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How to Compare and Contrast Authentically

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Common Core Standards recognize the importance of this skill by addressing it in over 29 Standards, at every grade level from Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade. To students, knowing how to ‘compare and contrast’ sounds academic, not real world, but we teachers know most of life is choosing between options.

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How to Compare and Contrast Authentically

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Common Core Standards recognize the importance of this skill by addressing it in over 29 Standards, at every grade level from Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade. To students, knowing how to ‘compare and contrast’ sounds academic, not real world, but we teachers know most of life is choosing between options.

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From Silos to Sharing: Why Are Open Educational Resources Still So Hard to Find?

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In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. A common set of academic standards could alleviate the discovery issue, but several states have withdrawn from the Common Core State Standards and decided to adopt their own. Last year, the U.S. Forty-two states and Washington, D.C.

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How We Express Ourselves: Making a Museum in a Box

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For all of my education friends who have been with me since 2007, I can’t tell you how enormously grateful I am for all of you. Not to get too in the weeds about that process, but essentially I’m looking at Next Generation Science standards, Colorado Social Studies Standards, and Common Core as I build each block.

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How We Express Ourselves: Making a Museum in a Box

iLearn Technology

For all of my education friends who have been with me since 2007, I can’t tell you how enormously grateful I am for all of you. Not to get too in the weeds about that process, but essentially I’m looking at Next Generation Science standards, Colorado Social Studies Standards, and Common Core as I build each block.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Angela Maiers Tonight - LOTS of 2014 Global Education Conference Updates - Proposal Deadline, Keynotes, and Volunteering

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Learning Revolution Events Global Education Conference , November 17th - 21st, 2014 Partner Spotlight Africa ICT Right (AIR) is an ICT-oriented non-profit organization established in 2007 with its Headquarter in Ghana and run by a team of volunteers. Rasheed also will discuss how the district celebrates Digital Citizenship Week.

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3 Apps to Prioritize Your Day

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Started in Israel in 2007, feature-packed Waze was purchased by Google about a year ago which means it can share features with–and from–Google’s in-house Google Maps. Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6.

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