A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

First year New Milford High School teacher Mrs. Westbrook has been tackling the Common Core in an engaging and innovative fashion. One major instructional shift required by the Common Core Curriculum Standards is the increased emphasis on the use of informational texts.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

The new educational philosophy has spread from Maine to Silicon Valley, propelled by new technology making it easier for a classroom of students to work on different tasks and by passionate proponents who see it as the future for an American education system that badly needs updating. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

While the teachers in my audience will probably know the difference, it does not help that the Common Core Standards are exceptionally vague about the type of digital skills students need to exhibit. So, let’s do a Marie Kondo and declutter the concepts. How computer literacy evolved into digital literacy.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 12, 2018

What is not as common are PBL ideas using digital, rather than physical tools. There are differing opinions as to the usefulness, as well as wisdom, of teaching very young students with digital technology. I was quite surprised at how adept some of these youngsters are with the technology (although I shouldn’t be by now!)

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

Founded in 2002 by graduates of the Yale School of Management, Veritas Prep offers live classroom prep courses, interactive online courses, on-demand classes, and private SAT tutoring sessions. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 25 years. See my full review here. Veritas Prep. How NOT to Assess Student Writing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Want to hear another episode on technology tools? Jon’s core PL skills are focused on 1:1 deployment, Common Core, Project Based Learning, social media skills and Lesson Design. Jon has served as an Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction and Director of Technology at the county level.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

When No Child Left Behind passed back in 2002, Congress enthusiastically proclaimed that 100 percent of American students would be proficient in reading and math by 2014. This is a surprising achievement given how states have historically bucked national standards alignment propositions.

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