Neo LMS

APRIL 12, 2018

There are differing opinions as to the usefulness, as well as wisdom, of teaching very young students with digital technology. In my previous blog on the subject , we explored some of the better online resources for the elementary school teacher hoping to blend their elementary school classroom. Why is that, indeed?

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

He feels like he’s given increasingly less leeway in how to implement the curricula he receives from his district, even when students are not fully understanding key concepts. That’s led to a growing interest in changing how it’s done, with political fights over how to shake things up and large investments into improving math curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

USATestprep is standards-aligned teacher-directed test preparation for elementary through high school. It addresses not only graduation tests like SAT and ACT but subject area summative tests and end-of-grade assessments for states, Common Core and more (including PARCC). How NOT to Assess Student Writing. USATest prep.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 19, 2014

BoomWriter is an award-winning educational technology resource that is free for teachers and allows their students to create, share, and even publish stories and other original content. BoomWriter uses a simple process but with a technology twist. BoomWriter uses a simple process but with a technology twist.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 16, 2020

This leaves teachers and schools scrambling to figure out how to keep kids learning at home during this time. So many variables will determine your specific needs -- from your students' ages and access to technology, to the goals and expectations your school district has outlined for you.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

The results from those new Common Core tests – designed explicitly to look for the skills kids need in college, namely critical thinking, problem solving and analytical writing skills – have been held up as proof of the persistence of deep-seated disparities in the education provided to poor students and children of color.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 12, 2016

How to Interest the Next Generation of Great Minds to Work in STEM Fields. How to Teach Students to Solve Problems. Math Books for Elementary Grades. Lesson plans about math and tech: How to Achieve Common Core with Tech: the Math Strand. How to Use Khan Academy (free lesson plan).

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Khan Academy Common Core Digital Citizenship Robotics 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2020

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Age group: Upper elementary. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Hands-on Banking.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 29, 2022

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-your-own adventure (kind of) role playing. It also includes a teacher’s guide, a series of lesson plans, and the Common Core standards addressed.

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Education with Technology

JUNE 25, 2014

In my ISTE Sunday 8-10 am poster session, I demonstrate many diverse mobile activities to help students achieve the English Language Arts Common Core Anchor Statements through mobile devices. The mobile activities focus on free common tool apps that are available on both the Android and the iPad.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Piedmont Elementary in Alabama, we decided to finally try it. Common Core math standards and Next Generation Science Standards were being implemented, and subjects were becoming more interconnected. Technology was also providing a surplus of real-time data we still weren’t sure how to best use. Last year at.

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How To Differentiated Instruction Common Core Groups 133

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey. Source: Levered.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey. Request a demo of Levered's System.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. It’s how we recruit, how we use resources, how we conduct business in the district.”. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. BERWYN, Ill. —

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 10, 2016

C-STEM Studio is a California A-G approved curriculum and turn-key solution for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics through computing and robotics. This web-based scalable program is available for elementary through high school students and can last anywhere from four weeks to a year. why bother. Why Bother.

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Robotics STEM Common Core Software 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 24, 2017

Started in Australia and now popular in the US, it is available in English and Spanish and aligned with both Common Core State Standards and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. How to use Stepping Stones. Math Books for Elementary Grades. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 20 years.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. Rich started his teaching career as an elementary school teacher in the Seattle area. As he moved around into different grade levels and roles, Rich discovered his passion for using technology to teach.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2015

Most elementary age kids I know love math, but that changes when they matriculate to middle school. To turn those numbers around, parents and teachers alike are looking to technology. Content aligns with Common Core, state standards and classroom instruction. And that opinion doesn’t improve in high school.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Some makerspace activities may be focusing on how to use the resources available and may not be connecting the activities to the curriculum or around a real world problem. Many of those same qualities are goals of the Common Core State Standards. This is especially relevant given all that technology and online tools provide.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Being raised in a bilingual Finnish/English home and having attended elementary school in Finland for several months at a time, I chose to apply to teaching positions in my mother’s native country of Finland. In 2003-2004, I taught a first grade English immersion classroom for the City of Espoo’s Jalavapuisto elementary school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

