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What Happens When Technology Fails? 3 Work-Arounds

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Hours of preparation wasted because no one could get far enough to learn a d thing. For example, install three browsers on your computer so if Firefox won’t work, Chrome will. Sure we mouth that to our students and Common Core expects it in college- and career-ready students, but does that mean teachers too?

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Writing 2.0: Technology-Rich Approach to Common Core Writing

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Therefore, every classroom must teach digital literacy as part of literacy, and not something separate. Common Core writing requires students to create and publish writing online, and to interact and collaborate with others. We shared a plethora of ideas and examples of technology-rich writing in the presentation below.

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New Digital Citizenship Lessons for Your Classroom

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Students need digital citizenship skills to participate fully in their communities and make smart choices online and in life. Common Sense Education's K–12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum prepares students to think critically and use technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.

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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

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Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning. It’s called Game Based Learning (GBL). Good example of GBL: SplashLearn .

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6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program

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Perspective taking’ is an important skill to learn. As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. Write a paragraph of at least five lines on why this topic is important to learn. Tech in Service Learning.

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How to Compare and Contrast Authentically

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Common Core Standards recognize the importance of this skill by addressing it in over 29 Standards, at every grade level from Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade. It starts with a change in mindset: You aren’t teaching a tech tool, you’re teaching its application to learning.

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Tech Ed Resources for Your Classroom: Survival Kits

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All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.