by Mike Agostinelli | Mar 31, 2015 | Common Core State Standards, Curriculum, Digital Design, Hour of Code, Make!, Media, On Our Radar...
If you have ever attended one of our 30 in 50 presentations, you know we are fans of the work at GlassLab Games. After multiple years of being an invitation only beta, GlassLab Games is open to everyone. GlassLab Games philosophy: Deep Learning Matters – Games...
by Mike Agostinelli | Jan 13, 2015 | Curriculum, Library of Congress, NCCE Members
Kathy Dorr, one of NCCE’s Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Trainers, has put together a great resource list for teachers looking to find quality teaching resources around Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther...
by Mike Agostinelli | Dec 16, 2014 | Common Core State Standards, Curriculum, Media, On Our Radar...
Jason and I are in Bellevue, Washington this week learning with Microsoft Innovative Educators. Becky Keene @beckykeene showed us TTribune, a great daily magazine by the Smithsonian showing current events rewritten for k-12 students. What is TTribune: TeenTribune,...
by Mike Agostinelli | Sep 16, 2014 | Curriculum, Media, Tech Savvy Writing Prompt
Well that got your attention, right? We are dabbling with a new feature at the NCCE blog called Tech Savvy Writing Prompts. The idea: Everyone loves a good writing prompt + most kids love technology topics + Tech savvy geeks = Mind Blowing Tech Savvy Writing Prompts....
by Dr. Jason Neiffer | Jul 24, 2014 | Curriculum, First Look, ISTE 2014 in Atlanta, On Our Radar...
First Look is a series from the Tech-Savvy Teachers featuring innovative services, hardware and software from our exploration of the vendor floor at ISTE 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. An often-overlooked part of the massive vendor floor at ISTE was the excellent Ed-Tech...
by Mike Agostinelli | Jun 17, 2014 | Announcements, Curriculum, On Our Radar..., Quick Look, The Future
A new program, called EdReady, is on the horizon and is showing great promise. As a pilot state, Montana is leading the way with this exciting new initiative. What is EdReady? EdReady Montana is a program for all students in Montana from grade seven through college...