How do you decide what is best for your class? Here are guidelines, culled from top education sites like Edutopia, Google Education, Educational Technology, and EdWeek that are valuable when evaluating any website: free or small fee. aligned with Blooms Taxonomy, Common Core, ISTE, or other state/national/international standards.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The games are organized by subject and grade level and some of them are aligned to Common Core Standards. The games are organized by subject and grade level and some of them are aligned to Common Core Standards. However, Kids might need some guidance from teachers or parents on how to locate games.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Highlights include how to create a positive school culture around testing, the best ways to partner with parents and suggestions for utilizing available funding. This video explains how to bring excitement to classroom test prep, and engage your students in a live quiz game with Study Island’s new group sessions.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 5, 2014

Using a blog hits many important curriculum areas, such as differentiating instruction as well as meeting many Common Core Standards (see here & here for examples). Many teachers use the blogs for such things as an outlet for student free-writes. These blogs are tied to restricted @ps10.org

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 17, 2015

Technology has become the great equalizer, providing students of all skill levels the tools needed to fully participate in school. Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6. Don’t expect to intuit how to use it. Insider tips.

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User Generated Education

JULY 5, 2018

We need to work to show how making is a rigorous process that leads to valuable new technologies, products and experiences. What may look like an arts and crafts activity, or just a bunch of kids playing with Legos, is actually a way to teach about ancient Rome or how to write a persuasive essay. ( [link] ).

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

It’s how we recruit, how we use resources, how we conduct business in the district.”. This connected closely to the common core mandate that children learn to discuss their thinking about math problems, and to approach problem-solving in a variety of ways, rather than simply producing the correct answer.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology as a #GoOpen ambassador for his use of open educational resources. These experiences—or rather, the “collision of human learning and computers,” as he describes it—inspired him to pursue a career in education technology. Technology can be a great equalizer.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

That’s right out of Common Core writing standards. Students see so many slideshows in their classes, they no longer include the wow factor felt in elementary school. How to Teach a Tech Lesson–the Movie. How do I assess a project like Movie Maker? How to Make a Student-centered Video. More on videos.

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iLearn Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2014

How to integrate Prodigy into your classroom: Prodigy is aligned to the Common Core Math standards and has over 300 math skills for students to master. Because Prodigy is aligned to the Common Core, it is easy to navigate. Curious about how we use technology at Anastasis? Registration is now open!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2017

From upper elementary to 12th grade, students are unable to resist standing up, moving around the room, and even cheering at the results. A common tool seen in the world language and social studies classrooms at my school is Quizlet Live. Here are a few tools to consider using in the process.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. In January, adults could attend two 30-minute workshops on everything from how to set limits to understanding trauma — topics the parents had suggested themselves. “I LOVELAND, Colo.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 19, 2017

As a teacher, I knew all about project based learning and how rewarding it could be for students, but I struggled to imagine how I would make it work in my 4th grade classroom. One of the assignments we were tasked with during the cohort was getting our students involved in redesigning a portion of our classroom.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Embedded professional learning and collaboration: It’s not enough for the application to tell teachers how it works; the more effective ones explain how to integrate the application into the classroom and offer insights into how the tasks meet academic goals. Sara Delano Moore, Ph.D.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Trevor: Yeah, you know, for instance… Kind of as the exposition to the story for one project we did in my room, I brought in a refugee who shared her whole experience of coming to America from Rwanda, experiencing all the technological difficulties of adjusting here. We need a Monday pep talk about how to make our classrooms more epic.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Authored by nonprofit Illustrative Mathematics, the curriculum covers Common Core standards for grades 6-8 math. There was some hesitation because if you’re not comfortable using technology, it’s like ‘How do I use a new curriculum and new technology?’ Corrine Williams. says Williams. “We

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Erica Wheeler EdSurge: Why did you decide to adopt MidSchoolMath's core curriculum? We thought about elementary, middle and high school. Terri Blackman, Wood Gormley Elementary School When kids start feeling successful, they're more engaged, and when they're more engaged, they're more successful. It's a GREAT program.”

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