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Common Core and Service Learning PBL Professional Development

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Yesterday I had the privilege of facilitating a Common Core and Project Based Learning professional development class for 7th-12th grade teachers. Prior to my training, they had two days of ELA Common Core and one day of deconstructing performance assessments for ELA Common Core. PBL is the "how." "How

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Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do

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Discuss not just your years of experience, but the student groups you’ve taught, the philosophies you’ve followed (such as IB or Common Core), parent needs met, pedagogy you’ve rolled out, teacher groups you’ve led, and more. ” Experience. Indicate all you are comfortable with.

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Hour of Code is Coming!

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Here’s a video to kick things off–you can’t watch this and not get motivated: Coding is a great tie-in to Common Core Math Standards. No experience needed. Anytime I can show students how to complete math skills without doing math, it’s a plus (because it surprises them. Check out this list: Tynker.

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What Bill Gates Learned About U.S. Education in 17 Years—and Why He’s Investing $1.7B More

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In his keynote address at the Council of the Great City Schools conference in Cleveland this week, the Microsoft co-founder reflected on some lessons learned about education reform, along with plans to “invest close to $1.7 K-12 education over the past 17 years. So what’s $1.7 billion more? billion in U.S.

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Hour of Code–the Series

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Coding is a great tie-in to Common Core math Standards. They provide a variety of self-guided tutorials that say “anybody can do this on a browser, tablet, or smartphone” They even have unplugged tutorials for classrooms without computers. No experience needed. Check out this list: Tynker. Code Academy.

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Bing In The Classroom

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The folks over at Microsoft have launched their Bing In The Classroom Initiative with the hopes of helping students be better searchers of information and build a foundation of good digital literacy skills. Each is aligned to the Common Core and has additional resources to help extend the lesson.

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MinecraftEdu Creators Struggle to Find a Second Hit

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Those developers, whose company TeacherGaming pivoted sharply after Microsoft took over MinecraftEdu two years ago, are facing tough times—and laying off staff—as they try to craft a niche in a crowded educational gaming landscape that has struggled to attract broad interest from schools. After Microsoft acquired Minecraft for $2.5