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10 Ways Any Teacher Can (and Should) Use Technology

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

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the digital devices–computer or Chromebooks or iPads–won’t work on the Big Day. Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library.

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Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do

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Discuss not just your years of experience, but the student groups you’ve taught, the philosophies you’ve followed (such as IB or Common Core), parent needs met, pedagogy you’ve rolled out, teacher groups you’ve led, and more. I have four Twitter accounts and share the one appropriate to the circumstance.

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Websites for Hour of Code by Grade

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If you use iPads, here are some great options: Cargo-Bot. If you use iPads, try Stick Nodes or Stickman. If necessary, adapt the following Windows/iPad directions to the device used in your school: Go to Start. On iPads, these are called “hotkeys”: Go to Settings > General Settings > Keyboard Settings.

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XplorLabs Fire Forensics: A Free STEM Module for Middle School Science

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A Next Generation Science Standards Aligned Lab Activity (FREE) From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. You can have students watch the video module on their iPads, Chromebooks, or other devices, or you can project it on your board and go through it as a class. MS-PS3: Energy (MS-PS3-5).

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What parents should ask teachers about technology

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Not surprisingly, it takes a lot more than a room full of computers, iPads, and apps to turn “tech ed” from marketing to mainstream. If not, what if the parent doesn’t have an up-to-date computer/iPad at home? For Common Core schools: How do they prepare students to succeed with online testing?

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Tools of the Trade

Digital Promise

Two iPad-based research games that teach essential math reasoning and problem solving, designed for students in 6th grade and above. PreK–12 educators can create, mix, and share instructional resources based on UDL and aligned to Common Core. Follow @CAST_UDL on Twitter. iSolveIt Math Puzzles. UDL Exchange.

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