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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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Let’s evaluate the Common Core Reading Standards and their good fit with games: What Common Core Expects. Assessment of point of view and purpose to shape content and style. I’m asking for exemplars of how Minecraft gamers used Common Core writing standards. Allow me to change that.

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

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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. encourage students to tape class presentations to replay later and/or study from. Even if it’s Minecraft.

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A new resource guide from Kiddom: Standards-based Grading for ELA and Social Studies

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English Language Arts and social studies standards are often tangled webs of both skills and content, not so easily separated. This guide clears common misconception and offers best practices. Click here for free download of Standards-Based Grading for ELA and Social Studies. Click here to book a PD Consult.

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Visible Learning and John Hattie

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That includes everything from Common Core to the IB philosophy, from Depth of Knowledge to Project-based Learning. Assessment is about my impact. They assess their learning, determine if it’s succeeding, and decide what to do about it. I confess, I found it frustrating. I am a change agent. charter schools.

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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

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Here’s what a joint study from Legends of Learning and Vanderbilt University found: “…students who played the games outperformed their peers on standardized tests. Assess learning –today’s favorite is gameshow webtools such as Kahoot and Quizizz. Good example of GBL: SplashLearn .

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Measuring Up–the Key to Meeting State/National Standards

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Many of us find students benefit greatly when the school employs curriculum-based assessments to measure progress. Because by teaching, assessing knowledge, tracking progress, and personalizing to student needs, we can determine if students are accomplishing what they must to complete the work of learning. What is Measuring Up?

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How to Prepare for the SAT

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It has the most practice tests of any program currently available as well as offering its study guides and practice tests in both in print and online. Currently, test prep includes only ACT, GRE, and vocabulary so why did I include it in an SAT study list? To date, there are over 500 free study resources that cover SAT prep.