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JULY 22, 2016

With Common Core’s emphasis on understanding and explaining tasks, screencasts are a great way for both students and teachers to share the required steps in completing a math problem, collaborate on close reading, or pursue any other literacy activity. Record lessons that students can access anytime, anywhere.

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Educreations Tools iPad Chromebook 150

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APRIL 1, 2013

One of the strategies for learning how is close reading. Students learn to annotate their thoughts as part of the process. Educreations is a favorite because you can add pages and annotate on the pages with the tools. Educreations is an iPad app that can also be accessed from your browser.

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Educreations iPad Common Core Strategy 111

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FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Common Core Standards Many specific content standards can be addressed through digital stories. Common Core Standards Many specific content standards can be addressed through digital stories. Here are some of the Common Core Standards that digital storytelling and digital stories address: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Benefits Here are some of the many benefits of digital storytelling and digital stories: The 21st century skills and ISTE''s NETS applied are critical and creative thinking; written, oral, and digital communication; collaboration; authentic learning; digital fluency; informational fluency; and project management. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3

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MARCH 26, 2013

Prime example: You have this great idea for your students to create a video project to show their learning of a science lesson they just completed, but you don''t have a week to spend doing it with iMovie, so you just X the whole project. This happens all the time, and who does it hurt?

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Mobility Educreations Common Core iPhone 77

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JANUARY 31, 2013

iPad management When I think about introducing a class to something new, I recall the lesson learned in my first year of teaching when I handed out geoboards for the first time. Those lessons learned apply to iPad management as well. Tony Vincent shares more fantastic ideas on his Learning in Hand blog.

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