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With the rise of Chromebooks in schools, more student-friendly, classroom-ready Chrome extensions are popping up in the Chrome store. These clever tools can enhance students' and teachers' online activities. MoreThese workarounds are supporting the flipped learning movement off campus and even when digital equity is sparse or non-existent. More
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Classkick has expanded its collaborative assignment platform onto the Web. Previously, it was available only as an iOS app for iPad. MoreArizona's Osborn School District will deploy a blended math program across five schools as the result of a $200,000 grant from the APS Foundation. MoreEdinburg Consolidated Independent School District in Texas has implemented a supplemental reading curriculum for more than 100 of its early elementary classrooms to support reading instruction, particularly for at-risk students, English language learners and students with special needs. MoreSoftChalk has updated its digital curriculum authoring platform, SoftChalk Cloud, with a new e-book creation tool and publishing options, among other improvements. MoreVarsity Tutors, a St. Louis-based tutoring and test prep company, is launching a mobile app today that offers one-on-one video-chat tutoring and live instruction, screen shot capabilities, a “Workboard” (whiteboard) and the ability to seamlessly switch between streaming video and written messages. MoreStudents using Cengage Learning's digital learning platform, MindTap, will now be able to access Microsoft Office while working on their courses in the platform. More
Upcoming K–12 Grants
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Sponsor: NoVo Foundation and Education First
Award: Up to $5,000
Number of Awards: Varies
Application Deadline: June 13
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Sponsor: Foundation for Blended and Online Learning
Award: Up to $10,000
Number of Awards: Max of 150 applications will be considered, and up to $200,000 total will be awarded
Application Deadline: June 15
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Sponsor: Northrup Grumman Foundation
Award: $100,000
Number of Awards: 5
Application Deadline: June 17
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Sponsor: Crayola
Award: $2,500 plus $1,000 in Crayola products
Number of Awards: Up to 20
Application Deadline: June 20
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Deadline: Ongoing (approx. 10 awards per month)
Call for Papers & Proposals
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Papers Due: Oct. 4, 2016
Event: April 24-25, 2017
Boston, MA
Upcoming Webinars
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Date: June 9
Time: 3 p.m. Eastern
Sponsor: JAMF Software
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Date: June 14
Time: 1 p.m. Eastern
Sponsor: CoSN — the Consortium for School Networking
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Date: June 14
Time: 3 p.m. Eastern
Sponsor: ASCD
Upcoming Events
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June 4–10, 2016
Las Vegas, NV
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June 5–9, 2016
Venice, Italy
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June 10, 2016
Las Vegas, NV
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June 14–16, 2016
Rochester, NY
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June 26–29
Denver, CO
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June 27–30
Atlanta, GA
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July 25–28, 2016
Austin, TX
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Aug. 1–4, 2016
Boston, MA
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Aug. 9–11, 2016
Madison, WI
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Oct. 5–8, 2016
Reno, NV
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Nov. 16–18, 2016
Orlando, FL
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