Barnes & Noble Educator Appreciation Days
NEW YORK (PRWEB) October 03, 2018 -- Barnes & Noble, the world’s largest retail bookseller, is celebrating those who help shape young minds with even deeper discounts to its year-round Educator Discount Program. Educator Appreciation Days, taking place from October 6th – October 14th, is a great chance for teachers and administrators, K through grade 12, to take advantage of special discounts and set their classrooms up for success. Recently, Tracy Vidakovich, VP of Business Development at Barnes & Noble, teamed with YourUpdateTV to discuss the events and importance of appreciating our teachers.
A video accompanying this announcement is available at: https://youtu.be/xzTZS1FdM3Y
Educators who come into the store can enter their names to win one of five book bundles from Capstone Publishing, one of the country’s premier children’s book publishers. They can also enter for a chance to win one of five $1,000 gift cards, or a grand prize of $10,000 for books, as well as STEM and STEAM products for their schools.
This year, we’re focused on helping teachers get the latest technology into their classrooms.
Here are a few of the feature products:
The Wonder Workshop’s Dash robot is a real robot that teaches kids how to program. Kids can program Dash to move, dance, light up, make sounds, and even avoid obstacles. In a school setting, Dash is not only educational, but a surefire way to keep kids’ attention. There’s no assembly required for Dash and he can work with apps that are compatible with any smartphone or tablet. During Educator Appreciation Days, Barnes & Noble is selling this robot and an online course for just $149.95.
Students and parents want their kids to get the best education in science, technology, engineering, and math. With the STEAM Student Set and Code Kit from littleBits, teachers can use hands-on technology to show kids how to code and program. The best part is that kids will have fun while they’re learning. With the kit, kids can build a self-driving vehicle, an art machine that draws, and they can even rig their backpacks with a security alarm. The kit is perfect for integrating in the classroom, as it has over 16 hours of lessons. The set will be available for half off at $150.
Finally, Barnes & Noble has deals on all the books teachers need related to STEM & STEAM learning.
The Maker Lab book from the Smithsonian is a hands-on learning book, with kids able to work from 28 different projects related to science. The very fun My Best Pop Up Space Book is an interactive book for younger learners. Finally, Coding Games in Scratch is designed for kids with no coding experience to build their own computer projects, including puzzles and memory games. These book sets will be 25 percent off during our Educator Appreciation Days.
Those are just some of the products that will be available during our Education Appreciation Days. Educators from K through 12 are eligible to sign up for our program, if they haven’t already. They can sign up in store, or at BN.com/Educator.
Teachers can also go to a local Barnes & Noble to submit their entries to win one of five book bundles from Capstone Publishing, one of five $1,000 gift cards, or the $10,000 grand prize to shop for their school.
About Tracy Vidakovich:
Tracy Vidakovich is the Vice President of Business Development for Barnes & Noble, Inc. based in New York. She has been in retail for over 40 years and joined Barnes & Noble in 1996 as a District Manager in South Florida. Tracy is dedicated to supporting educators in communities across the country through innovative programs and partnerships with schools and teachers.
About Barnes & Noble:
Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the nation’s largest retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates 629 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com (http://www.bn.com). The Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store (http://www.nook.com) features digital books, periodicals and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading Apps™ available for Android™, iOS® and Windows®. General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained by visiting the Company's corporate website at http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com.
About YourUpdateTV:
YourUpdateTV is a social media video portal for organizations to share their content, produced by award-winning video communications firm, D S Simon Media (http://www.dssimon.com). It includes separate channels for Health and Wellness, Lifestyle, Media and Entertainment, Money and Finance, Social Responsibility, Sports and Technology.
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