Carnegie Mellon University's free, online curriculum for high school students helps instructors teach programming skills using graphics and animations. Now being piloted in 40 schools, the Computer Science Academy's CS1 will be available for general use this fall, free of charge.
Many math programs feature a combination of digital, print and hands-on activities for students; provide educators with PD opportunities, such as on-site and video coaching; and generate assessment data to help personalize instruction.
Catapult Learning and the Center on Teaching and Learning (CTL) are establishing the Institute for Scaling Evidence-Based Education. The partnership, which initially calls for Catapult Learning to provide professional development for CTL's Enhanced Core Reading Instruction program, plans to cover CTL's full suite of programs and services.
Learning Resources' newest offering brings basic coding skills to kids as young as four. The pets in Meet the Coding Critters introduce real coding concepts through fun and interactive storybook coding adventures.
As voice-activated devices transition from homes to classrooms, dozens of teachers now lead spelling practice, present history lessons and interact with their students in new ways.
Canon U.S.A., Inc. released Canon Rayo S11, a portable mini-projector that enables users to mirror their smartphones, project photos, videos and documents as well as play audio files wherever they are.
Sphero launched Specdrums, the STEAM learning brand's first music-focused product. The musical, app-enabled rings empower kids of all ages and skill levels to create and play music by using colors on a variety of surfaces as their instruments.
Hack is a full-stack laptop designed to teach kids to code by enabling them to hack games, settings and apps. Built on the Linux-based Endless Operating System, kids access source code and use a real sandbox for learning how to code.
Powered by Windows 10, the thin and light Swift 7 has a new premium chassis and a display that is nearly borderless, giving the 14-inch laptop a 92 percent screen-to-body ratio.
The new line of mobile green screens is designed for content creators to capture, edit and produce content seamlessly. In addition, Valera Screens has a program to encourage artistic freedom and creativity in the classroom by partnering with K12 schools to provide free green screens.
