Information provided by the United Nations According to the UN’s website, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 is stated as the following: “Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels” (Overview). More specifically, it demands that people be protected from…
National Geographic Explorer Classroom
A fun web tool from the Global Educators toolbox Blog by Lauren Whaley What is the National Geographic Explorer Classroom? The National Geographic Explorer Classroom is a website run by National Geographic to allow students to talk to National Geographic Explorers virtually to learn more about our wildlife and ecosystem. These students get to hear…
Bilingual Kidspot makes it easy for kids to become bilingual
Bilingual Kidspot is a online blog that provides information and resources for raising bilingual children. Chontelle Bonfiglio is the founder of Bilingual Kidspot. Bonfiglio is an educator and mother of two bilingual children. She created Bilingual Kidspot to encourage other parents to raise their children bilingual. In her blog she gives a detailed explanation of…
National Geographic’s Explorer Classroom
National Geographic has an amazing classroom tool that teachers of every subject should be using with their students. This tool, Explorer Classroom, is meant to connect students and classrooms with professionals in many different fields, all around the globe. It gives students the opportunity to connect with and hear stories from scientists, researchers, and powerful…
One Day in the Life with iEARN
iEARN is a website that has global projects aligned to the UN Stainable Development Goals. iEARN enables students and educators worldwide to design and participate in international projects as part of their regular classroom and after-school programs. Participants become global citizens who make a difference by collaborating with their peers around the world. I chose…
Library of Congress, Promoting Primary Source Analysis Through their Teaching With Primary Sources Partner Program
An analysis of Teaching with Primary Sources by the Library of Congress, Via PAICE Knowing my desire to become either a professional archivist or historian, it is no surprise that I chose a tool that deals with primary sources, one of the most utilized resources in the field. Historians use primary sources from archives similar…
Reading Progress
The article that I will be discussing throughout my blog post is about a new Microsoft Teams tool. The new “Reading Progress” tool essentially allows students to expand their reading skills. Some cool features: Analyze results for teachers to gain insight on performance and trends. This tool is free for Teams for Education. Teachers can…
Teams new Webinar feature is the ultimate collaborative experience
Product manager Mike Tholfsen of Microsoft Teams and Education provides a brief tutorial on Microsoft Teams new feature. The New built in webinar feature in Teams allows users to connect, collaborate, and share ideas to other Teams user or non users. Like a traditional webinar setup, Webinar in Teams allows cohosts, host up to 1,000…
How creativity is vital to students.
While scrolling through twitter for an assignment, I found this tweet talking about the new things being introduced to Microsoft Whiteboard. It got me thinking how important creativity is to a learning student. Also in the regards of being able to properly express themselves and make the art they envisioned come to life. Students often…
Prioritizing Student’s Mental Health With Reflect By Microsoft Teams
Taking care of one’s mental health is extremely important. In the classroom, sometimes we tend to forget that we need to also check in on our student’s mental health. Teachers can now collaborate with Reflect by Microsoft teams, which is an emotional check-in app. To keep a positive environment in our classrooms, we must make…