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Upcoming funding opportunities for schools
05/04/2020
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To bridge the "digital divide" in California, state agencies, private companies and philanthropists, urged on by Gov. Gavin Newsom, have stepped forward to deliver internet access to households without it and to provide computing devices to students who need them.
05/01/2020
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Most K-12 educators are still not ready to teach online. It would be foolhardy to overlook this reality.
05/01/2020
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A new virtual reality device from a team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers allows users to feel walls and solid objects.
04/30/2020
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A virtual parade of World War II naval vessels will take place on game-streaming service Twitch, to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe.
04/30/2020
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Doing school work remotely is different from handling it in-person. For one, teachers can't necessarily see how a student is accomplishing class work and may therefore make faulty assumptions about how it was done; and two, the education technology that facilitates online learning collects data on the student and the interactions, frequently without the student even knowing, let alone opting in.
04/30/2020
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In these challenging times, taking the time to check in with students’ social-emotional wellness is just as important as attending to their physical well-being.
04/30/2020
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A listing of crafting and making resources organizations are offering for free in response to COVID-19-related school closures. (Updated April 30)
04/30/2020
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The United State Department of Education has announced a new grant program offering $307.5 million in funds for states to "create adaptable, innovative learning opportunities for K-12 and postsecondary learners in response to the COVID-19 national emergency."
04/29/2020
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There's no guarantee that colleges or universities will grant credit for successful Advanced Placement testing in any of the 38 AP courses currently available.
04/27/2020
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A Missouri college will shortly be running its first open esports tournament. That will take place online between May 1 and 3, 2020 and be hosted by Crowder College, a two-year community college serving nine counties in the state. The event will feature one-on-one competitions with Super Smash Brothers Ultimate on Nintendo Switch. The semi-finals and finals will be live-streamed on May 3.
04/24/2020
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Competitive student robotics are back in business. On Saturday, Apr. 25, 2020, the Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation will be broadcasting a fantasy robotics competition on YouTube. Competitors will be virtually generated using past match results from the VEX IQ Challenge Squared Away and VEX Robotics Competition Tower Takeover world championships, with the winners of the new tournament recognized during the "VEX Virtual Worlds Celebration."
04/24/2020
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Montana's Office of Public Instruction issued a recommendation April 9 that districts keep their schools closed for the rest of the spring semester. However, two weeks later, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced as a part of a phased reopening of the state that district leaders may decide for themselves whether they will resume in-person instruction or not.
04/24/2020
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Make sure your district is covering the legal basics as you develop your remote instruction efforts.
04/23/2020
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THE Journal is launching a new virtual event for education professionals, including information technology leaders, administrators, instructional technologists and educators themselves. The event is free to attend.
04/23/2020
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Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has asserted that some companies are withholding free access service from families who have outstanding bills or other debt problems with the company.
04/22/2020
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On Friday, the Library of Congress celebrates its 220th birthday. The nation's library manages about 410 million digital files — 15.9 petabytes worth of digital collection content. To celebrate, the Library has released the "LOC Collections" app, which makes its digital collection available on any mobile device.
04/22/2020
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A Tennessee school system has hired print management company that happens to be locally based to generate the hard-copy resources needed for at-home learning.
04/21/2020