Get Girls into Technology Development
Get Girls into Technology Development Microsoft’s DigiGirlz High Tech Camp works to dispel stereotypes of the high-tech industry and gives girls in grades 7–12 a chance to experience firsthand what it is like to develop cutting-edge technology. During the camp, girls are exposed to executive speakers, technology tours and demonstrations, networking and hands-on learning workshops. [...]
Promote Understanding of Environmental Issues
Promote Understanding of Environmental Issues Captain Planet Foundation Education Grants fund and support hands-on environmental projects for children and youths that encourage innovative programs and empower children and youth around the world to work individually and collectively to solve environmental problems in their neighborhoods and communities. Generally, the range of grants awarded by the foundation [...]
Win a Wireless Lab
Win a Wireless Lab In partnership with CDW-G, Discovery Education will award five grand-prize wireless labs, valued at more than $50,000 each, through its “Win A Wireless Lab” sweepstakes. Each lab includes 20 laptop or notebook computers, an interactive whiteboard, mobile cart, projector, printer, wireless access points, portable document camera, digital camcorder, digital camera and [...]
Test Your Memory Skills
Test Your Memory Skills Information currently being processed in our minds is temporarily stored in what cognitive psychologists refer to as short-term memory. It is theorized that on average humans can store up to seven items in their short-term memory. But by grouping pieces of information together, we can greatly increase our memory’s capacity. Play [...]
Experience the Culture of China—Virtually
Experience the Culture of China—Virtually A new, cost-free Web-based role-playing game aims to help students and adults learn more about the culture and languages of China. Called Zon/New Chengo, the multiplayer game was created by Yong Zhao, Michigan State University distinguished professor of educational psychology and technology. A native of a poor, remote area of [...]
Explore the Moon—and Beyond
Explore the Moon—and Beyond Lockheed Martin, the Space Foundation and SpaceClass have launched a strategic online education collaboration called Orion’s Path. The interactive virtual classroom project will form a link between teachers, students and NASA’s human space exploration program known as Constellation. Orion’s Path is an interactive lesson on SpaceClass, a Web-based education program using [...]
Follow the Monarch’s Migration
Follow the Monarch’s Migration The Journey North program engages students in a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Students share field observations with classmates across North America. They track the coming of spring through the migration patterns of monarch butterflies, bald eagles, robins, hummingbirds, whooping cranes, gray whales and other birds and mammals. [...]
Assist Hispanic Parents in Navigating the School System
Assist Hispanic Parents in Navigating the School System The ToolKit for Hispanic Families, provided free of charge by the U.S. Department of Education, helps the parents of Hispanic American children navigate the education system. The toolkit, written in Spanish, was developed with guidance from more than 1,800 Hispanic parents at Parent Information and Resource Centers [...]
Help Students Explore Nontraditional Careers
Help Students Explore Nontraditional Careers In an effort to support the work that states are doing to help local education agencies increase the participation and completion of students in nontraditional CTE programs, the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE) Education Foundation, in partnership with Career Communications, Inc., has developed a Parent Edition of the [...]
Go on a Math Mission
Go on a Math Mission Tabula Digita has released a new version of the educational video game Math Evolver: Virus Origin, which teaches pre-algebra skills. This engaging math program has an ESRB Rating of E10+ (Everyone 10+) for mild fantasy violence and is suitable for children in grades 6–9. The game captivates students with exciting [...]
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