The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 27, 2017

A Product Review by Vicki Davis From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I’ve found a tool that can help with inquiry-based learning, nonfiction reading, and meeting standards: Kids Discover Online. After students read, they can take a quick assessment about the topic.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

million education-oriented Pre-K through High School lesson plans, curricula, videos, classroom activities, assessments, books, bulletin board ideas, classroom decorations, interactive notebooks, task cards, Common Core resources, and more. It’s more like an Amway convention than an IBM shareholder meeting.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

A Next Generation Science Standards Aligned Lab Activity (FREE) From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This unit teaches about fire while meeting Next Generation Science Standards. Supplies and summaries of labs, including outcomes and assessment tips. This Guide includes: Rubrics.

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STEM Common Core Analysis Company 193

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

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. Twitter Chats worked best with larger groups.

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Digital Citizenship Personal Learning Network Twitter Gamification 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. The Tech-infused Class.

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Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Assessment Common Core 79

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2013

Earlier this year she experimented with using Twitter to foster creative thought. Meeting family obligations is more important than individual desires. A rubric as well as the Common Core Standards that are to be assessed can be found HERE. Well earlier this week Mrs. Westbrook was at it again.

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Social Media Common Core Personal Learning Network Groups 303

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

You want to meet new people. 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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Wiki Flipped Classroom Common Core Learning 152

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

In fact, it’s transformed 21st-century education, offering a normative tool for adapting to varied student needs, a scalable approach to differentiating for student learning styles, and a collaborative must-have with its vast offering of virtual meeting and storage options. Digital books are aligned with state standards and Common Core.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

Some had been teaching for thirty years and still enthusiastically embraced everything from twitter to the gamification of education. When the standard reading materials or watching a video didn’t work, we used other options to explain a prickly topic (like Twitter–that was an experience!). They were curious.

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Digital Citizenship Gamification Common Core Flipped Classroom 150

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Jacqui Murray on episode 235 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. Another one I really like is this 140-character novel in Twitter.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JULY 28, 2015

My edubuddy Tom Driscoll, master of mastery learning, shared some resources with me via Twitter. I want to work smarter, not harder, and not be like Alice falling down the rabbit hole learning a new and managing a new-to-me assessment platform. Hey @KtBkr4 , great post! I don't want another platform.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

For Common Core schools: How do they prepare students to succeed with online testing? End-of-year assessments of the Common Core grade-level standards are delivered online. How can parents track assessment such as grades, submitted classwork, and class behavior issues? This isn’t an uncommon concern.

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Technology Digital Citizenship Common Core iPad 150

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

APRIL 6, 2013

Progressive : students peer edit and self assess using guided structure provided by teacher Techie Traditional : teacher uses Google forms with the Autocrat , Doctopus , and Goobric scripts, as well as other online rubric tools to assess student work. The same subjective scoring can be used on student creative pieces.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Assessment Google 131

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 17, 2016

Department of Education will not penalize Nevada for failing to meet federal test-participation requirements , according to the Associated Press, after technical problems plagued the state’s administration of the Smarter Balanced test in the 2014-15 school year. Follow us on Twitter at @PoliticsK12.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @ mjgormans ). Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Contains formative learning and assessment opportunities. Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 25, 2015

The school uses various assessment practices to analyze student performance, target instruction, and provide students with feedback in order to increase student achievement and academic progress over time. What the school needs to improve. What are the teacher effectiveness ratings for this school?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 27, 2021

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki Personal Learning Network 382

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Blended Learning Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki 375

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2021

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki Personal Learning Network 370

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Before investigating these resources, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Lessons are aligned to Common Core Standards and explore real life questions. MARS – Classroom Challenges are lessons that support teachers in formative assessment.

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STEM Resources Learning OER 148

MSEDTechie

MARCH 12, 2014

Fake twitter feeds. Screencastomatic - Free online screencast Paul Bogush 15 assessments that don''t suck. This conference was packed with experts sharing their knowledge with cool and exciting ways to integrate technology in the classroom. I co-presented two workshops this year. Or pre annotate it.

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Conference Technology Poll Everywhere Common Core 45

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Teachers report that nurturing the whole child develop brings a spark back to teaching that is too often buried under an avalanche of paperwork, meetings, and frantic Sunday-night searches for lesson plans. They also tell me that it’s hard. They just need the right tools to make it happen.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2022

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Teach Writing with Tech. Certificate.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Personal Learning Network 293

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Appraise technology to support teaching and achieve Common Core Standards.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki Personal Learning Network 244

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In this three-week course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Certificate.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety Assessment 286

The Electric Educator

MARCH 16, 2018

Book report generator - Writing reflectively is a key component of the common core standards. Meeting Agenda Generator - For principals, department heads, and school administrators, organizing and running meetings is a lot of work. You can streamline the process of creating meeting agendas and minutes using Google Forms!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

If you want to follow those tweets, you can either track the conference hashtag #ticalsls14 or you can follow the Learning Revolution Twitter account at @learnrevproject. Rod Federwisch & Karen Goss Assessing and Developing Modern Language Fluency For Global Communication - Harry Tuttle, Ed.D.

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wwwatanabe

JULY 20, 2015

It can be used as an authentic assessment. Here are some of the Common Core Standards that digital storytelling and digital stories address: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6 6 Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. Is it compliant with FERPA , PPRA , and COPPA , and meet state legislation ?

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Common Core Wiki Assessment Social Media 40

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 11, 2021

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. Assessment is based on involvement, interaction with classmates, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Blended Learning Digital Citizenship Common Core Wiki 205

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2020

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. The Tech-infused Class.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 223

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2020

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Certificate.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 222

Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Technology Integration and the Common Core by Andrew Miller The CCSS call us to integrate technology in intentional and meaningful ways to have students meet rigorous standards. Examine the question, "How can I integrate technology to meet the CCSS?" Receive practical tips to implement your own PBL projects.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 7, 2015

As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @mjgormans ). Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. I wish you the very best as you go beyond the shine of new technology in your search for learning that really does meet the standards.(Please

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Reading By Example

APRIL 2, 2015

Educators can use this for saving lengthy meeting handouts. Formative assessment is easy to talk about, but harder to apply in the classroom. Canva is built to allow users to create visual posts for Facebook, Twitter, and blogs. Concepts covered are tied to the Common Core. Decide Now! CafForce Studio).

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Common Core iPhone eBook Learning 28

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS, and also give me a follow… on Twitter at mjgormans. As a member of Alan’s Team all year, it is a lot of fun to meet so many people from around the world at his summer conference in Boston. Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core.

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 6, 2020

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. Classmates will become the core of the teacher’s ongoing Personal Learning Network. Appraise technology to support teaching and achieve Common Core Standards.

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Blended Learning Wiki Common Core Digital Citizenship 224

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Write Source, IB, Common Core, or other popular language arts curricula. Everything is online.

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Blended Learning Common Core Wiki Digital Citizenship 187