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What You Need to Know Now 12/7/2021

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  • Grant Spotlight: $500 for Classroom Supplies, Materials and Equipment

    The application window is now open for the 2022 Association of American Educators Foundation Classroom Grant. The program will award multiple $500 grant to classroom educators to be used for supplies, software, lab materials, AV equipment, books and other materials.

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  • Competition Promotes Learning to Code with Music Remixing

    Amazon Future Engineer is working with Georgia Tech and Pharrell Williams' nonprofit YELLOW in a new K-12 competition intended to push students to understand how music, computer science and entrepreneurship can be tools used to advance equity.

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  • Coding Class for Kids Available Through Dec. 12

    CodeWizardsHQ, a leading online coding school for kids ages 8–18, is celebrating Computer Science Education Week by offering a special introductory class for kids that also benefits their schools’ parent-teacher organizations.

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  • December Deadlines Looming for 15 NSTA Teacher, Student Awards

    Deadlines are nearing for 15 awards and grants from the National Science Teacher Association for K–12 teachers and students in the sciences. There are 14 teacher awards open for applications/nominations and one award open to female students in grades 5–8. The deadlines for most are Dec. 15, 2021, with the remaining deadlines being December 17.

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  • Future of Online Learning the Focus at OLC Innovate Conference; Spring Dates Announced

    The Online Learning Consortium has announced its Innovate 2022 Conference, a joint conference presented by OLC and MERLOT, will be held virtually March 28 – April 1, 2022, and onsite in Dallas, April 11–14, where thousands of educators and innovators are invited to help shape the future of online, digital, and blended learning.

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  • Middle School Challenge Encourages Career Exploration

    To encourage middle-schoolers to explore future careers, a national nonprofit is running a competition in which student participants tackle big problems. The challenge is being run by American Student Assistance (ASA), which works on helping students understand college and career pathways, in partnership with the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE).

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  • Mockingbird Foundation Music Grant Deadline Nears

    Educators have about a month left to submit inquiries for a program that awards grants for innovative music programs of up to $10,000.

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