How Can We Authentically Appreciate Educators in 2021?In May of 2020, many celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week with well-deserved accolades of obstacles overcome and mountains moved. As we all processed the pandemic-induced shock to the educational institutions around the world, we recognized that while some struggles were behind us, many were still ahead. Turnitin places a high value on authenticity as an essential component of integrity. Learn what upholding that tenant means to Turnitin. May 03, 2021
Funding & Recognition Competition Exploring the Impact of Writing on the WorldFrom Alexander Hamilton to Ida B. Wells, writers and their works have had a huge impact on how people see the world. The American Writers Museum is inviting teachers to submit entries from their students in the museum’s second annual OnWord Student Writing Competition. Students’ work should be based on this prompt: Using writing as a catalyst to create change in the world, would you empower, inspire, or disrupt?
Funding & Recognition Grants to Support Music Education Experiences with String InstrumentsThe Sharon Gewirtz Kids to Concerts fund supports string education by inspiring middle school string students through direct experience with accomplished classical musicians. Mentoring programs and high-level concert experiences are two examples.
Funding & Recognition Grants for Environmental Restoration InitiativesQuadratec is taking their love for all things environmental and asking educators why they feel they would make a great fit for the Quadratec Energize the Environment grant program. Twice a year, Quadratec offers a grant of $3,500 to an individual or group pursuing a program or initiative designed to benefit the environment.
Digital Learning • Learning Support Our Proof Is Your PowerMore than 20 reviews by some of the world’s top educational journals found that Lexia Learning’s literacy programs met every major standard for efficacy at every level. Now, that’s power! Digital Learning • Learning Support Economics Resources for Flipping the ClassroomEcon Lowdown is an award-winning platform with online resources from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The free teacher portal, accessed by educators in nearly 100 countries, regions, and territories, provides K–12 resources that integrate with Canvas by Instructure.Digital Learning • Learning Support Microeconomics Lesson on the Economics of COVID-19Marginal Revolution University’s Externalities and Incentives: The Economics of COVID is a short video that focuses on the positive externality of the COVID-19 vaccine and includes a set of practice questions. The video is free to download or view online.Digital Learning • Learning Support Virtual Visit to a Museum of Medieval ArtMuseum lovers will find The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s second location—The Met Cloisters atop a hill in the northern tip of Manhattan, at the end of long, winding wooded pathways, with stunning views across the Hudson River to the Palisades.
Professional Growth Practices for Becoming an Effective Education LeaderThe Wallace Foundation recommends five principles all leaders should aspire to adapt: a successful academic vision, a focused learning climate, a model of distributed leadership, solid instruction, and management with an eye toward improvement. How can education leaders put these recommendations into action?
Professional Growth SEL Program Prioritizing Educators’ Well-BeingCreated for educators by educators, Second Step SEL for Adults is a standalone social–emotional learning (SEL) program designed to help K–12 leaders and staff strengthen their social-emotional skills and create a positive and supportive school climate.STEM • STEAM • STREAM Field Guide to Prepare for the Jobs of TomorrowDesigned by Epic Games, the new Creator’s Field Guide to Emerging Careers in Interactive 3D is a roadmap for students, administrators, educators, and jobseekers that covers the entry-level Unreal Engine skills needed to join this new workforce.
STEM • STEAM • STREAM Eco-Documentary Issuing an Urgent Call to Address Climate ChangeWinner of more than 40 US and international film festival prizes, the eco-documentary Kiss the Ground unveils a game-changer: we can reverse global warming, and Earth’s soil is the solution. By regenerating earth, we can completely and rapidly stabilize our planet’s climate, restore lost ecosystems, and create abundant food supplies.STEM • STEAM • STREAM Computer Science Program That Builds Problem-Solving SkillsEngineering is Elementary (EiE), the award-winning division of the Museum of Science, Boston, develops research-based, classroom-tested programs that empower children to become lifelong STEM learners and passionate problem-solvers.Mobile Learning Children’s Books to Read Aloud with Cues for SoundscapesThe award-winning Novel Effect iPad app brings stories to life, promotes literacy, sparks imagination, and provides enjoyment for children aged 12 and under. The app follows the voice of users as they read aloud from children’s storybooks, and responds at just the right moment with music, sounds, and character voices.
Mobile Learning Exploration of Far Distant Lands Using the Power of Augmented RealityCreated by the Fossett Laboratory for Virtual Planetary Exploration at Washington University in St. Louis, the GeoXplorer app for iOS and Android devices helps students understand the complex, three-dimensional nature of geologic structures. | ||||
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