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The international association of teachers, administrators, ed tech specialists and other education stakeholders offers its top five predications for the 2017-2018 school year. More"The transition towards more intelligent and feature-filled wearables is in full swing," said Jitesh Ubrani senior research analyst for IDC Mobile Device Trackers. More
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Graspable essentially allows students to rearrange terms on the screen to solve math equations, recording and sharing all of the steps they take to arrive at their answer with the teacher. MoreAhead of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Google released a collection of more than 4,300 archives and 90 multimedia exhibits, as well as virtual tours on Google Expeditions that share stories related to Latino history, culture and contributions in the United States. MoreRenaissance has partnered with Education.com in order to bring teacher-approved digital resources, tools and materials from the online education hub to the Renaissance Flow 360 platform. MoreThe JTouch Plus INF7530eAG runs an Android operating system to support whiteboarding, document viewing, web browsing and wireless casting to Android apps. MoreThe United States Department of Education has doled out an additional $7 million to fund two more studies to assess the impact of a free math learning platform. More
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Upcoming K–12 Grants
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Sponsor: Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation
Award: $2,000 to $5,000
Number of Awards: Maximum of 1,500
Application Deadline: Sept. 29
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Sponsor: Project Learning Tree
Award: Two categories: Up to $1,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Sept. 30
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Sponsor: Constellation Energy
Award: Two categories: $25,000 for grades 6–12, $50,000 for college and university
Number of Awards: Not specified (historically 12 to 17 per year)
Application Deadline: Oct. 1
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Sponsor: Toshiba America Foundation
Award: Two categories: $1,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Oct. 1
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Sponsor: Toshiba America Foundation
Award: Two categories: Up to $5,000 and more than $5,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Up to $5,000 awarded on a rolling basis; Nov. 1 deadline for applications for more than $5,000
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Sponsor: SparkFun
Award: STEM/STEAM-releated prize packages, event and team sponsorships and other types of support
Number of Awards: Varies
Application Deadline: Ongoin: third Thursday of each month; awards announced on the last business day of each month
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Award: No more than 10 percent of an organization's annual operating expenses or 25 percent of the total budget for the project being funded; awards have ranged from the hundreds to the millions of dollars.
Number of Awards: Varies
Qualification: Project should "directly serve or impact children living in urban poverty, particularly in the areas of education, family economic stability (including microfinance) and childhood health."
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Deadline: Ongoing (approx. 10 awards per month)
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Deadline: Ongoing (grants awarded on a rolling basis)
Call for Papers & Proposals
Upcoming Events
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Sept. 21–22
Austin, TX
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Sept. 25–26
Boston, MA
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Oct. 4–7
Orlando, FL
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Oct. 8–12
Las Vegas, NV
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Nov. 1–3
Las Vegas
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Nov. 12–17
Orlando, FL
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Nov. 15–17
Orlando, FL
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Dec. 5–6
Washington, DC
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