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Subscriber Special: K-5 New Teacher Survival Kit

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It includes K-5 tech curriculum (including problem solving, productivity software, critical thinking, share/publish, mouse skills, image editing, Google Earth, Photoshop, web tools, and more), keyboarding and digital citizenship curricula, classroom posters, pedagogic articles on tech ed topics, tips and tricks, and more.

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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If the teacher wants to use games to learn history, Minecraft won’t throw students into a fully fleshed simulation of the American Revolution. Of course, I provide guidelines. The real reason we read is to learn, experience new adventures, find out what’s over the next horizon. Players have one goal: To survive.

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Websites for Hour of Code by Grade

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Grade-levels below are guidelines. Before starting, review the digital citizenship associated with visiting an online site (such as privacy, staying on the assigned website, and not talking to strangers). Besides Math Standards, Alice supports these Common Core writing skills: 8.3a Kindergarten — Human Robot.

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

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Study.com (formerly called Education-Portal) is a distance learning portal that provides over 70,000 lessons in fifteen subjects (including algebra, calculus, physics, chemistry, macro- and microeconomics, and more) aligned with popular textbooks. Provide students with self-paced, student-driven learning. Things to know.

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Is the Socratic Method Right for Your Class?

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Through this process, with subtle guidance from the instructor, students learn to teach themselves. As the teacher, you won’t be either the “sage on the stage” or “guide on the side” You are part of a learning group.You pose well-structured, open-ended questions and then expect students to lead the 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. How much classwork depends upon a digital device? This isn’t an uncommon concern.

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Website Review: Prodigy Game

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Here are guidelines, culled from top education sites like Edutopia, Google Education, Educational Technology, and EdWeek that are valuable when evaluating any website: free or small fee. intuitive to use with a short learning curve. aligned with Blooms Taxonomy, Common Core, ISTE, or other state/national/international standards.