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10 Ways Any Teacher Can (and Should) Use Technology

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Common Core tells us: New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. Twitter blasts to remind students of due dates. Try these ten tech uses. You can use Google Forms or the Google calendar.

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Hour of Code? Here’s why to participate

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It feels like: When it should feel like: Coding is a great tie-in to Common Core Math Standards. Comments are closed but feel free to contact me via Twitter (@askatechteacher). CSEdWeek #hourofcode #hoc #edtech. Coding is that mystical geeky subject that confounds students and teachers alike.

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EdmodoCon 2013 Guest Post #7: L. Neumann from SWEDEN!

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I have started to get my head around the British school system and think I might understand what the Common Core is, and Stibaly Johnson’s talk about how to use Edmodo definitely inspired me anyway. But then I was just slightly curious about the Digital Citizenship talk, and got stuck in the interesting discussion.

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What parents should ask teachers about technology

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Who teaches digital citizenship? . Teach digital citizenship is easily done either through dedicated platforms like Common Sense Media and Netsmartz , or a full-blown curriculum like this one from Structured Learning. For Common Core schools: How do they prepare students to succeed with online testing?

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If We Could Write 10,000 Words.

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

While the Common Core Curriculum Standards are supposed to provide English teachers with a common core of skills and texts, English classes are not standardized because the scope is too broad. Students have access to writing in forms that were not available to me way back when: Facebook, Twitter, blogging, email, etc.

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The 8 Edtech Questions Every Parent Should Ask Schools This Year

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Edtech has created learning opportunities for kids to gain valuable experiences through a teaching style that speaks their language as digital learners. Most were striking it down, and calling for an end to Common Core, because in their opinion, it excludes the “basics.” Is technology a top priority?

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Writing about Grading Writing (Again)

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

BIG HUGE THANKS to Cheryl , Karl , Troy & all the Twitter peeps ( Again & AGAIN ) for walking me through creating this process, and the creator of the Autocrat script, Andrew Stillman , for answering my gazillion questions.