User Generated Education

MARCH 31, 2019

I have the privilege of teaching my gifted elementary students for multiple years. I’ve blogged about the value of interdisciplinary units before – All Lessons Should Be Interdisciplinary [link]. Common Core Math Standards: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.G.B.4. Pi Day Activities. Making and Decorating Pies.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Age group: Middle school. Age group: Middle School. The site includes Common Core Math Standards addressed with play. Age group: High school. With this free real-time streaming stock market game, students set up accounts or join an existing group. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Blog post: English Learners in Chula Vista Schools Erase Achievement Gap in Math with Innovative Curriculum.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey. Source: Levered.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2016

These include (rephrased from Common Core Writing Standards): dig deeply into subjects of interest to achieve better understanding and to build knowledge. Elementary-High School. At this point, students write one installment of their serialized novel each week (maybe during class) and then publish it to their blog.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2016

With Common Core’s emphasis on understanding and explaining tasks, screencasts are a great way for both students and teachers to share the required steps in completing a math problem, collaborate on close reading, or pursue any other literacy activity. Educreations is best suited for any age group and is designed for iPads.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Many of those same qualities are goals of the Common Core State Standards. Idea Generation: Learners, typically working in small groups, generate lots of ideas and questions to ask to solve the design thinking problem or challenge. This design can be pitched to another group for constructive feedback.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Programs are geared to the particular learning of Elementary and Middle School, and Middle and High School with games and lessons aligned to state and national standards like Common Core, TEKS and MAFS. There are about 118 games, sorted by age group (grades 3-5, 6-8, and high school) and subject, including: Algebra Four.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Read our blog to learn about our research, as well as approaches that help students get the most out of their online practice. Study Island New Game-Based Group Sessions. This video explains how to bring excitement to classroom test prep, and engage your students in a live quiz game with Study Island’s new group sessions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 24, 2017

Started in Australia and now popular in the US, it is available in English and Spanish and aligned with both Common Core State Standards and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. Math Books for Elementary Grades. Origo Education’s award-winning Stepping Stones 2.0

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 16, 2020

Core Subject Resources ELA Tools Aligned to Common Core Standards : Find tools for a range of learning needs, from phonics, grammar, and vocabulary to advanced skills textual analysis and supporting arguments with evidence.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

That’s right out of Common Core writing standards. I’ve never seen a group of students who didn’t get fully involved in the taping (and sometimes fully distracted). Collaborate with a group. For every job a student doesn’t feel prepared for, there’s a group member who does.

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ExcelinEd

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The reform efforts included a state-funded commitment to a pre-kindergarten pilot program, a comprehensive reading policy featuring a promotion/retention component at third grade, and a required assessment of the knowledge and skills needed to teach the science of reading for aspiring elementary teachers. Read the full article.

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User Generated Education

JULY 5, 2018

An example is Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach’s program, Novel Engineering: Novel Engineering is an innovative approach to integrate engineering and literacy in elementary and middle school. Group Discussion About the Learning Challenge. Submitted to a Blog. Hands-On Demonstration: _.

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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. You meet with your critique group to go over it, and you can do that virtually on Google Hangouts or Skype. Jacqui: You know, I’m a real fan of blogging. Tip #5: Blogging.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

A conversation with Jon Corippo on episode 92 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Jon’s core PL skills are focused on 1:1 deployment, Common Core, Project Based Learning, social media skills and Lesson Design. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes.

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EdTech Tools Twitter Professional Learning 378

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2015

a series of symbols, used synonymously as text and grouped to imply or prompt the multimedia in the games and programs that happen on computers, websites, and mobile apps. sequencing–knowing what happens when; mentioned in Common Core standards for grades 1 through 5. Kodable now offers a curriculum for elementary school.

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N2Y

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Early elementary school teachers commonly use lines, circles, or other basic shapes to represent quantities to be combined when teaching addition. Middle elementary school teachers typically introduce the concept of multiplication with arrays and equal groups. To many, the use of visuals is an elementary school practice.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In addition, teachers can also use Seesaw to create a class blog, communicate with students and families, create and curate activities from a robust and ever-growing library, and assess student work via digital portfolios. This overview video about Seesaw blogs gets into the various hows and whys of using the feature.

