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Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do

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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. In this section, also include all of your social media contacts.

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Pearson, PARCC Criticized for Monitoring Social Media for Test Security

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An alleged effort by New Jersey officials to monitor whether students were sharing information about common-core exams through social media has stirred controversy. Assessment Common Core Ed-tech Pearson Social Media assessment testdelivery'

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Posting PARCC exams on social media is copyright infringement

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One lawyer defends the practice of monitoring students on social media sites after high-stakes testing. A storm of criticism recently rained down on test publisher Pearson Education after the revelation that it regularly monitors social-media sites for public posts that contain secure content from standardized tests it publishes.

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Guest post: Caston Binger Explains How the Digital Revolution Has Transformed Education

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This includes online courses, lesson plans, and assessment tools. They can now send messages and files electronically and connect with students through social media. Additionally, social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram allow students to connect with other students and educators worldwide.

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Draw on Student Interests to Make the Common Core Work for You

Educator Innovator

This was originally posted at Common Sense Graphite. As the new school year begins, articles and resources dedicated to helping teachers develop curriculum and assessments aligned to the Common Core literacy standards are popping up everywhere. Tap into digital literacy and civic education skills at the same time!

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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

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These include awareness of what you post on social media, proper digital etiquette, and the need for digital security. Next Generation Assessments are recently new third-party tests such as PARCC and Smarter Balanced that use high level DOK questions to test students in Common Core standards and 21st century skills.

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2017 Teachers Pay Teachers’ July Conference — Overview

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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. Seminars I attended included: using social media to spread the word.