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PleIQ: the interactive smart toy that fosters multiple intelligences through Augmented Reality

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All learning activities are Common Core and Universal Design for Learning (UDL); any teacher in the US or abroad can experience the next ed-tech frontier of augmented reality in their classrooms. Here’s the link to their Facebook page. All activities are carefully designed to foster a child’s curiosity and creativity.

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7 Ways to Build Trust with Your School Community #LT8keys

Tom Murray

Within their own walls, schools often work diligently to communicate the latest initiatives, results, and grading practices, or they discuss things such as the Common Core State Standards. They are present and display competence. Foundational to school leadership is the understanding that we must be present to lead change.

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2017 Teachers Pay Teachers’ July Conference — Overview

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million education-oriented Pre-K through High School lesson plans, curricula, videos, classroom activities, assessments, books, bulletin board ideas, classroom decorations, interactive notebooks, task cards, Common Core resources, and more. Since its start in 2006 by a former teacher, it’s grown to over 3.4 Seminar Overview.

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Making a Pitch for Social Entrepreneurship

User Generated Education

Common Core State Standards – English Language Arts. Your presentation should include a visual component in the form of a slide deck that showcases at least two of the following: A company logo, Sketch of the product(s) that will be sold, Marketing flyer. Know how to make appropriate personal economic choices.

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The Fun of IFTTT

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Activate and connect your Channels — services like Facebook, Dropbox, and Gmail as well as devices like Nest Thermostat, Fitbit, and Philips Hue — for limitless ways to automate and empower your life. Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6.

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How AI is Changing Writing: Check out Robot Don

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All it takes is to create your own account or use an existing Facebook or Google account and you are good to go! Common Core and writing –lesson plans. Her goal is to make the audience closer to new inventions that make learning easier and more enjoyable. More on technology and writing.

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3 Comic Creators That Will Wow Your Students

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It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing in a fun, agile way that appeals to students. Once finished, storyboards can be saved as PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, or emailed. Like games, comics are a proven approach to learning.