Posts by Getting Smart Staff
More STEM Tools from Edshelf
More great STEM tools have been filling the edshelf directory this past week. Here are six notable tools that range from websites to mobile apps to physical products. Many cross the boundary between real-world interactions and online simulations.
NGLC Makes 8 Launch and 30 Planning Grants for Next-Gen High Schools
Next Generation Learning Challenges announced another round of grants today: 8 pre-opening grants of $450k and 30 planning grants of $100k.
STEM-related Tech Tools from Edshelf
Teaching STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) is a growing concern. And there is an increasing number of tools being developed to cover these subjects. Here are six notable tools that were recently added.
EdTech 10: Better Blends, More Online Opportunity
Bringing in the dough this week was Coursera, who raised $43 million from Learn Capital, GSV, Laureate, and IFC. “Coursera’s next frontiers involve better pedagogy and greater globalization.
Activate ED Launches Education Rock Star Campaign
The Activate Ed Campaign launches by featuring our very own, Tom Vander Ark as Education’s Rock Star... the first of the series aimed to help those aspiring to work in the education field with a toolkit for staying current and discovering what it is that our focus should be on.
EdWeek Hosts Live Chat – Introducing Computer Coding in K-12
On July 12th, 2 p.m. ET/ 11 a.m. PT Education Week Digital Directions Senior Writer Michelle R. Davis hosts a live chat about introducing computer coding to K-12 students as a way to teach math and higher-order thinking.
#EdTechChat-Prevent Summer Slide with Digital Tech
TONS of great ideas shared tonight during#edtechchat! The archives will be a gold mine :)
TechGirlz to Host Second Annual Entrepreneur Camp
TechGirlz, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering girls to be future technology leaders, will host its second annual Entrepreneurship Camp in Philadelphia from July 8-12.
New Tech Network Boosts College Enrollment & Persistence
Recent data from New Tech Network (NTN), a non-profit project-based STEM-focused school developer, showed that their alumni stay in four-year and two-year colleges at 17% and 46% higher rates, respectively, than the national average; with NTN college enrollment rates 9% greater than the U.S. average.
Edshelf Celebrates Learning about the United States
In the spirit of the 4th of July, Edshelf shares some great websites and mobile apps for teaching United States history.