Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

We were thrilled to catch up with long-time users of Common Sense resources as well as introduce our work to many more of you. In the Common Sense Education meeting rooms, we offered two full days of 15-minute lightning sessions. ELA AND ELL A+ Tools for K-5 Common Core Reading Comprehension.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

In this post I would like to share some of my favorite resource finds of the past year. Reflecting on 2015… Ten Resources I Found Valuable (This is just a small listing of ten…. At the Right Question Institute one can find some amazing resources that scaffold the inquiry process, allowing students to take ownership of inquiry.

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eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2016

Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, has launched Gale Interactive: Science , a new digital science resource available now for schools. 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.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Bottom line: A well-planned, -produced, and -curated set of free resources bound to get kids hooked on learning to code. Feature-rich literacy resource offers superb support for readers. Target skills and differentiate with dynamic practice and assessments. Brief bursts of physical exercise add classroom fun, build brainpower.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Multimedia production with apps such as Screencastify and GreenScreen by Do Ink, for demonstrating student learning and flipping my classroom. Formative assessment tools like Padlet , Socrative , Quizizz , and Kahoot! Design thinking for stimulating creative problem solving. I expect you’re doing a double-take. But I’m serious.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Popular games, big names get kids and teachers pumped to program Bottom line: A well-planned, -produced, and -curated set of free resources bound to get kids hooked on learning to code. Mindful teachers will find it a valuable resource to promote skills mastery through practice. Unlimited Books for Kids. Khan Academy.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Popular games, big names get kids and teachers pumped to program Bottom line: A well-planned, -produced, and -curated set of free resources bound to get kids hooked on learning to code. Mindful teachers will find it a valuable resource to promote skills mastery through practice. Unlimited Books for Kids. Khan Academy.

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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 2, 2014

Answer Pad - A fantastic Student Response and Assessment System that uses an innovative graphical interface to help turn a teacher''s classroom paperless (by doing testing on mobile devices) and assess students on any number of subjects in real-time using a free mobile app w/ digital portfolio capabilities. Top 40 Web 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Rod Federwisch & Karen Goss Assessing and Developing Modern Language Fluency For Global Communication - Harry Tuttle, Ed.D. Reed 11:00am Making a Better World: Digital Citizenship Resources for K-12 - Kelly Mendoza, Sr. Manager of Professional Development Retention via Virtual Classroom Enhancement - Nancy A. Johnson, M.A.E.,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Quickly, it is becoming the close reading tool of choice for teachers because of its ease of use, differentiation of needs, depth of tools, and variety of resources. These nicely replace the quick formative assessments that are currently so popular (and time-consuming) in classes. More reading resources. What is Actively Learn.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

The Christensen Institute clarifies that “the Rotation model includes four sub-models: Station Rotation, Lab Rotation, Flipped Classroom, and Individual Rotation.” Learning expressly through online courses and related digital resources. Flipped Classroom. Common Core) for individual students.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

Wednesday, April 30th at 4pm Free BrainPOP Webinar: ELLs and the Common Core , Are you an ESL teacher struggling to address the Common Core? While their classroom has a traditional syllabus, the flipped learning method encourages them to work ahead by exploring resources outside of the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2016

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. Digital portfolios—via wikis.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2015

A secondary focus (but of significant interest with students 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 time for. Also, teachers will embed web tools (i.e.,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2015

This wide variety of games and assessments allow for differentiation in learning styles and is helpful for children who do better with alternative methods. Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6. – See more at: [link]. Conclusion.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

To supplement in-person support offered during class and lunch periods, I published a simple Google site to house my lessons, assessments, and other resources. I stepped up my game by adding even more videos and assessment exercises to my class website, mining resources from IXL and CK-12.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 15, 2016

I hope this will help you navigate your way to a successful game-­based classroom and promote collaboration among teachers using Minecraft all around the world! Does not assess Level 3 and 4 DoK skills. Flipped classroom lessons. ​A Great way to develop Level 1 and 2 Depth of Knowledge (DoK) skills. Challenges.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Stella Maris Berdaxagar Connecting Students to Language and Culture through a Culture Cafe - Dr. Thomas Moncrief Flipped Classroom para la asignatura Informática - Mrs Silvana Salica ¿Informática sin computadoras? Pedro Néstor Ibáñez Lic.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. They recorded school resource officers.

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