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Observing the Common Core Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

Educators across the country are grappling with the Common Core Standards and the significant changes that have come with them. How do administrators tasked with observing teachers know what they are looking for in a Common Core classroom? How have you prepared to observe the Common Core Classroom?

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Best Math Apps For Kids

Fractus Learning

The high-quality apps available on the web, at the iTunes Apps Store, and Android devices on Google Play Store are astounding. Available in English and Spanish and on Android, iPad, and iPhone devices, your kid may have found their new favorite bedtime routine. Best Arcade-Style Math Game: Monster Math.

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3 Apps That Encourage Students to Read

Ask a Tech Teacher

Teachers and parents know all this and still, the Literacy Company reports that most teachers in classes of twenty+ students spend only five minutes a day reading, and 46% of American adults cannot understand the label on their prescription medicine. Availability: 5/5 (iOS, Android, Web, iPhone, iPod, Chromebooks, Kindle Fire).

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3 Great Special Needs Digital Tools

Ask a Tech Teacher

Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6. Availability: 5/5 (iOS, PC, Mac, Web, Android in beta). Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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15 hot edtech trends for 2017

eSchool News

Companies like Kaltura, Panopto and Warpwire battled through the year for market share. This will likely have a significant impact on the K-12 landscape for the next four years when it comes to charter schools, Title programs, and common core standards. Conferences ran streaming video events. And it has.

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Top 50 Sites/Apps of 2015

Technology Tidbits

Mobile App Top 50 Sites/Apps of 2015 * Seesaw - Excellent free mobile app (Android/iOS) for students creating digital portfolio w/ educational portal. Sketch Nation - A great free site/app (iOS/Android) for creating games. Bloomz - Bloomz is a free (iOS/Android) app for educators looking to communicate w/ parents via mobile devices.

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