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New SEL Curriculum Addresses Skills for Student Emotional Regulation, Behavior Management

By TL Editors

“Our tools are grounded in current research, easy for both teachers and students to use, and are focused on the key social-emotional skills that all learners truly need," said Lori Jackson, applied educational psychologist and co-founder of The Connections Model

Teach Global Themes With MultiMedia Stories From Around the World

Global Oneness Project Teaches Global Themes With MultiMedia Stories From Around the World

By TL Editors

The Global Oneness Project produces high-quality digital stories for classrooms.

Mickey's Typing Adventure Review

By TL Editors

The world of Mickey Mouse and his friends cleverly disguises some serious, structured instruction in this kids typing software.

Districts Adopt Gaggle Digital Security Solution

By TL Editors

"We are pleased to join the Gaggle team given our intense focus on the health, safety, and well-being of our students and community,” said Dr. Mark Johnston, superintendent, Shenandoah County Public Schools, Virginia.

Minecraft: Kids Learn 21st Century Skills While Building New Worlds

By TL Editors

Minecraft is a sandbox game that can be adapted to fit nearly any objective or subject, with lessons lasting as short as one period or the entire year.

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Kids Master Skills at Their Own Pace Using Khan Academy

By TL Editors

Khan Academy, a free website aimed at promoting self-paced instruction, houses thousands of academic videos that are baked into guided, adaptive instruction.

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Back to School: Tips & Tools to Make Your Year a Success!

By TL Editors

From the latest classroom tech to organizational tips, Tech & Learning's editors and advisors share ideas that can help you make this school year a success!

CatchOn Partners With Troxell-CDI

By TL Editors

OK Go Sandbox Spurs STEAM Creativity With Music Videos

By TL Editors

OK Go Sandbox hooks kids with indie group OK Go's music videos and then follows up with guided inquiry and engineering design challenges.

Former Solve for Tomorrow teachers and students who over the past nine years developed STEM solutions to address issues in their communities at the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow launch event on September 12, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Samsung Launches 10th Annual Solve for Tomorrow STEM Contest

By TL Editors

Public school teachers can apply for this year’s program now through October 23, 2019.

Skyward Becomes a Google for Education Build Partner

By TL Editors

“By providing one place to enter data, teachers can be more confident in their data while continuing to use the tools that work best for their needs,” explained Kevin Duda, director of product management at Skyward.

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BACK OFFICE BUSINESS: Oregon District Expands Partnership with Discovery Education

By TL Editors

RSD’s high school science teachers will use Discovery Education’s Science Techbook and professional development to create digital lessons in a 1:1 environment.

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Art of Problem Solving: Interactive Math Resources to Help Students at Every Level

By TL Editors

The site is divided into different sections, each focusing on a different area of math and different grade levels.

Kansas City Public Schools Adopt Lightspeed Systems Relay

By TL Editors

The district selected Relay platform for filtering, monitoring, and reporting on Chromebook activity

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Create Videos for Teaching and Learning with Screencast-O-Matic

By TL Editors

Screencast-O-Matic is an online screen recorder that allows teachers and students to record, trim, edit, save, and share screencasts.

Everyday Speech Rolls Out Out Social Learning Platform Enhancements

By TL Editors

"With this new version, we’ve created dozens of premade lesson units —coupled with more than 1,000 resources — that walk educators through a skill from beginning to end," founder of Everyday Speech Brittany Brunell.

Rocketbook Reusable Notebook Brings Handwriting & Drawing into Digital World

By TL Editors

A Rocketbook is a reusable analog notebook where teachers and students can scan and send pages as PDF files to one or more destinations within the Rocketbook app.

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Ted Ed: Where Do Superstitions Come From?

By TL Editors

This Friday is the 13th!

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Call for Proposals: EduCon 2020

By TL Editors

Kids at desktop computers listen to a male teacher as he speaks.

Edit, Collaborate and Sync Documents With Google Drive

By TL Editors

Google Drive is a combo online-productivity software suite and cloud-based, file-syncing service.

Lego Announces Free Python Programming Lessons

By TL Editors

High school students can experience real-world applications of Python, one of the most common languages used to teach computer science in colleges.

Follett Appoints Britten Follett to Lead its PreK-12 Business

By TL Editors

In her new role, Follett will be responsible for marketing and sales in the United States and Canada, customer service, strategic alliances and publisher relations.

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Film It: Free Filmmaking Lessons For Any Classroom

By TL Editors

The free Film It site consists of a set of filmmaking lessons that give students the training to make their own short films without feeling intimidated.

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Todoist Helps Teachers and Students Manage Classroom Workload Efficiently

By TL Editors

Todoist is a cross-platform productivity app and website where students and teachers can manage tasks, calendar items, and individual or team projects.

Discovery Education, STEMROBO Technologies Announce Partnership

By TL Editors

“Discovery Education is excited to join STEMROBO in bringing the highest-quality digital STEM and Coding resources to Indian educators and students,” said Will Lock, President of Discovery Education International.