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Cross Curricular Maker Education Activity That Addresses Common Core Standards

User Generated Education

It combines geometry concepts with a language arts activity while addressing several common core standards. Brief Description: Learners create a robot using geometric shapes and LEDs. They then compose a comic strip using Storyboard That which describes the geometric properties of their robot. Assessment.

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Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do

Ask a Tech Teacher

Discuss not just your years of experience, but the student groups you’ve taught, the philosophies you’ve followed (such as IB or Common Core), parent needs met, pedagogy you’ve rolled out, teacher groups you’ve led, and more. Also mention the add-ons you can use such as robotics, Arduino, or 3D printing. .

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MC Assessment = Meta Cognitive Assessment

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

Despite criticism, a traditional well-written multiple choice assessment can be a valid assessment tool ( I''m bracing for rebuttals ). The techniques outlined below can be used for formative and summative assessments. Students are assessed on a range of skills: comprehension, application, identification, etc.

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169 Tech Tip #127: 12 Tips on Hard-to-teach Classes

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are twelve ideas: Teach programming with Scratch, Alice, robotics, and Minecraft. These are like the games students love and teach important to Common Core standards as well as the demands of life. Assess knowledge, but remember: Assessment isn’t static —nor is it ‘bad’. Category: Differentiation.

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How one innovative school district has closed gaps on harder Common Core tests

The Hechinger Report

The results from those new Common Core tests – designed explicitly to look for the skills kids need in college, namely critical thinking, problem solving and analytical writing skills – have been held up as proof of the persistence of deep-seated disparities in the education provided to poor students and children of color.

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Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do

Ask a Tech Teacher

Discuss not just your years of experience, but the student groups you’ve taught, the philosophies you’ve followed (such as IB or Common Core), parent needs met, pedagogy you’ve rolled out, teacher groups you’ve led, and more. Also mention the add-ons you can use such as robotics, Arduino, or 3D printing. .

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#XQLive Brought to You By @XQAmerica - Thoughts from an Innovative Educator

The Innovative Educator

They are supporting students in learning coding, robotics, engineering, making, 3D printing, VR, AR and more. Where do those things fit in, in a culture of a common core and standard assessments? We need to rethink one-size-fits all assessments. We often disregard student voice.