14 May

Weekly Giveaway Winner - 5/14/12

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Congratulations to Greg Birch, Harford County Public School District, Bel Air, MD, our Weekly Giveaway t-shirt winner!

Not sure what the Weekly Giveaway is? Log into Atomic Learning for your chance to win! New tutorials featured and winners each week so continue to stop back for your chance to win!

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10 May

COMING SOON! Spotlight: Keeping Kids Safe Online

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Meeting E-rate requirements for Internet Safety and Reporting

Starting in July, all school districts receiving E-rate funding will have to meet the stipulations of the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act. Atomic Learning has the resources necessary to meet the Internet Safety requirements for E-rate, in addition to the reporting tools you will need to track student participation. 

To help support schools in addressing those requirements, we’re compiling all these resources in a Spotlight page that will be available for the 2012-2013 school year.  To help in your planning, we wanted to share the resources that will be included with our customers before the Spotlight page launches.

The FCC has not issued specific guidance as to what schools are required to teach their students. To maintain local control, schools are allowed to choose which lessons and resources are best suited to the needs of their schools. The resources included will help schools meet those requirements; each district may choose which are most applicable to the needs of their students.

Spotlight Goals

10 May

Common Core Professional Development for Teachers

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A recent EdWeek article quoted a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, as saying:

I predict the common-core standards will fail, unless we can do massive professional development
for teachers."

The same article stated:

Fewer than half of districts planned to provide professional development aligned to the standards
during the current school year."

Wondering where to even begin?  Atomic Learning's Atomic TechCore resource includes professional development planning tools and training, including specific Common Core teacher professional development and lesson guides.

Learn more at http://al.atomiclearning.com/techcore.

 

Source: Concern Abounds Over Teachers' Preparedness for Standards
09 May

Atomic Learning Custom Training Best Practices Webinar

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Recently, two Atomic Learning customers shared examples of how they're leveraging the Custom Training feature within their districts.  View this webinar recording to see specific ideas from Francis Howell School District in St. Charles, MO and Renton School District 403 in Renton, WA.

09 May

There is no other job more important than education.

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A recent Edutopia article on the importance of education stated:

 

There is no other job more important than education.

 

We agree.

Take a moment to thank a teacher. 

08 May

Thank a Teacher Today

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Thanks, teachers.  You're making a world of difference.

 - Atomic Learning

Take a minute to write a thank you note today at http://thankateachertoday.org/