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3D science product offers immersive learning

eSchool News

Content is correlated to Next Gen Science Standards and Common Core State Standards at the high school level. For customers with access to 3D printers, Gale Interactive: Science also delivers sixty 3D models —everything from a human brain to a triceratops skull —which can be printed and used for learning.

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Collaboration tool supports global discussions

eSchool News

Through Participate Learning’s collaboration and Collections, educators recommend apps or websites or videos to one another on topics ranging from ADHD to zoos. Or they can build Collections together on shared topics of interest such as Common Core State Standards. For more information, visit https://www.participate.com/about.

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StoryBots launches interactive resources for teachers

eSchool News

Studios launched an expansion of its StoryBots franchise with StoryBots Classroom, a free resource for educators that includes hundreds of videos, books and activities for use on interactive white boards, tablets and laptops in the classroom. Starring You® and Learning Books – 90+ eBooks that help kids practice reading.

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What’s ‘Value Added’ About Tech Tools in the Classroom?

Educator Innovator

It explored the timely topic of “Understanding and Creating Digital Texts,” which also is the title of Dr. Beach’s new book. Only by highlighting and analyzing the dialogic and social power of digital tools to connect people and ideas can we move beyond using laptops and tablets as glorified word processors in the classroom.

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

techlearning

inch Full HD touch displays, all Spin 5 models have a 360-degree hinge that allows four usage modes (laptop, tablet, display, and tent). The line supports up to 8th Generation Intel Core processors, up to 16GB of DDR4 memory, many storage options, and more. Available with either 15.6-inch inch or 13.3-inch It fits all charging carts.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. MESA, Ariz. Logan Dubin is good with computers.

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What to Know About Miguel Cardona, Biden’s Pick for Education Secretary

Edsurge

At the start of the pandemic, Cardona’s office created the CT Learning Hub , which collected vetted digital learning resources for educators, parents and students. DeVos was not in favor of extending that waiver into 2021—and neither, it appears, is Cardona.

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