations Challenging Students to “Solve Through Science”

Xplorlabs is a free educational platform designed by the education and safety science research teams at Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to encourage students to “solve through science.”

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metmuseum.org

Mobile Learning

Recreation of Ancient Art in Augmented Reality on a Smartphone

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City invites students to explore the color of ancient art in augmented reality.

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hellohistory.ai

Mobile Learning

In-depth AI Conversations with Influential Figures in History

With Hello History, students can immerse themselves in the minds of some of the most influential historical figures and gain new insights and perspectives on life, history, and the world with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) chat.

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