Hi Guest, Want to see if you or your students made it into our amazing Year in Review video? Chances are, you did! Check it out below and share the love. Thank you for making our year so incredibly special – YOU are what makes us whole! If you guessed a quiz template, you get a 100! Starting today, you will see a…
MAD-news for February: Teacher Takeover
Hi Guest, What better way to celebrate Love Month, Black History Month, and Women’s History Month, than by raising up some phenomenal teachers and the work they do to support students, all day, every day? We are back with our annual Teacher Takeover event!! Join these phenomenal educators from across the country to hear about their stories, their passions, and…
MAD-news for January: MAD-learn turns 10!
Hi Guest, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024!! What better way to kick off a new year than by celebrating our birthday? Did we mention we turned 10 this year? We hope you have a wonderful new year, filled with all the things you want to make happen for yourself and your students. We are so excited to have another year to…
MAD-learn’s Inaugural Student Showcase
MAD-learn hosted its first-ever Student Showcase during #CSEdWeek. Seven incredible students around the country presented diverse apps to an audience of educators, friends, family, and students. These gifted students aged from 5th to 11th grade proudly shared the apps they created with poise and maturity. Syeda Tanzim, an 8th-grade student at Barber Middle School in Cobb County School District and…
MAD-news for December: Grant Opportunity
Hi Guest, Another year over Blink and next year will be goneSo savor every moment Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, or just the spirit of the season, we’re sending warm wishes and some MAD-love your way. Happy Holidays from all of us at MAD-learn! We wish you a restful and peaceful season and a Happy New Year 2024. Don’t forget…
MAD-news for November: Your students can speak at this global event
Hi Guest, You know we love celebrating ALL things, big and small. This month, I get to share a very special moment with you. I saw Kevin Honeycutt speak at a conference almost a decade ago. I laughed, I cried, and I told myself, “he gets it, he feels it, he lives it”. Since then, we have been acquaintances, friends, grown-apart friends,…
MAD-proud to be a 2023 CSforALL Commitment Maker
MAD-learn is proud to be part of the National Computer Science Education Community’s announcement of 434 Commitments from 119 Organizations and 288 Elementary Schools to strengthen Computer Science Education through equity nationwide. CSforALL is the national hub of the computer science for all movement with a mission to make high-quality computer science an integral part of K-12 education in the…
2023 MAD-learn Teacher Takeover
MAD-learned was thrilled to host a special Teacher Takeover in September to celebrate the hard work and dedication of our MAD-teachers who are using the design thinking app development program with their students in innovative ways. As special guest speakers and representatives of their schools, they had the opportunity to share the work of their students with an audience of…
MAD-news for October: Grab your copy- Always Stop at a Lemonade Stand
We are honored to have an entire chapter in Dr. Matthew X. Joseph’s latest book Always Stop at a Lemonade Stand: Empowering Student Independence dedicated to all things MAD-learn and our entrepreneurial journey! This book, from X-Factor EDU, empowers student independence and entrepreneurial skills through a series of examples from notable educators and organizations. In our chapter, we got to share our…
MAD-news for September: From the mouths of teachers…
Hi Guest, All you need to know, from the mouths of fellow teachers, is in this video. Enjoy! – Alefiya Master Don’t miss out on the chance for your students to enter this engaging, challenging, and fun competition! The Congressional App Challenge is underway and the deadline to enter is fast approaching. Middle and high school students have until Nov. 1, 2023, to…