Teachers

Though they do have differing views when it comes to what the most important components of learning should be, we think it’s safe to say that both groups want education to be fun! And, that’s very appropriate because the subject of this week’s Rising Resources blog is Funology—an online database for educators to find hands-on STEAM projects.

As educators in the 21st century, today’s school leaders are always looking for help and we realize that. We try to provide teachers with as much support as possible through all phases of their EdTech acquisition. We are not the only ones, however, who are in the business of making technology acquisition and deployment easier for educators (obviously).

Ordering a bunch of new technology and then throwing it into a classroom isn’t necessarily a great idea. Students might be excited, but it’s highly unlikely that them or their teachers will know how to make the most of this technology or even know how to use it at all. With advances in EdTech and a greater focus on preparing

We’re very excited to share their stories and their work with you and hope it will give more educators encouragement to try something new in the classroom. This month, we spoke to Meghan Kestner, an Education Specialist from California, who isn’t afraid to try new tools in her classroom! Keep reading to learn more about her!

The awardee for the month of February is Laura Luker, a librarian from the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School in Hadley, MA! Laura works with students of different ages starting in elementary school and all the way up through high school and some of these students are challenged with some pretty cool projects each year.

This week, we explored Pear Deck, which is a popular online platform that allows teachers to create interactive content, like slide shows, to better engage every student in the classroom. It’s very user-friendly and robust, making Pear Deck a great way to help teachers, too! Keep reading to learn more about it and how to use it in the classroom.

In 2019, how do we measure the effectiveness of education or of EdTech for that matter? Well, one of the greater goals of today’s teaching is to maximize student engagement by drawing on all available tools. This includes technology in a number of different forms, like online platforms, educational apps, and our favorite—hands-on STEM tools.

These days, it’s all about engagement. If you’re not getting students’ attention and keeping it, there’s a pretty good chance real learning is not happening. Like with adults, educators are now relying more and more on video (short videos to be more specific) in order to get and hold the attention of their students and Flipgrid can really help.

We’re just a few days away from one of our most exciting EdTech events of the year! For the first time, we’ll be attending and exhibiting at the FETC in Orlando starting this Monday. The Eduporium team will be at Booth 1451 on both Monday and Tuesday with plenty of EdTech tools for attendees to learn about and try, including

For this last educator, however, we sent a little something before the start of the new year. Leigh Kuhn is a school librarian at Bondurant Middle School in Frankfort, Ky. and she caught our eye with her ‘STEM to STREAM’ initiative, so we made sure to get her something she can use in the new year!