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Study.com Makes the College Dream a Reality for Lots of Students

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Study.com also offers a special (fee-based) Teacher Edition where educators can set up five virtual classrooms with up to 50 students in each, share class-themed videos, assign lessons and quizzes as homework, grade student work, print out worksheets, and get detailed reports on student progress. Things to know.

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Is the Socratic Method Right for Your Class?

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For Common Core schools, the Socratic Method prods students to: use text-based evidence to support their ideas. Finally, this approach is not well-suited to webinars, a flipped classroom, or any other teaching method where students view resources without the opportunity to question them. summarize points of agreement.

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Chinese English-Language Learning Platform Gets Boost from Kobe Bryant

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The company offers one-on-one English language instruction with curricula based on the Common Core State Standards. Headquartered in Beijing, the VIPKID uses a flipped-classroom approach that it says fosters creativity and critical thinking skills. To date, VIPKID reports more than half a million registered users.

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Top 100 Sites/Apps of 2014

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Gooru - A great place for students to find study guides on a wide range of subjects that are aligned to Common Core Standards and ideal for personalized learning. Booktrack Classroom - A excellent site/app for adding a soundtrack to student''s writing. Also, a nice place to find Common Core aligned lesson plans.

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The Free and Online 2014 School Leadership Summit Starts Wednesday! (Full Session List)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Charles Young & Bhavna Narula Handling Ethical Issues for Developing Digital Citizenship - Dr. Revathi Viswanathan Improved Reporting Triples Educators’ Accuracy When Analyzing Data - Jenny Grant Rankin, Ph.D.

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Teachers can link data to Common Core State Standards or integrate their own custom standards to report on. Real-Time Analytics: A comprehensive analytics dashboard integrates a wide range of performance indicators into one place, including content from select third-party apps like Khan Academy.

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Teachers can link data to Common Core State Standards or integrate their own custom standards to report on. Real-Time Analytics: A comprehensive analytics dashboard integrates a wide range of performance indicators into one place, including content from select third-party apps like Khan Academy.