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Thanksgiving Activities That Keep You in Charge of Learning

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Click the link for an example of Abraham Lincoln to align with study of the American Civil War or this one of the American Revolution. Comic Time required: One class Comics are a timely visual medium for digital storytelling done in a way that resonates with students. Click to view slideshow. It may be one like Storyboard That!

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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Let’s evaluate the Common Core Reading Standards and their good fit with games: What Common Core Expects. I’m asking for exemplars of how Minecraft gamers used Common Core writing standards. You’ll put long hours in researching, studying, managing, and few will thank you.

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9 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day

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Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library. encourage students to tape class presentations to replay later and/or study from. Even if it’s Minecraft.

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6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program

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As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. how to digitize photos to use on phones/desktops/a slideshow. How can students make sure what they find is reliable and trustworthy? establish and maintain a formal style.

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In Love with Space? Here are Great Websites to Take You There

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They choose what science their satellite will study, select the wavelengths, instruments, and optics that will be required, and then build! Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6. Age group: MS and HS. Overall rating: 5/5. Cost: Free.

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A new resource guide from Kiddom: Standards-based Grading for ELA and Social Studies

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English Language Arts and social studies standards are often tangled webs of both skills and content, not so easily separated. This guide clears common misconception and offers best practices. Click here for free download of Standards-Based Grading for ELA and Social Studies. Click here to book a PD Consult.

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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

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Here’s what a joint study from Legends of Learning and Vanderbilt University found: “…students who played the games outperformed their peers on standardized tests. Additionally, teachers saw dramatic increases in engagement and performance. Good example of GBL: SplashLearn .