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Free MLK Lesson Plans

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“The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.” ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

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” 2010 was also the year that the Common Core Standards Initiative was enacted in response to numerous indicators of low student academic performance. “More tech-based monitoring and assessment tools will be incorporated into to the instructional mix.” ” 1:1 + Common Core = $$$$$.

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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. None of these have anything to do with teacher training, background, test scores, rubrics, class size, or pay scales. I confess, I found it frustrating.

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How to Prepare Students for PARCC/SBACC Tests

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Lots of schools discovered that, though student knew the material, they were unable to adequately communicate their knowledge using unfamiliar digital tools as basic as keyboard familiarity. I polled my PLN to find specific tech areas students needed help with in preparing for the Assessments. Common Core requires this.

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Resource Review: Mentoring Minds

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Through their dashboard, teachers can identify which students have mastered specific standards, what learning goals should come next for each student, and which students require in-depth interventions to meet the standard(s) being assessed. This includes onsite training as well as webinars. – See more at: [link].

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Zap Zap Math–Gamify any Math Curriculum

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Zap Zap Math is a free gamified way to teach math skills that’s tied to many national and international standards (like Common Core). Each math topic is divided into four skills: Training, Accuracy, Speed and Mission , with appropriate games to support each goal. – Angles. – Time. – Pre-school Math.

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17 Take-aways from Summer PD

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Teachers eagerly looked for tech options to traditional ‘fill out this sheet of paper’ approaches to ending class and/or assessing learning. Teaching digital citizenship remains a challenge–as much because it needs to be organically blended into all learning as that it is not well-understood.