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XplorLabs Fire Forensics: A Free STEM Module for Middle School Science

The CoolCatTeacher

A Next Generation Science Standards Aligned Lab Activity (FREE) From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Supplies and summaries of labs, including outcomes and assessment tips. Common Core State Standards (See more on the Fire Forensics Site ). This Guide includes: Rubrics.

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Developers Put Research to Work

Digital Promise

With a growing number of tools making their way into the classroom, entrepreneurs must recognize how scientific research can help them better understand students and improve outcomes. Graphite • Twitter. Graphite • Twitter. Graphite • Twitter. EdSurge • Twitter. ” The science!

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An Upcoming Frenzy in Education

My Island View

If educators can count on one sure-fired outcome of the largest national education conference in America, it is the information feeding frenzy that accompanies it. The #ISTE15 hashtag will probably trend on Twitter several times during the ISTE conference. There is a reason why Tweets on Twitter are dominated by education topics.

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One Solution for Tracking Standards Based Learning

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

My edubuddy Tom Driscoll, master of mastery learning, shared some resources with me via Twitter. My students are trained to peer and self-evaluate using Google Forms , so why can't I adapt that process so that students will make a standards-based portfolio that documents how they have met the Common Core ELA Standards?

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Part 1: Facilitating Inquiry in the Classroom… The Driving Question and PBL

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Now, using advanced Google skills to find answers that create more questions fits the bill for common core skills. The added bonus of building important 21st-century skills is a natural outcome.

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How Much Screen Time Is Too Much for Kids?

Edsurge

This is a model that simply doesn’t lead to good learning outcomes. That context seems to be missing in our Twitter-verse right now. We're going to need better tools in order to get better outcomes, and technology will help fill that gap. Technology is an extremely powerful modality, but in and of itself, it's not good or bad.

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How Traditional Public Schools Win in the Competition for Students

edWeb.net

For more than 20 years he has served schools, districts, state and national education offices as an expert in the use of technology to achieve college and career ready outcomes along with implementation of change models to drive sustainable, enhanced learning outcomes. Follow him on Twitter @KevinEBaird. Join the Community.