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The best BYOD tech tools for the Common Core classroom

eSchool News

With just 4 categories and less than a dozen tools, educators can hit a lot of Common Core standards. SAMR, developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, in association with Bloom’s Taxonomy ( Kathy Schrock agrees ), assists teachers in designing tasks that have significant impact on student outcomes along a logical, non-threatening continuum.

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Teacher tricks: Grading & assessment

Neo LMS

My second post examined a number of useful resources for how to create shortcuts in your lesson planning, without sacrificing quality or outcomes. It also has a rubric maker that aligns entirely with the Common Core standards, which is very handy. To learn about the Google forms and its new features, try this quick tutorial.

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The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! (but should be) – SULS0148

Shake Up Learning

With the emergence of Common Core and very few resources available to align with these new standards, teachers began utilizing OER once again. There was an influx of districts assigning teachers or instructional coaches to compile OER options that reflected the needs of common core. How do I get started with OER?

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Education and Augmented Reality — Really?

Neo LMS

For an ed-tech blogger I hold perhaps a controversial view: I wonder if some AR is not in fact a diversion from actual learning, and if teachers are spending too much time creating incredible, immersive worlds, for quite narrow learning outcomes. Additionally, is it not also true that nothing worth getting is easy to get?

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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

These indicators have become so embedded in the minds of those judging our schools and work that we, like everyone else, worked hard to focus only on initiatives that would hopefully produce favorable outcomes in those areas. If we were doing well we continued down the same path allowing the status quo to reign supreme.

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How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites

Shake Up Learning

The post How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Let’s Talk About How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites! Google Sites is the perfect tools for you and your students to create ePortfolios. What is a Portfolio? by Mike Mohammed.

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Three simple steps for creating lesson plans

Hapara

Pinpoint the learning objectives, starting with the desired outcome first. The first step to planning an effective lesson is to decide what skill you will teach using the Common Core or state standards specific to your content area and grade level. Choose how students will experience instructional content.

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