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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

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SplashLearn is an easy-to-use COPA-compliant, Common Core-aligned math curriculum for grades Kindergarten-5th that uses game-based learning to teach mathematical concepts. By using the games kids already love–want to play–GBL has an opportunity to turn students into lifelong learners who enjoy learning.

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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. Devices you can use. Indicate all you are comfortable with.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

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” The 1:1 initiative aimed for districts to issue each student a laptop for use in-school and at home. ” 2010 was also the year that the Common Core Standards Initiative was enacted in response to numerous indicators of low student academic performance. ” 1:1 + Common Core = $$$$$. Indeed, $2.3

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Kids become teachers: Helping out at a Senior Center

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Discuss with students how this supports Common Core’s “Capacities for the Literate Individual”: Demonstrate independence. digitize photos to use on phones/desktops/slideshow. Provide an overview of the device being discussed—iPad, laptop, computer, Chromebook, Mac, or another. Build strong content knowledge.

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3 Creative Tech Tools to Teach Writing

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These include (rephrased from Common Core Writing Standards): dig deeply into subjects of interest to achieve better understanding and to build knowledge. Not this : He sat and looked at the computer for a full ten minutes before he grasped it and experienced the icy weight of his first laptop. Rather: Laptop in hand, he wrote.

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May this Gobstopper (Now Called Curriculet) be Ever Lasting!

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Gobstopper is an e-reader platform that allows teachers to input and customize annotations, resources, questions, and quizzes linked to the Common Core Standards directly into a public domain text, and provides the students with immediate feedback, and the teacher with analytic data on student and class performance. Where''s Jason?

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Storyboard That–Digital Storyteller, Graphic Oranizer, and more

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Lesson plans include how-to steps, Common Core alignment, sample storyboard layouts, synopsis, and Essential Questions. . I love using Storyboard That to create avatars as part of a discussion on digital citizenship. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.