THE Journal: News Update: Adobe Changes Licensing for K–12 Schools, Now $4.99 per Seat for Creative Cloud

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Study Exposes Teacher Rift on Digital Device Usage in Schools
American teachers tend to see student use of digital devices as being slightly more positive than negative. However, they also believe smartphones, tablets and computers are having a bad influence on the physical and mental health of students too.
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Adobe Changes Licensing for K–12 Schools, Now $4.99 per Seat for Creative Cloud
Adobe is drastically reducing the price of Creative Cloud licenses for K–12 schools and districts. Starting May 15, annual licenses will cost $4.99 per user for U.S. schools, providing full access to the Creative Cloud suite, which includes professional graphics, motion graphics, video editing, web development and other applications geared toward creative production.
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STEM Center to Take Students on Space Missions Virtually
The city that put a man on the moon is now hoping to send students into space. Houston Community College has announced plans to open the latest "Challenger" learning center, a facility for K-12 students to gain STEM exposure by heading to space — virtually.
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Teachers to Students: Want to Do Better in Math? Pay Attention in Class and Ask for Help
The biggest hurdles math teachers see for high school students to succeed in math is their lack of confidence and inability to work at it.
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Robotics Ed Foundation Names VEX Robotics World Champs
The world champions for the Vex Worlds 2018 robotics competition have been crowned.
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Stanford Grad Students Share Engineering Passion with Middle, High School Students
Recently, dozens of middle and high school students from California's Bay Area visited Stanford University to learn about engineering concepts through hands-on classes.
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Upcoming K–12 Grants
- ESA Foundation STEM Grant
  Sponsor: Entertainment Software Association Foundation
  Award: Not specified, but suggested upper limit for first-time applicants is $50,000
  Number of Awards: Not specified
  Application Deadline: Letters of inquiry due May 15
- NEA Foundation Learning & Leadership Grants
  Sponsor: National Education Association Foundation
  Award: $2,000 or $5,000
  Number of Awards: Not specified
  Application Deadline: Feb. 1, June 1 and Oct. 15 of each year
- NEA Foundation Student Achievement Grants
  Sponsor: National Education Association Foundation
  Award: $2,000 or $5,000
  Number of Awards: Not specified
  Application Deadline: Feb. 1, June 1 and Oct. 15 of each year
- Champion Creatively Alive Children Grant Program
  Sponsor: Crayola and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
  Award: $2,500 plus $1,000 in Crayola gear
  Number of Awards: Up to 20 major prizes, plus one Crayola Classpack for every applicant submitting by the early bird deadline
  Application Deadline: June 22 (June 4 for early bird prize)
- 2018 K-12 IT Makeover Contest
  Sponsor: APC by Schneider Electric
  Award: $10,000 in IT-related equipment upgrades
  Number of Awards: 1
  Application Deadline: June 30
- American Honda Foundation STEM Grants
  Sponsor: American Honda Foundation
  Award: $20,000 to $75,000
  Number of Awards: Not specified
  Application Deadline: Feb. 1 and Aug. 1 for new organizations; May 1 for returning organizations
- Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)
  Sponsor: National Science Foundation
  Award: $10 million to $20 million
  Number of Awards: 9–18 total in three categories
  Application Deadline: Aug. 8
- SparkFun Community Partner Program
  Sponsor: SparkFun
  Award: STEM/STEAM-related prize packages, event and team sponsorships and other types of support
  Number of Awards: Varies
  Application Deadline: Ongoing: third Thursday of each month; awards announced on the last business day of each month
- Adopt a Classroom
  Deadline: Ongoing
- Brinker International Grants
  Deadline: Ongoing
- Brown Rudnick Community Grants
  Deadline: Ongoing
- Corning Foundation Grants
  Deadline: Ongoing
- DonorsChoose.org
  Deadline: Ongoing
- Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Grants
  
  Deadline: Ongoing
  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."
- Naiku Innovative Teacher Grant
  Deadline: Ongoing (approx. 10 awards per month)
- Sony Grants for Education
  Deadline: Ongoing (grants awarded on a rolling basis)
- TAF Project-Based Learning Grants for Grades 6–12
  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; Feb. 1 deadline for applications for more than $5,000
Call for Papers & Proposals
- Submit calls for papers/proposals to [email protected].
Upcoming Events
- Learning Impact Leadership Institute
  May 21–24, 2018
  Baltimore, MD
- InfoComm 2018
  June 2–8, 2018
  Las Vegas, NV
- ISTE 2018
  June 24–28, 2018
  Chicago
- ICALT 2018 : The 18th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
  July 9–13
  Bombay, India
- The 34th annual Distance Teaching & Learning Conference
  Aug. 7–9
  Madison, WI
Editorial Webinars
- Critical Thinking and Next Generation Science Standards
  On Demand
  Presenters: Joseph Krajcik, Michigan State University; Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan; David Nagel (moderator)
  Sponsor: Insight Public Sector, Microsoft
- STEAM Research from the Front Lines: The Impact of STEAM on Teachers, Students, Administrators and Parents
  On Demand
  Presenters: Julie Evans, Project Tomorrow; David Nagel (moderator)
  Sponsor: Connection Public Sector Solutions
- Funding STEM: How Schools Can Get Creative with Federal Dollars
  On Demand
  Presenters: Anand Vaishnav and Jacob Waters, Education First; David Nagel (moderator)
  Sponsor: Acer, Connection Public Sector Solutions
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