SUSAN THOMPSON CHOSEN AS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GROSVENOR FELLOW

Susan Thompson of Grimmer Middle School in Schererville, part of the Lake Central School District, has been chosen for the prestigious Grosvenor Fellowship by National Geographic. These fellowships include travel and two years of valuable connections. Next year's applications will open in the fall. Past winners from Indiana include Lishawna Taylor of Southpost HS, Nikia Garland and Dawn Hammon of IPS, Mervyn Barenie of Griffith Junior High, and Shelly Sparrow of Mishawaka. In addition, there are many teacher resources on the site for use in the classroom.

Interesting fact: these videos are from Kyle Niemis, who now works for the tech tool Wayground. Some are a bit hard to hear, but the activities could be a nice way to incorporate some thinking games- with no tech and low prep.

Edutopia: 19 Highly Engaging End-of-Year Activities

Murder Mystery and Mock Trial suitable for 7-8 grade. (Sign up, and you will receive a confirmation email and then the download.

4 Numbers/24: Some claim playing games like this is the best way for students to learn their math facts.

IU Center for Representative Government: Numerous games and activities for students to engage in civics education.

iCivics Site: This particular one deals with media literacy.

Bill of Rights Institute: Works well with the 6th grade civics course.

Free Math Book Study, June 15-July 10

A Facebook group, Mix and Math, is having their 9th summer book study. While most people may be using The Math Pact: Elementary, there will be a special chat just for middle school on June 30. Read more about process here, complete with a calendar.

The book chats and discussions will take place on YouTube. If you head to the “posts” tab on the Mix and Math channel homepage, you’ll see posts to discuss your aha moments, questions, and thoughts as you read.

TIMES ARE EDT; FREE UNLESS NOTED

Many are available via recording, especially if you pre-register.

May 20-"Summer Reset: Plan Less, Teach Better with Magic School AI," 6 pm

May 22- Webinar with Dr. Todd Bess of IASP on the New Accountability Model, 9 am

May 26-AMLE Leadership Roundtable, 4 pm

May 28- Social Institute Webinar, "How to Avoid the Summer Tech Slide: Screens, AI, & Screens," 4 pm

June 1- Extended Deadline to Present at NSTA in Indianapolis, November, 2026

June 4-Spark Summit at Franklin Central Junior High, "Fever for Learning," 8:30-3:30

June 8-10-Free Online Math Summit (includes some MiddleWeb contributors)

June 9-10-KINLCon at Plainfield Community High School $

June 11- Innovation Fest, Columbus North HS

June 12- Deadline to Nominate Classified Staff for DOE's RISE Award

June 15- Accountability Summit at CIESC (Indianapolis), 9-3

June 15-July 10th- Free Online Book Study of The Math Pact begins

June 19- Deadline to Apply for Teachers First Summer Book Study of AI and Civic Engagement

June 22-24- Belfer National Conference for Holocaust Education (in person or online)

June 25-27- National Schools to Watch Conference, Washington, D.C. Area, $

June 25-28 Online Summer Math Summit

July 14-15- Joy Jam at Eastern Hancock; Keynotes are Todd Whitaker and Tom Vander Ark

July 15- Deadline to Nominate Someone for the AMLE Educator of the Year

July 23- Pocket Lab: Science in the Hawaiian Islands, 3 pm

August 4- Second, Limited Call for Presentations for AMLE

August 6-Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program Information Session #3, 3:30 pm

September 8-Lilly Teacher Creativity Grant Proposals Due, 6 pm

November 4-7- AMLE in Nashville, TN $

ONGOING EVENTS

Indiana Learning Lab Workshops (Requires Sign in for Registration, Also Access to Archived Events)

Teachers First OK2Ask Online Workshops ; (Past on-demand sessions)

Keep Indiana Learning (KINL); Live Events (some $) Past Recordings/Digital Content

edWeb.net Webinars (Can watch at later date; if sponsored, "commercials" are at the end)

Leslie Fisher Webinars

AMLE Podcasts: Walk and Talk & Research to Practice

AMLE Events (some free, some paid)

Corwin Webinars, Additional Free Corwin Resources, Including Past Webinars

Please note: Webinars and events mentioned in this space are not an endorsement of commercial products; on the contrary, we try to avoid listing events that appear to be commercial in nature. Every effort is made to strip social media/tracking data from provided URLs. In many cases, you can register and receive a recording later.

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