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How to use digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom

Hapara

. “Interactive Middle School Math 7” This middle school math online textbook aligns to the Common Core State Standards. It includes interactive media, such as videos, and hands-on activities that are also interactive. The textbook starts with the digital world and asks learners to analyze social media and rhetoric.

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Technofy Your Vocabulary Instruction from Shaelynn Farnsworth

EdTechTeacher

It is also a part of the Common Core State Standards, based off of the work of Isabel Beck. Learning of words happens incidentally and from all types of contexts; in school, out of school, from communication and conversations, television, social media, and music. All learning is based in language! Instruction.

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Curating Content with @appoLearning

The Web20Classroom

Simply type in the search term on appoLearning, or browse by subject, grade-level, device and Common Core Standard, to find a list of vetted resources. Each collection has its own unique URL that can be shared via email, messaging, or any social media channel.

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What Makes a Good Edtech Tool Great?

Edsurge

The boom and bust of Common Core standards have left their mark, just as new concerns over media literacy and privacy are doing currently. As a director for Common Sense Education , I’ve enjoyed something of a ringside seat, having edited close to 1,000 edtech reviews written by expert educators. and guided demo approach.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching. The incident, she added, had also made her aware that “Pearson is monitoring all social media during PARCC testing.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Washington Post : “ School offers ‘incentives’ to get kids to take Common Core standardized test.” “When Social Media Assignments Increase Risks for Vulnerable Students” by Monica Bulger and Jade E. Robots hate the Common Core. ” asks Graham Attwell.