How Twitter can Expand your Professional Learning Network
We hear repeatedly at our Educator Conference that one of the most valuable parts of the day is having the opportunity to connect with fellow educators from across the county. Teachers tell us every year that these conversations and opportunities to network leave them feeling energized and inspired to do more for their classrooms. Thanks […]
Crafting effective communications to create social change
Strategic communications have the power to transform your organization and a compelling story told to the right audience is vital to fundraising and building awareness of your organization’s mission. What is your organization trying to make true that isn’t true now? Who has to do something they’re not doing now (or stop doing something) for […]
How a vegetable garden inspired learning, patience & empathy
Cuyahoga Falls High School educators, Steven McIntosh (Interventions Specialist) and Steve Newlon (Social Studies) started a garden to provide students and teachers with a fresh, new opportunity to meet learning standards and empower students to take ownership of their learning by using the garden as an extension of the classroom. The Cuyahoga Falls Fresh Farm […]
Ed-Tech Tools for Educators in the Digital Era
Educators Rick Ferdig and Annette Kratcoski shared at the 2017 Educator Conference several examples of fresh tools that support exciting strategies and approaches to enhance learning in the classroom. Here are few ed-tech tools to explore for your classroom: ABCya Animate ABCya Story Maker Adobe Spark Platform Book Creator Buncee EDU Educreations Google Drawings Google Slides Little Bird […]
New to the Educator Conference? Here’s What to Expect
The Educator Conference will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn located at 1307 East Market Street, Akron 44305. There’s plenty of parking at the hotel. Overflow parking is available in the lot directly adjacent to the Hilton. Expect to meet someone new. Over 200 K-12 educators attend the conference from public, private, and community schools […]
Merlyna Valentine to Deliver Keynote at GAR Educator Conference
GAR Foundation is thrilled to welcome Merlyna Valentine as the inspiring keynote speaker for the 2018 Educator Conference on October 4, 2018 in Akron, Ohio. Merlyna Valentine is an accomplished educator, national speaker, author, consultant, trainer, and owner of Merlyna Valentine Consulting, LLC. As a well-respected educator for over thirty years, Merlyna served as a […]
GAR Foundation awards more than $1.7 million to area nonprofit organizations
GAR Foundation announced grants totaling $1,770,200 to key organizations that support the Foundation’s strategic priorities at its August distribution meeting. A grant of $300,000 was awarded to Stark State College in support of its efforts to develop a commercial driving license (CDL) training center at the former Rubber Bowl site. The CDL training program is […]
Ohio Early Childhood Race & Rural Equity Report
Gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged children emerge much earlier than state and federal policy recognizes and persist long into adulthood–and race and rural geography play a role in these gaps. Groundwork Ohio published the Ohio Early Childhood Race and Rural Equity Report to bring greater understanding among policymakers and stakeholders of how race and location matters to […]
A Guide To The Most Useful Apps For The Classroom
NPR compiled a list of useful apps teachers can use in the classroom. Click here to be redirected to the article on NPR’s website.
Grantee Spotlight: Art of the Lost Letter
The Art of the Lost Letter is a pen-pal program with art at the core. Learn how art educators, Jessica Johnston and Heather Braun Wargowsky integrated art, writing, and technology while utilizing 21st Century Skills to bring back the deteriorating skill of written correspondence. In this spotlight, elementary school students share how they formed personal […]