Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Its pages are visual and easy-to-understand, enabling teachers to quickly create lesson plans, find targeted resources, and determine how students are doing. Open Up Resources (OUR) is a series of free c ompetency-based Common Core-aligned curricula (math, ELA, and reading). Click here for my full review.

Common Core 171

Common Core Digital Citizenship Academic Standards LMS 171

Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

One of the key elements of the curriculum-design approach known as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is student engagement — creating opportunities for students to become engaged and stay motivated, to believe that what they’re learning is important, and to feel capable in their learning. Read the original version here.

UDL 120

UDL Common Core Guidelines Exercises 120

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 18, 2016

They get an escape from reality, exercise for their brains, a closeness to like-minded souls, answers to problems–and reading can even predict success in school. Does its design and layout make students want to accomplish the goals of the program? Are students engaged in the activity, motivated to use the web tool?

Tools 150

Tools Mobility Common Core Digital Citizenship 150

Knowledge Avatars K-12

JANUARY 17, 2021

Not surprisingly, I struggled to keep my students engaged. All higher-level thinking skills are difficult to assess. Is it any surprise that our test-driven educational system relies so heavily on multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, one-possible-answer assessments? By Jeremy Royster. Then I remembered.

System 52

System Common Core Exercises Assessment 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

New Hampshire is adopting it, too, and developing a statewide assessment method that would replace most standardized tests. He imagined a more holistic system that required students to demonstrate learning before moving ahead. He suspects that shortly after passing those tests, students forget the material. Students at M.S.

Learning 106

Learning Common Core System Groups 106

MindShift

MARCH 11, 2015

Godsey is one of a growing number of educators who are using podcasts like “Serial” to motivate their classrooms and address education requirements set by the Common Core state standards. If you give teachers content-based audio, you’ll get so much more student engagement,” says Brady-Myerov.

Common Core 28

Common Core Learning Report Exercises 28