A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

They desperately sought time during the school day to engage in professional growth opportunities, learn how to integrate Web 2.0 tools, and develop their own Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). The only catch was that each staff member had to create and present a learning portfolio at his/ her end of year evaluation conference.

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Common Core Educreations Personal Learning Network Flipped Classroom 363

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APRIL 1, 2013

Students need to be taught how to read complex texts. One of the strategies for learning how is close reading. Students learn to annotate their thoughts as part of the process. Educreations is a favorite because you can add pages and annotate on the pages with the tools. So what makes a text complex ?

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Educreations iPad Common Core Strategy 111

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MAY 4, 2013

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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iPad Educreations Common Core Laptops 66

Graphite Blog

JULY 11, 2016

By capitalizing on the excitement students had for this toy, and by using design thinking, my students learned traditional math concepts and STEM skills. Read on to see how students used design thinking to solve a real-world challenge, and how you can start planning a design thinking project in your classroom!

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Student Engagement STEM Educreations Common Core 40

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JANUARY 31, 2013

iPad management When I think about introducing a class to something new, I recall the lesson learned in my first year of teaching when I handed out geoboards for the first time. Those lessons learned apply to iPad management as well. Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano shares how to record audio files on a Mac and with an iPad app.

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iPad Educreations Common Core Video 104