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MIND Research Institute

APRIL 22, 2021

Before joining MIND, I was an elementary special education teacher. During my teaching days, I taught a mix of inclusion, which means I split my time between co-teaching with a general education teacher in their classroom and a resource room where I provided hands-on instruction to small groups of kids. Further Reading.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

In today’s blog post I am sharing with you this handy collection of best vocabulary apps for students that I carefully curated based on my long standing experience as both language teacher and EdTech blogger. Aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Vocabulary Prep is an excellent tool for educators and students alike.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 19, 2017

With the Common Core, state testing, interventions, and all else that goes on in the elementary day, how would I find time for my students to investigate and inquire into their interests? Leah Burke has been teaching elementary school for 8 years and currently teaches 4th grade in Westlake, Ohio.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Prior to CueThink, Sheela was Project Director at Pearson Education, focusing on technologically innovative assessment items based on Common Core State Standards. As Founder and CEO, Sheela has been instrumental in securing $4+M from National Science Foundation, NewSchools Venture Fund, MassVentures and angel investors.

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Instructional Materials Professional Learning Pearson Common Core 71

wwwatanabe

MARCH 15, 2012

This was our first year with iPads in the elementary classrooms, purchased with Title funding. Using the iPad with Common Core & 21st Century thinking There''s an app that I found called Painting with Time , where you look at the same thing over increments of time.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 24, 2017

With the Common Core State Standards launching in 2009 and textbook publishers having to recreate their curriculums, many districts were left with their teachers having to come up with their own curriculum that met the new state standards. Ann-Marie Skaggs has been teaching elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2005.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Elementary teacher Michael Matera has students enter the realm of nobles (see video below) as his students join teams as part of learning in a not so bloody or violent Game of Thrones type approach. One group wanted to learn about oligarchies and said they could share what they were learning by building a capital city in Minecraft.

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 14, 2017

Below is a blog that is reposted from AJ, and is great for those schools already using Genius Hour, or those looking to dive in. The largest active group is the Genius Hour teachers (inspired by Daniel Pink) who have #geniushour chats, a big resource at GeniusHour.com, and a great Genius Hour wiki.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 23, 2015

At Dayton Hall Elementary School in Charleston, South Carolina, kindergarten teacher and Apple Distinguished Educator, Kristi Meeuwse, chose to pilot Tangible Play by Osmo because it is hands on and manipulative in nature. Have your elementary language arts class play with Osmo for twenty minutes on a Friday. Project Based Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 31, 2017

A conversation with Greetzel Mojica on episode 88 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I am a 6th-grade teacher at Crestmore Elementary school in the Colton Joint Unified School District, in Southern California. Full Bio As Submitted. Greetzel Mojica.

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wwwatanabe

AUGUST 15, 2013

It takes place through conversations, classes, Twitter chats , workshops, blogging, book studies, challenges, team meetings, etc. Great amounts of learning comes from my PLN through: Blogging Twitter -- and Twitter Chats. Diigo Groups Final thoughts Learning takes place daily when your mind is open to it. and I loved it!

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Due to the project’s cross disciplinary nature, standards were addressed from several disciplines: Common Core State Standards – ELA. There were 2 to 4 students per group, so they collaborated on their stories using Google Docs. Individual groups selected a combination of the following artifacts: micro:bit Characters.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

That’s newspapers, evening news, and anything considered ‘mainstream media’ They prefer blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. They search based on subject matter, video topic, Common Core or state standard, or simply browse a list of videos. Students 9-13 may prefer the younger-oriented, Fact Monster.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 7, 2016

HHMI BioInteractive – It really is through innovative science education programs that HHMI seeks to strengthen education in biology,and related sciences from elementary school to graduate studies and beyond. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is provided free of charge.

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MindShift

JUNE 24, 2015

When Susan Wolfe, an elementary school teacher in Boise, Idaho, asks her class the qualities of a good student, kids often list things like: taking responsibility for themselves, doing homework, being good communicators. For example, a group of students wanted to be outside more, so they decided to build an outdoor classroom.

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

Unique Features: Julia Cope, third-grade teacher at Bonita Elementary in Newman-Crows Landing USD, values the variety of reports for both teachers and parents. NWEA’S MAP GROWTH ( nwea.org ) Jenny Lynn Hatter, Chief Academic Officer of Harrison County Schools, reading to elementary students. I love Stride and so do my students.”

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 4, 2016

Below is a blog that is reposted from his blog and is great for those schools already using Genius Hour, or those looking to dive in. The largest active group is the Genius Hour teachers (inspired by Daniel Pink) who have #geniushour chats, a big resource at GeniusHour.com, and a great Genius Hour wiki.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 14, 2022

Because my learners are elementary age, they don’t (or shouldn’t) have their own Instagram account. The blog post, Fake Instagram Template with Google Slides (FREE) , describes the process for doing this. I use the blog platform, FanSchool (formally Kidblogs) to have them do so. Common Core State Standards – ELA.

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