Social Studies: Creating Informed Citizens of the World
By Janet Pinto, Chief Academic Officer, Curriki Next year’s presidential election is already on most of our minds, and is likely on the minds of our students as well. Though these students won’t vote...
View ArticleResearch and Instructional Resources for Teaching English Language Learners
By Guest Blogger Lani deGuia As the population of students who are English Language Learners (ELL) continues to rise in the United States, teachers of both English as a Second Language (ESL) programs...
View ArticleOracle Academy Collaborates with German Robotics Initiative
Reblogged from https://academy.oracle.com/en/newsletters/july_2015-full.html#skillsdev The new “EV3 Programming with Java” textbook introduces Roberta teachers to Java programming techniques. The book...
View ArticleComputer Science Education Week: Computational Thinking
By Molly Ward, Owner, Mountain Goat Instructional Design Com • pu • ta • tion • al Of, relating to, or using computers.[i] Think • ing The process of thought.[ii] Have you ever heard the term...
View ArticleThe Case for a Complete OER STEM Library (#TCEA16)
By Janet Pinto, Chief Academic Officer, Curriki If you’re an educational technology enthusiast, I hope you’re planning to attend the TCEA 2016 conference in Austin this year, Feb. 1-5. This conference...
View ArticleTime Saving Classroom Tips to Engage Your Students
By Janet Pinto, Chief Academic Officer, Curriki As we close out the year, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on our good fortunes, and extend a heartfelt thank you to you, our global Curriki...
View ArticleHoliday Breaks: The Perfect Time for Students to Explore their Passions
By Curriki Guest Blogger Lani de Guia Most likely in your neck of the woods, the winter holiday break from school has arrived. Children are excitedly welcoming the break from school and sleeping in....
View ArticleEdTech Trends for 2016
By Janet Pinto, Chief Academic Officer, Curriki WCET is the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, under the umbrella of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), which...
View ArticleSee us Live: FETC Orlando and TCEA Austin
Kim Jones, CEO, Curriki Come see us present at one of two upcoming conferences during the next few weeks. FETC2016 will be held in Orlando in the middle of this month, and Curriki is presenting on...
View ArticleCurriki: Your One-Stop Site for Free, High-Quality (MLK) Classroom Resources
By Janet Pinto, Curriki Chief Academic Officer Have you heard of Curriki, but not yet explored it to find or share K-12 classroom resources? With Martin Luther King Jr. Day coming up, we decided to...
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Did You Know We Are a Charity? Curriki is a non-profit–we don’t sell anything or charge you anything to use Curriki. With nothing but donations and sponsors, Curriki has built a library of over 74K...
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View ArticlePlanning for Great PBL in Middle School
By Thom Markham, CEO of PBL Global At all grade levels, some educators still equate project based learning with ‘doing projects,’ ‘hands on’ learning, or ‘activities.’ This can be particularly true...
View ArticleCollege and Career Readiness
By Janet Pinto, Chief Academic Officer, Curriki It is universally recognized that two very important goals of K-12 education – if not the most important goals – are college readiness and career...
View ArticleOER in the Classroom – What Are They and How Do I Use Them? (#GoOpen)
By Janet Pinto, Chief Academic Officer, Curriki Help us celebrate Digital Learning Day on February 17, 2016, to show how far we’ve come in advancing digital curricula (or OERs, Open Educational...
View ArticleKids, Learn to Code!
By Janet Pinto, Chief Academic Officer, Curriki Whether your child wants to be a fireman or a computer programmer, one of today’s most valuable skills is learning to code. Even if your child isn’t...
View ArticleCurriki Communities – Groups for Educators – Why and How
By Janet Pinto, Chief Academic Officer, Curriki Curriki’s community is as large as the globe and as small as a 1 to 1 connection. It is a vibrant online community for exceptional educators,...
View Article7 Tips that will make You a Guru in Open Educational Resources
By Kim Jones, CEO, Curriki A more flexible and adaptable and even personalized approach to teaching is now available, by incorporating Open Educational Resources (OER) in the classroom. Curriki is a...
View ArticleMath Humor on Pi Day (March 14)
By Janet Pinto, Chief Academic Officer, Curriki Bring some fun into the classroom on Monday, March 14, in celebration of Pi Day! Here’s a joke for your elementary students: Did you know that 3.14% of...
View ArticleSecond Semester Middle School Language Arts Instructional Ideas and Activities
By Guest Blogger and Curriki Member Lani deGuia If you are a middle school language arts teacher, you are probably rounding up ideas to keep students engaged as temperatures warm up. However, usually...
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