Humidification to Reduce Virus Transmission
DRI-STEEM Corporation (DriSteem), the leading manufacturer of humidification, evaporative cooling, and water treatment products, announced today that the company will ... Read more
Month: May 2020
Digital Skills Playlist – a free resource for K-8 students
Learning.com is offering the Digital Skills Playlist – a free resource for K-8 students. It consists of grade-specific digital literacy ... Read more
10 online tools for STEM and movement
If circumstances call for social distancing (think COVID-19!), distance learning comes into play. It has its benefits, wearing PJs among them. It also has its challenges: lots of…
How to certify teachers when schools are closed
During the COVID-19 impact, many aspects of student life have come to a grinding halt. To help address an acute shortage of accredited teachers, even under these extraordinary…
Free download of “The Class That Can: Coronavirus”
Elementary educators looking for a free resource to teach students about the Coronavirus and COVID-19 will have help from a ... Read more
8 ways to empower students to grow their grit
For a relatively new buzzword, grit certainly has a lot of supporters. It is grit, and not necessarily IQ or talent, that can predict students' academic success. And…
Using student-driven ideas in your curriculum
You might think that teaching a high school programming course in which students are asked to code simple games and interactive websites would be motivating and exciting, but…
Virtual Tutoring Service
Swing Education, a staffing application that matches schools with substitute teachers, brings its highly-qualified and experienced substitutes directly to students ... Read more
Northwestern University Grant Delivers Free COVID-19 Children’s Book
Elementary educators looking for a free resource to teach students about the Coronavirus and COVID-19 will have help from a ... Read more
The online resources that make distance learning less distant
The ripple effects of COVID-19 have thrust the world into uncertain times, and especially schools and students. As K–12 educators try to adjust to a new reality, many…
8 great resources for classroom SEL
Social and emotional learning (SEL) has quickly become a cornerstone of K-12 education, because it helps students regulate their own emotions and teaches them to respond kindly to…
Keep kids reading all summer long
As parents, educators, public librarians and community leaders, we applaud all you have done for your children and students to ... Read more
Skipping the screen: A virtual lesson from Hong Kong
Hong Kong has been conducting remote schooling for nearly 12 weeks. In that time Hong Kong International School (HKIS) has delivered over 200 hours of daily lessons online,…
School librarians facilitate meaningful learning despite massive school closures
School buildings may have closed as the coronavirus pandemic swept across the country, but teaching and learning didn’t stop—they just moved in new directions. Administrators, teachers, and staff…
CERTIFIED 2020 virtual is now open
CERTIFIED 2020 is moving to a FREE virtual conference due to the difficulties of holding a large event as a ... Read more
Georgia Power Learning Power Mobile App
While parents, teachers and students alike are managing new ways of learning during school closures and “stay-at-home” orders, the Georgia ... Read more
New Webinar Series to Support Virtual Coaching
Edthena is kicking off a new webinar series to help instructional coaches provide newly-virtual teachers with timely and much-needed support. ... Read more
COVID-19 exposes inequities in rural districts
The current crisis has highlighted the disparity between students with and without equitable access to technology, especially in rural districts and schools. While most teachers are being asked…
Try these great digital strategies for assessment
Educators can make their instruction more effective and provide practice linked directly to progress monitoring and formative assessment results using a number of free digital tools. Teachers can…
Enabling schools to fight COVID-19 with 3D printable respirator masks
pi-top, creators of computing devices that combine digital making, coding, and practical projects, today announced their partnership with Maker Mask. ... Read more