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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. Write an Ebook. The goal during the after school tech club time is that each student will publish their first ebook–or at least give it a good start. Educational links.

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English Common Core Mobile Activities ebook

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English Common Core Mobile Activities. I recently published English Common Core Mobile Activities ebook. Although the ebook is intended for grades 6-12, English teachers at both the elementary and the college level can easily adapt the activities. More than half the English activities are non-fiction.

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Kids become teachers: Helping out at a Senior Center

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Know what topics seniors would like to learn such as how to use iPads, how to send an email, how to digitally read using Kindle or iBooks, and more. Discuss with students how this supports Common Core’s “Capacities for the Literate Individual”: Demonstrate independence. read ebooks from an iPad or a phone app.

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

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the digital devices–computer or Chromebooks or iPads–won’t work on the Big Day. 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.

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33 Resources for Read Across America Day

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There is also a collection of 550,000 modern eBooks that may be borrowed by anyone with a free archive.org account. Many Books– Over 33,000 ebooks that can be browsed by language, author, title. . And finally, try these 5 apps for iPads: Action Words– learn action words with amazing pictures. Loyal Books. Berenstein Bears.

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English +Common Core +Mobile = Success (ISTE2014 Poster -details)

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Here are the ten examples I showed at my English + Common Core + Mobile ISTE 2014 Poster Session: Based on CCSS Anchor Statements: L.2 Although the ebook is intended for grades 6-12, teachers at both the elementary and the college level can easily adapt the activities. English Common Core Mobile Activities.

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39 Resources for Read Across America Day

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There is also a collection of 550,000 modern eBooks that may be borrowed by anyone with a free archive.org account. Many Books– Over 33,000 ebooks that can be browsed by language, author, title. . And finally, try these 25 apps for iPads: Action Words– learn action words with amazing pictures. Loyal Books.

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