Tune in Live to the KNOW THE RISKS Virtual Field Trip  April 25th 1 PM EDT Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are now the most commonly used tobacco product among U.S. youth. But do students know the risks associated with these products? The latest U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on E-cigarette use among Youth and Young Adults

In this DEN Trend Report: >TCS and Discovery Education Partner to Prepare One Million Students for 21st Century Careers >Learning to Think Like a Computer >5 Dos and Donts For a Chromebook Rollout >4 Education Technology Trends That Are Redefining K-12 >Stunning: Teachers, students say little has really changed in education >What Does Personalized Learning Mean for Teachers? >The big 3: How access, achievement and advancement can close gaps >Teachers Quit Principals, Not Schools >State Ed-Tech Leader Sees New Demands for Modular, Organized Content

Earth Day 2017’s campaign is Climate and Environmental Literacy, which they hope leads to student attainment of these literacies by 2020. The Earth Day Network site has a downloadable toolkit for educators who are planning an event, as well as a place to register their project and locate other projects in the area. The site also includes downloadable

In this DEN Trend Report: >EdTech Digest Awards Program 2017 - Finalists >Groundbreaking school blends high school and college together  >Eight Ways Parents Can Develop Global Competence at Home >EdTech: The Secret Weapon >Response: What Teaching in the Year 2047 Might Look Like >What Do People Know About Excellent Teaching and Learning? >Why One School Lives as Another Dies in the Same Building >Easy Digital Tools for Modeling in the Science Classroom >15 Ideas to Ensure That Project Based Learning is Grounded in Content and Standards >As Education Goes Digital, Some Parents Are Left Behind

March is National Women’s History Month!  This month we are going to highlight women who have made an impact through STEM. Across history, women continue to make an incredible impact on our culture through their innovations, ideas, skills, and perseverance. With the efforts of STEMinists, including myself, women have been increasingly getting the recognition, respect, and

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That

In this DEN Trend Report: >Should educators think more about quality of screen time? >When Will Smart Girls Believe They're Smart? >5+ Ways To Inspire Your Students With A Free Virtual Field Trip >What Effective Blended Learning Looks Like  >Department of Education Creates New Evaluation Tool for K–12 Administrators >Ed-Tech Surges Internationally–and Choices for Schools Become More Confusing >Reaffirming Our Commitment to High Quality Digital Content >Discovery Education Schedules 2017 PD Supporting School Leaders >New buzzphrase for IT has massive implications for personalized learning >Portion of teachers with 1:1 classrooms up 10% >5 big takeaways from redesigning learning spaces

The overview of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) includes a three-dimensional framework that has students actively engaging in scientific and engineering practices, using these concepts across the scientific domains, and the inclusion of a focused core curriculum of instruction and assessments to ensure students attain the information they need to succeed. One interesting method of communication, amateur radio, also

What was hot in educational technology in 2016 and what are some cool new things that are on the horizon for 2017? Let's take a look backward and forward in case you missed anything or want to start planning for some new technologies!

During this season of debates and political commercials, the stereotypes, biases, and negativity seem to have taken over civil discourse. As our students watch the televised political debates, read the responses on Twitter or Reddit, or view the video responses from those with an agenda, they need to understand how to value someone else’s point of view and