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5 reasons why it is more important than ever to teach creativity
09/02/2020
Topics: Creativity
On the laundry list of skills and content areas teachers have to cover, creativity doesn’t traditionally get top billing. It’s usually lumped together with other soft skills like communication and collaboration…
Act now: Ask Congress to fund online learning PD!
08/11/2020
Topics: Advocacy and funding
As states and districts continue preparing for the upcoming school year, national data reveal the critical need to support educators’ capacity to deliver effective and equitable online learning experiences. For…
NASA makes a game of trying to save world’s coral reefs
06/10/2020
Topics: citizen science, ISTE Standards for Students, NASA
NASA’s latest citizen science project is a serious global endeavor cloaked in a video game.
The…
9 resources for teaching anti-racism
06/03/2020
Topics: digital equity
How do you nurture anti-racism in children? Can educators and parents teach young people to see past their unconscious bias and ingrained beliefs to truly empathize with peers of color? How can white educators…
Sketchnoting brings power of brain science to the classroom
04/10/2020
Topics: Learning sciences, Sketchnoting
In 2016 Nichole Carter attended a session on sketchnoting at the ISTE conference, and it changed her teaching forever. That pivotal moment also sparked a passion…
Playing Minecraft at school results in 'collateral learning'
03/15/2020
Topics: ISTE Expert Webinars, Minecraft
Scott Merrick clearly remembers the moment he realized Minecraft Education Edition was working in his classroom.
“I looked around the room – a computer lab with 30 computers – and every kid was engaged…
4 tips for creating awesome classroom videos – so you can spend more time teaching!
02/28/2020
Topics: Online learning, Video
As a new teacher, Josh Stock often found himself stretched thin as he raced around his classroom trying to answer student questions.
“I was bouncing all around the room and it was getting overwhelming…
Touring the heavens with NASA through the lens of a smartphone
02/13/2020
Topics: citizen science, NASA, NSSEC, STEM
Sten Odenwald likes to get the public involved in citizen science projects by using one of the most…
Video poems add digital literacy to creativity and expression
01/16/2020
Topics: Creativity, ISTE Standards for Students, STEM & STEAM
As an artist, Tim Needles has always written poetry. So, as an art teacher, it was a natural for him to merge words with visual arts in his classes. One result is video poetry.
But what Needles has…
Hello?Jupiter? NASA project allows students to eavesdrop on faraway planets
12/05/2019
Topics: citizen science, NSSEC
Radio Jove, a NASA citizen science project, provides a way for students and other everyday Earthlings to…