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What Happens When Technology Fails? 3 Work-Arounds

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What about when we ask students to use one of the gazillion available internet tools to communicate-collaborate-share-publish–those exciting Common Core words that are code for ‘technology-rich’ Now, when students don’t turn in homework, and I attempt to unravel what happened with questions like ‘Where did you save it?

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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Let’s evaluate the Common Core Reading Standards and their good fit with games: What Common Core Expects. I’m asking for exemplars of how Minecraft gamers used Common Core writing standards. You’ll put long hours in researching, studying, managing, and few will thank you.

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A new resource guide from Kiddom: Standards-based Grading for ELA and Social Studies

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English Language Arts and social studies standards are often tangled webs of both skills and content, not so easily separated. This guide clears common misconception and offers best practices. Click here for free download of Standards-Based Grading for ELA and Social Studies. Click here to book a PD Consult.

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9 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day

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Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library. encourage students to tape class presentations to replay later and/or study from. Even if it’s Minecraft.

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

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They choose what science their satellite will study, select the wavelengths, instruments, and optics that will be required, and then build! Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6. Age group: MS and HS. Overall rating: 5/5. Cost: Free.

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6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program

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As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. how to digitize photos to use on phones/desktops/a slideshow. How can students make sure what they find is reliable and trustworthy? establish and maintain a formal style.

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10 Space Websites That Will Launch Your Class Study

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Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6. They choose what science their satellite will study, select the wavelengths, instruments, and optics that will be required, and then build! The introductory music is mesmerizing. Age group: 2-8.

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