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21st Century Literacy, Communication, and Blogging

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2005; Leu, Zawilinski, et al., Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app Blogging global collaborations To take blogging beyond the four walls of the classroom and expand your audience and blogging experiences, try the Student Blogging Challenge or Quadblogging. Furthermore, it helps address some of the learning standards.

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Students at the Forefront: Blended Learning & Math

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With the Common Core State Standards launching in 2009 and textbook publishers having to recreate their curriculums, many districts were left with their teachers having to come up with their own curriculum that met the new state standards. Ann-Marie Skaggs has been teaching elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2005.

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Preparing Students with Technology Skills

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The tech and core standards of organizations such as ISTE, CSTA, and Common Core State Initiative stipulate that students need foundational digital literacy skills to demonstrate writing, reading, and mathematical achievement. About the Presenter. Technology Applications. The edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Learning.com.

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High school should be more like preschool

The Hechinger Report

A group of sophomore boys weaving baskets in an art class wish their school assigned more tests instead of oral presentations. The adoption of the Common Core standards led many other schools to try the model , too. Related: Presentations and portfolios take the place of tests for some students. Photo: Sarah Garland.

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How little is too little money for schools?

The Hechinger Report

The passion around doing the work is still present,” said Superintendent Cynthia Lane. By 2005, the First Things First approach was in use in more than 70 schools in nine districts across the country, according to MDRC. The district also embraced the new Common Core standards, despite controversy elsewhere.

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A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models & Technology

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A learning theory that suggests that “people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences” (Christie 2005). (14). Common Core) for individual students. Presentation: Constructivism: A Holisitic Approach to Teaching & Learning .

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A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

The Hechinger Report

Ocon, who had been at the school since 2005, became convinced that the source of the dismal performance numbers was not the kids but a hidebound curriculum that was simply not working to their benefit. Ocon describes lesson plans that were based around presenting content and then giving quizzes and tests at predetermined intervals.

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