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15 edtech startups selected for the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator

eSchool News

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in early January announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. Meet the cohort We’re excited to announce the startups that will make up this inaugural cohort. Dover, DE Quizard is an academic app designed to help students study for tests and quizzes.

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Discovery Education Offers Educators New Resources Supporting Black History Month Observances 

eSchool News

Happy Black History Month video : In this new video from Sesame Workshop for students in grades PK-2, Elmo, Gabrielle, Tamir, and Abby come together to celebrate the contributions of Black and African American communities. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Flip Grid: 6 Fun Ideas to Engage Learners in Conversation with Teryl Magee

The CoolCatTeacher

This fun video tool is a great way to engage students at the beginning of school. She also uses this for professional development for teachers when she’s preparing to meet them on-site. And I think even another step that can help with that is that the students can actually respond to other people’s entries.

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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

Edsurge

EdSurge Sessions In between hearty servings of Tex-Mex and meat, won’t you have time to stop by and meet? Where School Safety, Security, & Surveillance Meet Happy hour will have to wait, as we kick our sessions off with a sobering and important conversation that warrants your attention. Monday, March 4, 5 p.m. 4:00 p.m.

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How Humor and Storytelling Help Foster STEM Engagement

edWeb.net

While these types of projects can be fun in their own right, adding a story and humor to the lesson increases overall student engagement. Humor and storytelling meets robotics. The presenters encourage educators to challenge students to become inventors and creators of tomorrow. Why do I need to learn this?

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Discovery Education Announces Latest Enhancements to Award-Winning K-12 Learning Platform

eSchool News

These improvements make it easier for educators to find, build, and deliver compelling lessons that capture students’ attention and drive deeper student engagement no matter the subject.? . More ready-to-use tools to assess student outcomes and address learning gaps. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,

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Sparking Deeper Learning Through Authentic, Real-World Experiences

EdTechTeacher

One of the key takeaways from this in-depth research is that deeper learning most often occurs when students “play the whole game at the junior level.” During a recent MAPLE Masterclass that included district teams from across Massachusetts, Mehta reiterated this concept throughout the workshop. Others Resources to Explore.