The Eduverse Blog
Curriculum guides, homeschool know-how, and teaching ideas — grounded in what Canadian kids actually learn.
Science Words to Know: Four Ways to Practise Them at Home
How Eduverse organizes Alberta science vocabulary by grade and unit, then gives learners four different ways to work with it: Spelling Bee, Word Unscramble, flashcards, and a Word Roots dictionary.
Bett Asia 2026
An upcoming international education-technology event for educators and education leaders, September 23–24, 2026, at the Mandarin Oriental in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
CoSN2027, Innovation with Purpose
An upcoming U.S. professional-learning conference for K–12 education-technology leaders, April 12–14, 2027, at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida.
Inside the Eduverse Day Planner: a day book that keeps up with a real school day
A period-by-period tour of the Eduverse Day Planner — timetable-driven planning, notes that save to your account, carry-over, classroom tools, and an honest look at what sits in which tier.
The two words that turn Alberta's curriculum into your child's own voice
Alberta's Program of Studies is written for officials. Rewrite an outcome so the sentence starts with 'I can' and the subject of the sentence becomes your child — here's the research behind learner self-assessment, and a ten-minute weekly ritual to use it at home.
AERA 2027 Annual Meeting
The American Educational Research Association's 2027 Annual Meeting for education researchers, April 14–18, 2027, in Toronto, Canada.
ATA Science Council Conference 2026
The Alberta Teachers' Association Science Council's 2026 conference. The Council's own page lists a one-day online symposium on November 7, 2026; the ATA's central calendar still lists November 6–7 at the Banff Centre.
Learning Forward Annual Conference 2026
Learning Forward's 2026 Annual Conference for professional-learning leaders, December 6–9, 2026, in Dallas, Texas.
NCTE 2026 Annual Convention
The National Council of Teachers of English's 2026 Annual Convention, November 19–22, 2026, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
NCTM 2026 Annual Meeting & Exposition
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' 2026 Annual Meeting & Exposition, October 28–31, 2026, in Denver, Colorado.
TCEA 2027 Convention & Exposition
TCEA's 2027 Convention & Exposition for educators and education-technology leaders, January 31–February 3, 2027, at the Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Alberta's September 29 home education deadline: what it means if you're cutting it close
To be funded this year, your supervising authority must have accepted your program by September 29 — accepted, not just received. What the date actually governs, why late August is the real backstop, and what to do this week.
Homeschooling in BC: register by September 30, and then the province steps back
One deadline, one registration, and after that: no inspections, no mandated reports, no required curriculum. How BC's registered homeschooling actually works, and the online-learning mix-up that produces most of the bad advice.
Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST26)
An upcoming U.S. science-education conference with three days of in-person professional learning, scheduled for November 12–14, 2026, in Houston, Texas.
STLHE Virtual Conference 2026
An upcoming Canadian one-day online conference for higher-education teaching and learning, scheduled for November 13, 2026.
Bett UK 2027
An upcoming international education-technology event for educators and education leaders, scheduled for January 20–22, 2027, at ExCeL London.
Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) 2027
An upcoming U.S. education-technology conference, scheduled for January 26–29, 2027, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.
Teacher-Delivered Behavioral Interventions in Grades K–5
An IES What Works Clearinghouse practice guide focused on teacher-delivered behavioral interventions in elementary grades.
AERA Open: Peer-Reviewed Education Research
An open-access AERA journal for empirical and theoretical research about education and learning.
ISTELive 26 and ASCD Annual Conference 26
Completed co-located hybrid professional-learning conferences for educators, with virtual programming beginning June 27, 2026, and the core conferences running June 28–July 1 in Orlando and online.
Bringing STEM into the Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers
Practical planning questions, low-preparation routines and classroom challenges that help teachers make STEM meaningful and manageable.
Grade 9 STEM in Action: Designing a Biodiverse Schoolyard
A classroom-ready Grade 9 Biological Diversity project combining field investigation, data analysis, technology and engineering design.
ISTELive 27
ISTELive 27 is the International Society for Transforming Education’s hybrid annual conference, June 27–30, 2027, at the Thomas M. Menino Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston and online.
NSTA National Conference on Science Education — Anaheim 2026
A completed U.S. professional-learning conference for science and STEM educators, held April 15–18, 2026, in Anaheim, California.
NSTA National Conference on Science and STEM Education — Indianapolis 2026
An upcoming U.S. professional-learning conference for science and STEM educators, scheduled for November 4–7, 2026, in Indianapolis.
Build a professional-learning plan you can actually use
A simple way to choose, schedule, and apply professional learning without turning your year into another overflowing checklist.
STAO 2026: STEAM DRIVEN
An upcoming professional-learning opportunity for Ontario science and STEM educators, with sessions focused on moving from classroom curiosity to career connections.
What Is STEM Education? Its History, Meaning, and Future
Discover where STEM came from, what meaningful STEM education entails, why it matters, and how it continues to evolve.
Choosing an Alberta supervising authority before September 29
Three official types of supervising authority, the deadline that runs on their decision rather than yours, and how to narrow the field to two or three worth phoning.
Alberta's $928 home education funding: what's actually reimbursable
The 2026-27 parent portion is $928.03 per child. What the province's Standards actually list, why your board's list is longer, and the two rules behind most declined receipts.
Seven things about Alberta home education that are widely repeated and wrong
The September deadline is a day earlier than almost everyone says, the eligible-expenses list going around is one board's policy, and the funding figure is half of what it sounds like. Seven corrections, each checked against Alberta's own documents.
From Eduverse lesson to classroom feedback: one connected workflow
How Curriculum, Plan, and Classroom move an Eduverse science resource from a published starting point to a teacher-created plan, student work, and written feedback.
What your child actually learns in Alberta science this year (Grades 1–6)
A parent's plain-language guide to Alberta's new science curriculum — the seven Organizing Ideas, what each grade actually covers, and how to tell if your child is on track.
Homeschooling in Canada: what your province actually requires (and what it doesn't)
Registration, education plans, and annual reporting rules for homeschooling families across all ten provinces plus the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (Yukon excluded — we could not verify it against a primary source) — from Alberta's supervised evaluations to Ontario's near-zero paperwork to Nunavut's $1,000 reimbursement.
Planning science units under Alberta's renewed curriculum: what actually changed
A working guide for K–6 teachers: how the seven Organizing Ideas restructure planning, why computer science is now your job, and a practical way to build spiral-aware units.
Why we built a teaching-first platform (not another drill app)
Most learning apps are practice engines: endless questions, no teaching. Here's why Eduverse puts the lesson before the quiz — and why curriculum-complete beats curriculum-adjacent.
Teaching with AI, Not Against It
An ASCD Educational Leadership From the Editor article about keeping teaching and learning at the centre of AI conversations.
OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026
A policy report on digital education and the effective use of generative AI in education.
Creating Actionable Classroom Assessments
An ASCD Educational Leadership practitioner article about making classroom assessment information useful for next steps.
School Physical Activity Interventions for Children and Adolescents With Disability: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Effects on Academic, Cognitive, and Mental Health Outcomes
A PubMed-indexed systematic review and meta-analysis relevant to inclusive school wellbeing and physical activity research.
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