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Observing the Common Core Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

Educators across the country are grappling with the Common Core Standards and the significant changes that have come with them. How do administrators tasked with observing teachers know what they are looking for in a Common Core classroom? How have you prepared to observe the Common Core Classroom?

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Global Competencies and the Common Core

A Principal's Reflections

I attended a session at the 2012 ASCD Annual Conference early on Saturday morning entitled Common Core and Curriculum 21: Global Competency in Literacy, Math, and Science. The presenter discussed how many elements of the 21st Century Skills movement influenced the development of the Common Core Standards.

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Subscriber Special: More MLK

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Designed for grades 4-7, it’s aligned with Common Core and ISTE Standards. . Common Core and ISTE alignment. Common Core and ISTE alignment. Free PDF download (available only until Jan. Before downloading the lesson plans, please subscribe to Ask a Tech Teacher using the sidebar enrollment.

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Subscriber Special: 2 Free Martin Luther King Day Lesson Plans

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Designed for grades 4-7, it’s aligned with Common Core and ISTE Standards. . Common Core and ISTE alignment. Common Core and ISTE alignment. Free PDF download (available only until Jan. Before downloading the lesson plans, please subscribe to Ask a Tech Teacher using the sidebar enrollment.

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Core Tech for Learning with ELA Common Core #ISTE2014

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One of the #ISTE2014 sessions I attended was "Core technologies for the Common Core" by Kyle Brumbaugh and Elizabeth Calhoon. They had a great introduction to the Common Core and a plethora of helpful tools. Final thoughts There are many resources available for learning the ELA standards. Common Core ISTE'

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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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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 .