Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Click on any of the titles below to read our full review of the tool's classroom potential. What's more, many of these reviews also include a link to our privacy evaluations -- before choosing any tool for your classroom, be sure to check them out. Unlimited Books for Kids. Google Classroom. Flocabulary.

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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. Provide video evidence of class activities in a flipped classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

It was run like a flipped classroom where class members picked 60% of daily topics, then they read, tested and experimented. Many teachers noted that it was as important to them to validate their approach to teaching technology in their classroom as it was to extend their learning. ” Want a student’s perspective?

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Digital Citizenship Gamification Common Core Flipped Classroom 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

The Tech-infused Classroom. 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. The Differentiated Teacher.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 8, 2014

Every excuse in the book was at our disposal not to change and continue down the same path year after year. Flipped classroom and instructional model implemented in 2012. Image credit: [link] For so long schools have resembled a hamster running on a wheel doing the same things over and over to improve sets of numbers.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. The posts generate ideas on how these concepts just might fit in the classroom and/or provide some driving/guiding questions. Lessons are aligned to Common Core Standards and explore real life questions.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Click on any of the titles below to read our full review of the tool's classroom potential. What's more, many of these reviews also include a link to our privacy evaluations -- before choosing any tool for your classroom, be sure to check them out. Unlimited Books for Kids. Google Classroom. Flocabulary.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Classroom Assessment Exercises 40

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Click on any of the titles below to read our full review of the tool's classroom potential. What's more, many of these reviews also include a link to our privacy evaluations -- before choosing any tool for your classroom, be sure to check them out. Unlimited Books for Kids. Google Classroom. Flocabulary.

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Khan Academy Classroom Assessment Exercises 40

Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Otus - A fantastic and easy to use 1:1 learning solution for mobile classrooms (i.e Gooru - A great place for students to find study guides on a wide range of subjects that are aligned to Common Core Standards and ideal for personalized learning. Also, a nice place to find Common Core aligned lesson plans.

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Game-Based Learning Common Core iPad Mobility 74

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 17, 2015

Booking Info – Time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full. The result is an amazing K12 STEM video online to be used in the classroom. As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @ mjgormans ).

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STEM Resources Common Core Flipped Classroom 60

Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

ELA AND ELL A+ Tools for K-5 Common Core Reading Comprehension. Learn how to use digital creation tools like Shadow Puppet Edu, Kid In Story Book Maker, and Toontastic to encourage social storytelling. . MATH Awesome Digital Tools for K-8 Common Core Math. But what games are good for classrooms?

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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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. I am now just about booked through the end of February and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. This is a must have tool for those educators trying to bring differentiated instruction into their classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings Conversations Updates "Reinventing the Classroom" Starts Wednesday Evening! Reinventing the Classroom" Call for Volunteers. Saturday, May 3rd at 12pm Classroom 2.0 LIVE Weekly Show , Classroom 2.0 No problem!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Our classroom curriculum, professional development trainings, and afterschool programs empower teachers and enable students to develop skills in global competency, critical thinking, collaboration, communication, digital literacy, and leadership. Again the focus is on how ed tech can help with addressing the challenges of the Common Core.

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Libraries Common Core Conference Learning 59

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Actively Learn is a freemium online education platform that allows students to read a book (or some other document), make comments, answer questions posed by the teacher, and even collaborate with others. In fact, Actively Learn integrates fully with Canvas, Google Drive, and Google Classroom. How do you get started.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2016

Well, at least in the classroom. 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 Digital Citizenship 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2015

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends…”. ? how to read a book. Not a surprise, Statistic Brain says 80% of adults did not buy a single book in the past year ( Pew reports it as 77%). It alleviates boredom in the bits of free time that pop up between soccer and dinner and it can be done alone or in a group.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2015

Well, at least in the classroom. 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.

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Wiki Flipped Classroom Common Core Digital Citizenship 150

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

However: “Increasing student opportunities to engage with technology — such as teachers using flipped classroom strategies, a school computer lab, and computers using digital curriculum in the classroom – are all steps in the right direction, but don’t meet the full potential of blended learning.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. SHEG also offers two other fabulous portals filled with resources to help classroom teachers and teacher librarians inquiry and historical analysis. You can now find out. But wait, there’s more! .

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

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. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds.

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