These classroom-ready, student-driven, open-ended investigations provide teachers with experiments that would otherwise be unsafe, impractical, or time consuming to set up for hands-on student instruction.
Judges recognize Pivot Interactives for its promise to bring real-world science into the classroom BEAVERTON, Oregon, July 13, 2017 — Pivot Interactives was named a winner of Tech & Learning’s ISTE 2017 Best of Show Awards for showing the greatest promise in the classroom. Distributed exclusively by Vernier Software & Technology, Pivot Interactives helps high school and college students learn key physics concepts through interactive videos of real scientific phenomena.
These classroom-ready, student-driven, open-ended investigations provide teachers with experiments that would otherwise be unsafe, impractical, or time consuming to set up for hands-on student instruction.
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Kajeet Announces Grant for School Districts Prioritizing Internet Access Outside the Classroom7/12/2017 MCLEAN, Virginia—July 11, 2017--Kajeet, the industry leader for safe, mobile student Internet connectivity, announces its latest initiative to support school districts prioritizing student Internet access outside the classroom. To help schools or districts pilot a connectivity program to close the Homework Gap, Kajeet will award three (3) schools or districts with its Kajeet Education Broadband™ solution, including Kajeet SmartSpot® (Wi-Fi hotspots) devices with a school year’s worth of Education Broadband service or filtered Wi-Fi on the school bus with the Kajeet SmartBus™ solution, as part of its new Homework Gap Grant. Independence Science integrates text-to-speech assistive technology with Vernier Software & Technology’s data-collection interface LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 10, 2017 — Independence Science recently launched the Sci-Voice Talking LabQuest 2 to help blind and low-vision students independently complete data-collection investigations during STEM labs. By integrating text-to-speech assistive technology with Vernier Software & Technology’s LabQuest 2 hardware device, the Sci-Voice Talking LabQuest 2 speaks real-time data results to students. James Burnett, ORIGO’s Co-Founder and President, hosts another free edWebinar as part of its Mathematics for Young Learners series geared for PreK-6 grade teachers. Friday, July 7, 2017 - ORIGO Education is offering a live stream education seminar, The Number Line: More on Making the Most of Math Models, on edWeb.net, a popular web community for professional development and networking among PreK-12 and post-secondary educators. Presenter James Burnett will explore the number line model by illustrating how number lines are used to develop a concrete understanding of whole numbers, relative position, fractions and decimals. Burnett will also explain essential skills such as addition, subtraction and equivalence. Webinar hosted by Aperture Education Aug. 9, 2017 will explore City Year’s use of mentors and SEL data for progress monitoring Charlotte N.C. (July 7, 2017) -- Providing at-risk youth with opportunities to develop positive relationships and social-emotional skills can have a dramatic impact on their success in school and life. City Year, which supports schools with high dropout rates in 27 cities across the country, will lead a webinar at 2 p.m. EDT Aug. 9, 2017, to share how it has achieved success in this area. |
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