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Autonomy Breeds Change

A Principal's Reflections

They desperately sought time during the school day to engage in professional growth opportunities, learn how to integrate Web 2.0 I also used last year as an opportunity to work with my teachers and better articulate how to compile their learning portfolios. tools, and develop their own Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s).

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Close Read Complex Text, and Annotate with Tech--Part 1

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Students need to be taught how to read complex texts. One of the strategies for learning how is close reading. Educreations is a favorite because you can add pages and annotate on the pages with the tools. Educreations is an iPad app that can also be accessed from your browser. How else does this post connect with you?

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Close Read Complex Text, and Annotate with iPads--Part 2

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In Close Read Complex Text, and Annotate with Tech--Part 1 , the focus was how to do a close reading. In Part 2, the focus is how to annotate with iPads , and insights gained from a lesson done with students in first through third grades. 21st Century Learning Common Core iPad'

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Design Thinking + STEM = Student Engagement!

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Ask them to list things they already know how to do that will help them with each step. To tie in with our Common Core math standards, each group determined the cost of the supplies and used measurements (in centimeters and inches) of the Kendama to decide how much of each supply they would need.

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Introduction to iPads: Part 2--iPad Integration

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Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano shares how to record audio files on a Mac and with an iPad app. and annotate their thoughts, significant points, their questions, Annotations are part of the close reading process, which supports the Common Core. Click here to see how teachers and students are using it.

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