Education Resources
Check out our favorite resources for education! Have another favorite that you want us to share? Let us know at: education@nextstepnetworking.com
Favorite EDU Chrome Extensions & Add-Ons
Want to show what a student is doing on the Chromebook to your classroom display system but you don’t have a Chromecast? No problem! Simply install this awesome extension and make your teacher computer a Cast destination!
With this extension, you can get your students on the right page, quickly and reliably every time. You can also post announcements, create assignments, or save webpages to post to Classroom later.
The Share to Classroom extension gets you to webpages your teacher shares, without you having to type out the whole URL. You can also push web pages directly to your teacher.
Great Apps & Websites
Word Lens (foreign languages) or Duolingo
Questia (research)
Algodoo (physics- app store only)
Digital Public Library of America
Hopscotch (computer science)
MathRef free (more math apps)
GoSkyWatch Planetarium (other science apps)
Prentice Hall Review (soc. stu. -for ipad)
Education Grants & Funding
Federal Grants Clearinghouse www.grants.gov
Online Foundation Directory www.foundationcenter.org
Independent Grant Resource www.grantsalert.com
US Department of Education http://www2.ed.gov/fund/grants-apply.html?src=pn
US Department of Agriculture http://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services
National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov
Council on Foundations www.cof.org
American Grant Writer’s Assoc. www.agwa.us
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation www.gatesfoundation.org
- Walton Family Foundation, Inc. www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation www.wkkf.org
- Ford Foundation www.fordfoundation.org
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation www.buffettscholarships.org
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation www.rwjf.org
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation www.hewlett.org
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation www.siliconvalleycf.org
- Foundation to Promote Open Society www.opensocietyfoundations.org
- Lilly Endowment, Inc. www.lillyendowment.org
Donors Choose www.donorschoose.org
Adopt a Classroom www.adoptaclassroom.org
Digital Wish www.digitalwish.com
Distance Learning
Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program
Rural Economic Development Loan & Grant Program
Fund for the Improvement of Education
Charter Schools
Investing in Innovation Fund (i3)
Title I – Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged
21st Century Community Learning Centers
Advancing Informal STEM Learning
RGK Foundation
American Honda Foundation
Entertainment Software Association Foundation
Land O’Lakes Foundation
Wells Fargo
Charlotte Martin Foundation
Farrell Family Foundation
Lockheed Martin Corporate Foundation
Dominion Foundation
Verizon Foundation
National Weather Association Sol Hirsch Education Fund
Charlotte Martin Foundation
Toyota USA Foundation
Wallace Foundation
Reiman Foundation
Applied Materials Foundation
Bayer USA Foundation
Google RISE
IEEE Foundation
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering
Harry Chapin Foundation
National Education Foundation
Lockheed Martin Foundation
ACH-Hach High School Chemistry Classroom Grant
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Grant
Shell Science Teaching Award
Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! Grant