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JANUARY 28, 2022
A nod from a top science magazine to the game many parents wish their kids had never heard of should catch the attention of teachers. This follows Common Sense Media’s seal of approval. Let’s evaluate the Common Core Reading Standards and their good fit with games: What Common Core Expects.
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MARCH 2, 2015
First Site Words (fee)–focuses on the core vocabulary your children will need throughout their lives. Kindle –read ebooks, newspapers, magazines, textbooks and PDFs on an easy-to-use interface. More reading resources: Common Core Reading lesson plans. Free Books –download any of our 23,469 classic books, and read.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
Sure we mouth that to our students and Common Core expects it in college- and career-ready students, but does that mean teachers too? Michael Hyatt who writes for business magazines like Forbes and Business Week has several suggestions I haven’t mentioned. It doesn’t stop with the teacher, either. Be a risk-taker.
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
JULY 20, 2017
A big shout out to EdTech Magazine for recognizing this blog on its 2017 Honor Roll. Check out this wonderful magazine for some great K12 educational articles, I will be presenting at Alan November’s BLC in Boston in July. Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core.
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NOVEMBER 5, 2019
It provides reading resources either uploaded by the teacher or selected from the platform’s library of thousands of fiction and nonfiction books (some free; some through Prime plans), Common Core-aligned lesson plans, videos, or simulations. These are filtered by topic, grade, length, reading level, keyword, or standards (i.e.,
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
AUGUST 20, 2014
We''re about to announce three additional conferences for 2015: Maker Education, Reinventing Higher Ed, and Digital Citizenship. Karen Cameron suggests broadening your selection of reading materials by including magazines, newspapers, comics, and more to create some more options for your young readers. See you there!
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 6, 2015
Knowing that, there are six Best Practices teachers in the trenches suggest for integrating technology into classroom instruction: Digital Citizenship. Many schools now provide digital devices for students, often a Chromebook or an iPad. If you’re looking for a curriculum on digital citizenship for K-8 , click the link.
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