Teachers

Edpuzzle is a versatile tool that educators can leverage to engage students with videos that resonate with them and enhance their learning. Essentially, with Edpuzzle, teachers can add video to their instruction and integrate it in a new way—by directly adding in their own points, insights, questions, and relevant bits of information for students to interact with as they watch.

We love highlighting how teachers in all grades use STEM tools in robotics, coding, engineering, 3D printing, and even in-class VR lessons to redefine readiness and boost student development. If you’re a classroom teacher, librarian, administrator, makerspace facilitator, SEL specialist, or have any other title, we’d love to highlight your work across our digital channels.

For this week’s new Rising Resources post, we explored the classroom communication app known as ClassDojo. One of the main reasons that ClassDojo continues to be such a valuable classroom tool is that it helps teachers move away from one-size-fits-all models. They can also use it to share content with students, improve classroom culture, and more!

The EdTech purchasing process should be enjoyable, informative, stress-free, and as affordable as possible. Our team specializes in helping make all of these things happen by offering a one-stop online STEM store, free consultation, and a hassle-free quoting process to make purchasing as smooth as possible by helping educators identify key focal points.

A professional learning network (or PLN) is a group of colleagues or like-minded professionals who communicate and collaborate (usually online) to help maximize each other’s abilities. For teachers, this often means sharing resources, answering requests, and offering guidance, support, and encouraging words to each other while building relationships.

If nothing else, members of the education community have (in a large sense) realized how dire the situation has become and educators have become much more comfortable with sharing their own thoughts and displeasures with the sacrifices they’ve made, including many of which (like these) that are brutally honest and sometimes heartbreaking.

Blended learning is an effective instructional strategy for teachers and students. Even more so since the onset of remote and hybrid learning, blended models have been both necessary and effective. Though it’s not as common as it used to be, it still happens in many schools and it’s highly effective for students who learn differently.

Jacie is an author, consultant, and speaker from Pittsburgh, PA who’s done a lot to contribute to the betterment of STEM education. Whether it’s been creating PD resources for teachers or designing hands-on, engaging STEM lessons for students, she’s certainly helped extend the reach and impact of various programs.

For educators, there are a lot of different tech tools they can use. Some are geared towards math education, others towards teaching tech skills, and there are plenty of others for different areas of the curriculum. One of those areas is reading assessment. And, one of those tools for gauging an accurate picture of student reading skills is Literably.

As the school year winds down, many students and teachers are experiencing some firsts. Some have been in the classroom all year, but others are getting their first taste of that return to normal in-person learning. In many cases, this even means students are meeting their teachers and classmates for the first time.