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6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program

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They take evidence-based questions and look for information that will convince them which side is right. citizenship/ethics/etiquette. How can students behave correctly as they seek information? Use note-taking tools to collect and share information. how to digitize photos to use on phones/desktops/a slideshow.

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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. To students, knowing how to ‘compare and contrast’ sounds academic, not real world, but we teachers know most of life is choosing between options.

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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. Lesson slides!

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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. Original image by Andrea Hernandez Why have technology-rich writing? Writing is a huge piece of literacy.

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Kids become teachers: Helping out at a Senior Center

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develop and hone the ability to analyze, interpret, and synthesize information. develop language skills to present information. Discuss with students how this supports Common Core’s “Capacities for the Literate Individual”: Demonstrate independence. digitize photos to use on phones/desktops/slideshow.

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9 Good Collections of Videos for Education

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When I started teaching, videos were a rarity. Common practice was to assign a chapter to read in a textbook and then a worksheet to assess student knowledge. But the excuse I used, as did most of my colleagues, was: It takes too much time to find the right videos to support so many different personal demands. Check123 .

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In Love with Space? Here are Great Websites to Take You There

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Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6. This four-minute video discusses the sounds recorded by NASA spacecraft coming from our planet, Earth. Earthrise –the first time it’s recorded; a video. – See more at: [link].