It was announced yesterday that edWeb.net is the winner of the SIIA CODiE Award for Best Collaborative Social Media Solution for Educators. This is the second year in a row that edWeb.net has won this prestigious industry award.The winner announcement was made by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, to an audience of over 300 education, software, information and business technology leaders.
edWeb.net and Ventris Learning launch Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching. This new professional learning community will be a forum for helping today’s teachers meet the unique instructional needs of underserved students. Ventris Learning’s new community on edWeb.net, Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching offers educators a place to post questions, share practical tips, and get feedback from experts and peers on the issues and challenges in working with young, diverse learners.
Common Sense examines the latest scientific research about problematic media use in their new report, Technology Addiction: Concern, Controversy, and Finding Balance.
Novice teachers struggle in differentiating their instruction for special education students. Most new teachers can remember their “Students With Special Needs” course in college, and being aware that there would be special education students in their classroom. They are not, however, prepared for the reality of how many special education students they would have, and the severity of their disabilities.
One of the most significant benefits of connected learning is the ability for educators to follow their specific passions to improve professionally. Motivated by an intrinsic desire to improve, connected learning and PLN’s provide personalization and differentiation like never before.
Gather your students for a webinar from TIME For Kids this April. It will help you prepare your students for Earth Day 2016.
Starting with World Autism Awareness Day, April brings us a month of celebrating each unique individual who is a brother, sister, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, neighbor, student, or friend.
If you are a novice teacher looking to make your class more engaging, new technology may be the solution you are looking for!
Toni Rockis has compiled a small list of education grants for educators to think about for the next school year. One of them might be just what your school is looking for!
Learn more the upcoming new course, Enhancing Education through Foundation Funding (E2F2)! Toni can’t wait to share her knowledge and expertise with you so you can collaborate with your child’s teacher to write grant proposals to help your child and his/her classmates.
This list is only a tiny sampling of the grant opportunities available for your child’s school.
Educators, administrators and faculty members from K-12 and higher educational institutions around the globe have the opportunity to take a short, online survey to evaluate their use of online professional learning.