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New EdTech Resource | PrintLab: 3D Printing Resources and Lessons for K-12 Classrooms

4/19/2017

PrintLab Education is an online platform that brings together a community of 3D printing experts in over 20 countries, to support 3D printing in education. The PrintLab mission is to inspire and assist teachers around the world by using the platform as a collaborative space for sharing resources and offering their solutions. Their resources range from teacher guides and lesson plans to educational stories, 3D models and much more.

PrintLab value the importance of sharing and they look forward to supporting the growth of 3D printing in schools around the world.

New EdTech Resource | Flypost: Help Schools and Campuses Stay Connected

4/19/2017

Flypost was created by college students to help schools stay connected. Students, faculty, and staff can post events and announcements, which can be viewed on the mobile apps, over the web, or on the TV screen applications, making it much easier to find out about what’s going on. The goal is to boost students’ engagement with their institution and thereby give them the best educational experience possible.

Flypost lets users express their creativity by showing off their poster designs digitally and encouraging attendance at the great events hosted by students and faculty everyday. Sustainability was a key motivation for the development of the platform, and the team seeks to get away from paper signage for advertising on campuses. To find out more, check out flypost.com

New EdTech Resource | Albert: AP Exam Prep, Now with Assignments and Analytics

4/19/2017

Author: Albert.io Staff

Albert has helped over a thousand Advanced Placement (AP) programs around the world better prepare for their exams this year. With more than 50,000 practice questions, Albert gives students the exposure to rigorous materials they need to achieve mastery. This school year, Albert has added assignment and analytics tools for teachers to gain insight on student performance.

These tools allow educators to save time grading and better focus on differentiating instruction.

Texas Instruments and NASA launch virtual scavenger hunt with out-of-this-world prizes

4/19/2017

“The Search for STEMnauts” provides students with a chance to
develop critical coding and STEM skills

DALLAS, Texas – (April 19, 2017) Texas Instruments (TI) and NASA today launched “The Search for STEMnauts,” a virtual scavenger hunt designed to ignite students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Each week, for the next six weeks, students in sixth through 12th grade are challenged to solve space-related puzzles for a chance to unlock virtual reward points.

The student team with the most points at the end of the challenge wins an out-of-this-world prize pack, including TI’s new limited-edition Galaxy Gray graphing calculator, a $500 Amazon gift card, a stellar NASA swag bag and a live video chat with an astronaut.

The Secrets of Successful Blended Learning: Apps and Strategies for K-12 Classrooms

4/18/2017

This post was sponsored by itslearning USA and Acorn: the influence company. All thoughts and opinions are mine alone.

Blended learning has become a bit of a buzzword over the past decade, but as an instructional approach, blended learning has a lot to offer in the K-12 environment. While no common definition for blended learning exists, the basic idea is to combine online, digital learning materials with traditional face-to-face classroom approaches. In practice, this covers a wide range of implementations, some of which can be more beneficial than others.

This post will focus on some of the specific apps and strategies that can be helpful when implementing blended learning in K-12 classrooms.

Snapplify recognised by London Stock Exchange Group as one of the Companies to Inspire Africa in 2017

4/18/2017

London, April 18, 2017 – The future of education is digital, and that future is already here. Around the world, more and more students are completing online education programs and using digital media & educational content as even traditional education programs move towards blended learning approaches. In South Africa and Kenya, there’s a company working hard to ensure that students in emerging market classrooms with low connectivity, and minimal bandwidth have the same access to digital and blended learning as their global counterparts.

VariQuest Launches the First Educationally Focused Scan-to-Print Solution for the K–12 Market

4/18/2017

The 36-inch Perfecta® 36000STP full-color poster printer is a robust yet compact printer that gives educators the freedom to print, scan, copy, and share

(Brooklyn Park, MN) April 18, 2017 -- Varitronics, creator of the VariQuest® suite of solutions and leading provider of visual and kinesthetic learning tools for the K-12 market, is pleased to introduce its Perfecta® 36000STP full-color poster printer. This latest model has all the functionality of the award-winning Perfecta 2400, and the ease of use customers love about the ProImage® PosterPrinters and Poster Maker 3600. Its fully integrated scanner, mobile printing abilities, and direct USB printing and saving serve to improve school communication, differentiate instruction, bolster academic achievement, and enhance fundraising efforts.

Haleyville Elementary School Receives the Third Charlotte F. Lockhart Award for Excellence in Literacy Education

4/18/2017

Reading Horizon honors Haleyville for its substantially increased achievement rate
among young, impassioned readers

(SALT LAKE CITY) April 17, 2017 — Reading Horizons, a multisensory curriculum used to rapidly increase reading skills, is thrilled to present the Charlotte F. Lockhart Award for Excellence in Literacy Education to Haleyville Elementary School. The award will be presented to Haleyville at a school board meeting on April 25th.

Since implementing Reading Horizons for all kindergarten and 1st-grade classrooms in the fall of 2015, this rural elementary school in northwest Alabama has seen its student achievement rate undergo a remarkable change. The most recent reports show that 100% of Haleyville Elementary’s kindergarten students are now on target for reading. And after expanding the implementation in 2016 to provide 2nd-graders with Reading Horizons Discovery®, a strategy-based reading program for K–3 students, more than 70% of both 1st- and 2nd-grade students have demonstrated improvement in reading since the fall.

Sesame Street and WriteReader Partner toImprove Childhood Literacy

4/18/2017

Iconic Sesame Street Characters Launch on WriteReader’s Digital Book-Authoring Platform

NEW YORK, N.Y. and COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – April 17th, 2017 – WriteReader announced today the addition of Sesame Street characters to its collaborative literacy platform, which seeks to improve children’s reading and writing skills through storytelling. Children can now incorporate characters such as Elmo, Cookie Monster and Big Bird, as they create their own multimedia books and publish them to WriteReader’s online library.

Boys & Girls Club and Charles Schwab Foundation Garner Financial Education Excellence

4/18/2017

Newly Introduced $ky Digital Game Cited for Providing Youth an Engaging Way to
Learn About Managing Money

ATLANTA, April 12, 2017 – Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) and Charles Schwab Foundation were recently recognized for their Money Matters $ky digital game with a 2017 Excellence in Financial Literacy Education (EIFLE) Award for Instructional Game of the Year. The award honors organizations that have demonstrated exceptional innovation and commitment to the field of financial literary education.