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Vivid Vocabulary, Common Core, & Tech Integration Tools

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With the shifts of the Common Core , students need to spend time learning both Tier 2 and Tier 3 words in a variety of ways. By interacting with vocabulary, students absorb the word''s meaning and learn to appropriately use it in a variety of contexts ( Common Core Appendix A ). Lingro is an online dictionary.

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Last Chance for this College-credit Tech-for-writing Class

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Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Common Core, or the basic who-what-when-where-why. Course Objectives.

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The best BYOD tech tools for the Common Core classroom

eSchool News

With just 4 categories and less than a dozen tools, educators can hit a lot of Common Core standards. I then provided four tool types that we would introduce to her students over the course of the semester. Having worked with this teacher for many years, I had always considered her a technology pioneer.

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Last Chance for this College-credit Class

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Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Common Core, or the basic who-what-when-where-why. Course Objectives.

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Study.com Makes the College Dream a Reality for Lots of Students

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The engaging video summaries of textbook material provide access to more than a thousand full-length college courses. Each course has about a hundred videos, each 5-10 minutes in length. They can be uploaded to Google Classroom, Schoology, Blackboard, and a selection of other LMSs. Great stuff. Things to know.

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25 Ways to use Google Forms in the Classroom (with examples!)

The Electric Educator

Google Forms is one of my favorite classroom tools. But here's the deal - most teachers aren't taking full advantage of what Google Forms has to offer! Here are 25 different ways you can use Google Forms in your Classroom - with an example for each! These documents are named, organized, and accessible in Google Drive.

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Fun Assessment for Silent Sustained Reading

Catlin Tucker

Sans the wine, of course.) I’ve also included a link to a Google document with a detailed explanation of the assignment for any teacher interested in using it! Click here to view the Google Document with the detailed explanation for this assignment. Interested in technology tips to help you teach the Common Core?