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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

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SplashLearn is an easy-to-use COPA-compliant, Common Core-aligned math curriculum for grades Kindergarten-5th that uses game-based learning to teach mathematical concepts. Or, put students in breakout rooms (available in virtual meeting webtools like Google Meet and Zoom) and have them discuss the day’s learning with each other.

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6 Summer School Tech Activities

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This is an exercise as much for presenters as audience, and is graded on reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. how to read ebooks from an iPad. They take questions.

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5 After School Tech Club Activities

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Each week, students will complete assigned steps with the goal of finishing their book (such as plot out action, develop character sheets, and research a setting), then discuss in critique groups of 4-6 students either in person or on Google Hangouts. how to read ebooks from an iPad. how to read ebooks from an iPad.

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9 Best-in-Class Digital Storytelling Tools

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A digital story is a series of images connected with text and/or a narrated soundtrack — captured by a digital device such as an iPad or smartphone — that tell a story. Adobe Voice is an easy-to-use digital storytelling app for iPads. Google Storybuilder. Here are nine of the most popular. Freemium; mobile app.

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Top 40 Web 2.0 Sites w/ Educational Portal

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Drawp for School - A wonderful drawing app that integrates w/ a web portal where educators can create student accounts and share assignments/projects via the cloud or iPad. Glogster EDU - A popular Common Core Aligned digital platform that allows educators to create student accounts for making interactive posters, signs, presentations, etc.

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Why a K-12 Operating System is the Next Step in the Evolution of Edtech

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One of the first curricular tools I built to share—on the first day of school—was a public, student-friendly gradebook on Google Sheets. Yes, this was before Google Classroom existed!) I stepped up my game by adding even more videos and assessment exercises to my class website, mining resources from IXL and CK-12.

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What Makes a Good Edtech Tool Great?

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We’ve seen the market fluctuate dramatically, as early iPad-dominated classrooms gave way to the rise of Google. The boom and bust of Common Core standards have left their mark, just as new concerns over media literacy and privacy are doing currently.

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