The TED-Ed Clubs program supports students in discovering, exploring, and presenting their big ideas in the form of short, TED-style talks. The program is a global network of passionate youth with ideas worth sharing. In TED-Ed Clubs, students work together to discuss and celebrate creative ideas.
HaikuJAM is a social writing app that lets students write stories and poems together. Students can either write with others around the world or form “circles” with their friends.
A program called Generation Global, part of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, focuses around the skills of dialogue for adolescents aged 12–17. Teachers interested in using Generation Global first must register their schools with the program. Then they can access freelesson plans to introduce the basics of dialogue.
During the past week, editors at Big Deal Media have received many statements from educational organizations regarding the results of the recent presidential election. As part of our decades-long effort to provide K–12 educators with resources that promote inclusion, tolerance, respect, critical thinking, and advancement of knowledge, we share with you the words of some of these respected organizations.