Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Its pages are visual and easy-to-understand, enabling teachers to quickly create lesson plans, find targeted resources, and determine how students are doing. Open Up Resources (OUR) is a series of free c ompetency-based Common Core-aligned curricula (math, ELA, and reading). Click here for my full review.

Common Core 175

Common Core Digital Citizenship Academic Standards Outcomes 175

Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

One of the key elements of the curriculum-design approach known as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is student engagement — creating opportunities for students to become engaged and stay motivated, to believe that what they’re learning is important, and to feel capable in their learning. Read the original version here.

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UDL Common Core Guidelines Exercises 120

Knowledge Avatars K-12

JANUARY 17, 2021

Not surprisingly, I struggled to keep my students engaged. EscapEDX players gain 21st Century, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Common Core, and Bloom's higher-order thinking skills. As it turns out, these conditions can easily be met by games that reach beyond leaderboards, points, and badges to incentivize engagement.

System 52

System Common Core Exercises Assessment 52

MindShift

MARCH 11, 2015

Godsey is one of a growing number of educators who are using podcasts like “Serial” to motivate their classrooms and address education requirements set by the Common Core state standards. If you give teachers content-based audio, you’ll get so much more student engagement,” says Brady-Myerov.

Common Core 28

Common Core Learning Report Exercises 28

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 18, 2016

They get an escape from reality, exercise for their brains, a closeness to like-minded souls, answers to problems–and reading can even predict success in school. Does its design and layout make students want to accomplish the goals of the program? Are students engaged in the activity, motivated to use the web tool?

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Tools Mobility Common Core Digital Citizenship 150

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

He imagined a more holistic system that required students to demonstrate learning before moving ahead. Now, with computer-assisted teaching allowing for tailored exercises and online lessons, it is making a resurgence. But the strategy was not widely used, because it was so labor intensive for teachers. 442, teachers said.

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Learning Common Core System Groups 108