Feb292012
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Just over 100 ideas stand between you and $1,000! Post your innovative idea for how to incorporate game-based learning and interactive technology to help students learn by March 5.
It's as easy as...
Offering an idea that utilizes a new or existing technology to facilitate learning;
Submitting an idea that integrates a game or gaming system into classroom instruction, or;
Proposing a concept for something that hasn't even been
Feb222012
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Now more than ever, savvy teachers and education-support professionals are looking beyond their districts to fund innovative projects.
As an NEA Foundation grant recipient, you understand the importance of securing outside resources to fund your great ideas. Aside from the NEA Foundation, where have you looked to secure funding? Have you been successful in receiving grants or in-kind donations from other sources?
Share your thoughts here.
Feb212012
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Danielle Kovach, a special education teacher at Tulsa Trail Elementary School in Hopatcong, NJ, received the 2012 Salute to Excellence in Education Gala’s top award: The NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence and $25,000.
Kovach was one of five finalists for the top honor; each received special recognition at the gala on February 10: the Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence, and $10,000.
Watch Kovach’s moving acceptance speech below.
Feb212012
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Danielle Kovach (above) accepts The NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence.
On Friday, February 10, at our Salute to Excellence in Education Gala, Danielle Kovach, a special education teacher at Tulsa Trail Elementary School in Hopatcong, NJ, received one of public education’s top honors: The NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence and $25,000. Kovach was selected from five Horace Mann Awards for Teaching Excellence recipients, who received special recognition at the
Feb 12012
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The next great teaching frontier is light years away from chalk and erasers. Outside the classroom, students are fascinated and engaged in interactive technology and game-based activities. Should these new tools be limited to simple fun, or can they open new doors to learning? If we can leverage students’ fascination with games, and how they socialize online, can we also redefine the concept of teaching and learning? We believe this is possible and necessary.
Why is this important?