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Top 10 Reasons to Sign Up for Summer Learning with Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher

And Google Hangouts. A secondary focus (but of significant interest with educators I polled) is technology as change agent in achieving Standards, enabling teachers to fulfill Common Core requirements without adding that ‘extra layer’ many teachers fear will take more time/knowledge/effort than they have available.

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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

As the site increased in popularity it caught the eye of Bill Gates and Google with an end result being over 4 million in funding. The Khan Academy site now contains over 3000 videos mapped to the Common Core and associated assessments that allow learners to practice and reinforce skills acquired through the videos.

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35 Take-aways from Summer 2016 Professional Development

Ask a Tech Teacher

We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. They failed and tried again. Asked questions.

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17 Take-aways from Summer PD

Ask a Tech Teacher

It was run like a flipped classroom where class members picked 60% of daily topics, then they read, tested and experimented. It was run like a flipped classroom where class members picked 60% of daily topics, then they read, tested and experimented. Failed and tried again. Asked questions.

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Why Blended Learning Fits Your Class, 3 Issues to Think About, and 5 Easy Ways to Begin

Ask a Tech Teacher

Blended learning occurs when an education program combines Internet-based media with traditional classroom methods. Students start with an assessment to determine where they are in their math learning and move forward from there. Digital books are aligned with state standards and Common Core. CK-12 Flexbooks.

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3D science product offers immersive learning

eSchool News

Gale Interactive: Science makes it easy for instructors to integrate 3D, digital content into the classroom that’s contextualized and mapped to the national science curriculum. It can be used for test prep, research or homework assignments (with flipped classrooms), or for in-class demonstrations.

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Top 100 Sites/Apps of 2014

Technology Tidbits

. * Otus - A fantastic and easy to use 1:1 learning solution for mobile classrooms (i.e Educators can manage/create student accounts, take attendance, grade, and assess students in real-time, and much much more. Booktrack Classroom - A excellent site/app for adding a soundtrack to student''s writing. iPads/Chromebooks).