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Don’t forget AV needs for Common Core assessments

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Devices debuted at TCEA feature multipurpose design ideal for Common Core and state assessments. School leaders are aware that Common Core assessments will come with some new requirements, and AV equipment needs should not be overlooked. Next page: How new headset technology supports testing requirements.

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards. “We Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core. As a member of Alan’s Team all year, it is a lot of fun to meet so many people from around the world at his summer conference in Boston.

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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

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Educational Technology Support! Changes in What Teachers Know and Do in the Common Core Era. ASCD and OverDrive survey finds digital content used in 80% of schools and districts. Teachers Know Best: What Educators Want from Digital Instruction Tools. What Do Educators Want? Why Do They Want It? To Meet Students’ Needs!

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What Schools Reopen, It Shouldn’t Be Business as Usual

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For example, instead of covering all of the Common Core reading standards for my fourth-grade class, we decided to focus on one standard: identifying key ideas and details in literature and informational text. It has hopefully also shown others that while technology supports teaching, it doesn’t replace it.

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Not Just for Reading Class Anymore: 5 Tips for Teaching Literacy Across Multiple Subjects

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But after talking to a number of different educators and reading their various accounts, what I can tell you is that your peers have discovered creative, technology-supported ways to approach teaching reading, writing and vocabulary in their multi-subject classrooms—and they were willing to share it to help you out. The initiative?

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How to Run a Parent Class

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help them understand how technology supports the school’s mission and overarching curricula (such as Common Core or Everyday Math). Model this philosophy as you teach parents. answer tech questions they have even if they’re about a home system. Option #2: Intro to all things tech.

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Activate Instruction migrates content to Gooru

eSchool News

Summit, for example, will contribute more than 16,000 comprehensive Common Core-aligned resources for students in sixth through 12th grades in October, and High Tech High has already contributed over 4,000 resources. Teachers and students using Gooru can now adapt these high-quality resources for their classrooms.