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ISTE 2020 Rescheduled to November

By TL Editors last updated 29 March 20

ISTE 2020 in Anaheim, California has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.

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Roberts Family Donates $5 Million For Laptops for Philadelphia Students

By TL Editors published 27 March 20

Funding Will Help Support the Purchase of 50,000 Chromebooks by The Philadelphia School District for Online Learning

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Adobe Premiere Rush: Powerful Visual Creation Tool

By TL Editors published 27 March 20

Adobe Premier Rush is a multi-platform video editing app

Readorium Helps Kids Build Reading Skills While Learning Science

By TL Editors published 26 March 20

Readorium is a website offering a virtual science library with books and activities that focus on building students reading comprehension and science knowledge.

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Amazon Providing Free Online Access to Amazon Future Engineer Computer Science Courses

By TL Editors published 25 March 20

Amazon Future Engineer will provide free online access to sponsored computer science courses in the US

Cast Your Vote: Game-Based App Teaches Middle Schoolers About Elections, Issues

By TL Editors published 25 March 20

In Cast Your Vote, one of the many games in the iCivics collection, students vote in local elections in their town of Isley.

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Symbaloo Offers Educators PRO Version at no Cost

By TL Editors published 25 March 20

Content-integration platform Symbaloo today announced that it is offering its PRO version to all educators at no cost for the duration of the school closings caused by the coronavirus.

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Discovery Education Announces Virtual Conference Focused on Remote Learning

By TL Editors published 25 March 20

The Discovery Education Virtual Conference or VirtCon will be held this week on Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27 between 10AM Eastern and 3PM Eastern.

National Constitution Center To Increase Live Online Educational Offerings

By TL Editors published 24 March 20

The National Constitution Center is launching a free eight-week series of daily live interactive courses on the Constitution for middle school, high school, and college students.

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Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964

By TL Editors published 23 March 20

This animation shows the underlying causes and tells how research contributed to confirmation of early theories of plate tectonics.

Discovery Education Launches New Virtual Learning Resource

By TL Editors published 21 March 20

The collection of resources is designed to help teachers develop and deliver remote lessons to students homebound due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Floop Helps Teachers Improve Feedback, Save Time

By TL Editors published 19 March 20

Floop is a cloud-based website where students can receive annotated feedback from teachers and peers.

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Bring Current Events into Curriculum with News-O-Matic EDU

By TL Editors last updated 18 March 20

News-O-Matic EDU is a daily news and activity app for kids.

Common Sense Launches Online COVID-19 Resource Hub for Families and Educators

By TL Editors published 18 March 20

Common Sense has launched two new webpages compiling extensive resources for educators and parents with best practices for learning at home, keeping kids supervised and more.

Gale Launches COVID-19 Resource Center

By TL Editors published 17 March 20

Gale has launched a COVID-19 resource center.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin: The Abolitionists

By TL Editors published 16 March 20

On March 20, 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was published.

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Britannica Digital Learning Announces COVID-19 Emergency Resources

By TL Editors published 14 March 20

Britannica is offering free, emergency support and virtual-learning classroom resources.

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Comcast Announces Covid-19 Response To Help Keep Americans Connected To Internet

By TL Editors published 14 March 20

RoboKind Donates Coding Software for Districts Experiencing Coronavirus School Closures

By TL Editors published 13 March 20

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Student Privacy Pledge Surpasses 400 Signatories

By TL Editors published 13 March 20

More than 400 companies nationwide have now signed the Student Privacy Pledge

GitHub Announces Teacher Toolkit, Autograding for GitHub Classroom

By TL Editors published 13 March 20

Today, GitHub announced two new features, the GitHub Teacher Toolkit and autograding for GitHub Classroom.

CoSN2020 To Become A Virtual Conference

By TL Editors published 12 March 20

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the CoSN Board announces that CoSN2020 will be a virtual conference

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ACM and CSTA Announce 2019–20 Cutler-Bell Student Winners

By TL Editors published 12 March 20

The Association for Computing Machinery and the Computer Science Teachers Association announced four high school students were selected for the Cutler-Bell Prize

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VHS Learning Offers Help to Schools Facing School Closures Due to COVID-19

By TL Editors published 12 March 20

VHS Learning (VHS, Inc.), nationwide provider of supplemental e-learning for high school students, announced its support for schools facing closure due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

Maxell Pro AV Introduces New Compact 3LCD Laser Projectors for Class, Conference Rooms

By TL Editors published 11 March 20

Maxell Pro AV today announced the expansion of its laser projector lineup with the compact, lightweight 3LCD J Series projectors for class and conference room environments.