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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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10 Ways Any Teacher Can (and Should) Use Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

Common Core tells us: New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. iPads to share stories students write. Save as PDFs and load onto iPads to share with students.

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6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program

Ask a Tech Teacher

Perspective taking’ is an important skill to learn. As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. Write a paragraph of at least five lines on why this topic is important to learn. Tech in Service Learning.

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What Happens When Technology Fails? 3 Work-Arounds

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Hours of preparation wasted because no one could get far enough to learn a d thing. Sure we mouth that to our students and Common Core expects it in college- and career-ready students, but does that mean teachers too? Everyone who previewed it is wowed. You are ready. Now, everyone is disappointed. Be a risk-taker.

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9 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day

Ask a Tech Teacher

Even the ones who love it put in lots of extra time to do one or more of the following: learn tech tools and then teach their students. learn tech tools only to discover it’s not what they need. learn a tech tool they love only to have it either disappear or switch to a fee-based program. Let me break this down for you.

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Kids become teachers: Helping out at a Senior Center

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As schools look ahead to serving not just student needs, but the greater needs of their community and world, service learning becomes an increasingly important part of high school education. A popular service learning endeavor is teaching technology skills to those who don’t have them. Learning Expectations.

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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

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Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning. It’s called Game Based Learning (GBL). Good example of GBL: SplashLearn .