Eduporium Weekly

the eduporium weekly blog series


Our longest running current blog series, the Eduporium Weekly is your source for relevant education topics. Whether it's related to EdTech, STEM, SEL, makerspaces, soft skills, equity, CTE, or any number of other things, you are sure to find some relevant content here. Our team remains committed to providing intriguing and up-to-date opinions and perspectives on the most important topics—whether they're technology-based or not. Every week, we share our thoughts about those key topics in education. Giving educators a Saturday morning read, many of our Eduporium Weekly posts reflect recent happenings, important updates, or, sometimes, some fun revelations. We're also very fortunate to serve a community of such committed educators. For that reason, we strive to keep our thoughts and content fresh. And, this section of our blog is a great place to go for just that.
Whatever is happening in education, we believe our committed team members help educators adjust. As we've seen, technology has a place in all types of learning—as long as educators integrate it strategically. As debates and discussions in STEAM and general education evolve, we adapt this content to continually educate, inform, and entertain. Our perspective may be a bit unique but our collective expertise on these topics is always improving. We also encourage you to browse the pages or search for a topic of your interest on the left of your screen. We certainly take pride in being up to date with what teachers are experiencing. From our entire team, we hope this content truly provides you with guidance and inspiration. Check back every weekend, as well, for the latest edition of the Eduporium Weekly.

  1. 5 of the Best Discounts on the Eduporium Store

    5 of the Best Discounts on the Eduporium Store
    Our Educator Discount program allows any educator who purchases technology from us to save as much as 20 percent when they purchase from our store. While the discounts range in amount depending on what they buy, there is at least some of a discount on almost everything and here are some of the biggest educational discounts on our store.
  2. Eduporium Weekly | 5 of the Best New Things on our Store

    Eduporium Weekly | 5 of the Best New Things on our Store
    As an up-to-date reseller of innovative educational technologies, we’re always searching the world and working our contacts in order to get the latest and greatest STEM tools up on our store. Honestly, if you visit our site one day and come back a week later, there’s a good chance that you’ll be able to find something new!
  3. Eduporium Weekly | Summer STEM Ideas for Teachers

    Eduporium Weekly | Summer STEM Ideas for Teachers
    It can be hard to convince teachers (let alone students) to use some of their summer vacation to improve their academic skills. This is, of course, understandable since they spend the rest of the year doing just that. Making summer learning fun, however, is a fairly reasonable compromise so that both educators and their students aren’t wasting time.
  4. Eduporium Weekly | Wondering About Wearables in Education?

    Eduporium Weekly | Wondering About Wearables in Education?
    While not necessarily brand new, wearable technology is demonstrating it can play a viable role in creating or enriching 21st century learning experiences for students. Whether it’s virtual reality headsets or other tech tools, it’s no longer unheard of to use wearables in education. Read on to learn more about some of the most popular ones.
  5. Eduporium Weekly | K–12 Charter Schools And Their Importance

    Eduporium Weekly | K–12 Charter Schools And Their Importance
    Charter schools are becoming really popular alternatives among parents all across the country. Once thought of as a sure thing, now parents often find it to be a struggle to get their kids enrolled due to the high demand they’ve generated. It’s easy to see why charter schools are now so popular—these educators are doing great things for kids and
  6. Eduporium Weekly | Extending STEAM Education With Music

    Eduporium Weekly | Extending STEAM Education With Music
    As we know, STEM has evolved to STEAM, adding art to the mix (as well as some other variations). Technology can be a great way for students to enhance their art classes using tools like conductive paint, virtual reality, or more. It can also be used in music classes, though, creating interactive, exciting, and real world experiences.
  7. 5 Ways to Maximize your End-of-Year EdTech Budget

    5 Ways to Maximize your End-of-Year EdTech Budget
    As teachers, however, we know you’re always thinking about what you can do to improve your classrooms and offer your students a more exciting and relevant learning experience in the fall. Naturally, our first suggestion is to add new EdTech and STEAM tools. But, we know that it’s tough for many teachers to work these kinds of things in.
  8. Eduporium Weekly | Discussing the STEM Gender Gap

    Eduporium Weekly | Discussing the STEM Gender Gap
    Despite conscious efforts from school and educational leaders, it’s tough to get girls as interested in STEM as their male counterparts. In fact, a great deal of female students lose interest by the time they’re in third or fourth grade. Why this may be is anybody’s guess, but some of the top reasons include the belief that they’re not as
  9. Eduporium Weekly | Serving Up Knowledge on the Raspberry Pi

    Eduporium Weekly | Serving Up Knowledge on the Raspberry Pi
    You may have heard from the source itself (or maybe from our social media) that there was a new Raspberry Pi board launched on that very day. The Pi 3 is now the newest version of the powerful microcomputer and got us thinking about how schools can use each version of the Raspberry Pi in STEM education. Read on to
  10. Eduporium Weekly | Inventing as a Part of Education

    Eduporium Weekly | Inventing as a Part of Education
    When students are given the freedom to invent unheard of solutions to problems and go about solving them in unique ways, they’re building a foundation for the future. A lot of the tools we’ll use in the next decade or two haven’t been invented yet. Most likely, a student somewhere in a K-12 school is going to be responsible for