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Case Study Resources for Modern Teachers

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National Science Teaching Association The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) offers an extensive knowledge base for science educators. CLEO Collection of Free Case Studies CLEO is a curated library of teaching resources. link] Library guides: open educational resources: open case studies. link] Gila Herald.

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Tract+Genius Hour–a new twist on a popular project

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Before discovering the Tract platform, researching Genius Hour meant sending students to the library (virtual or physical), digging through books and pages of website hits, and finding the knowledge required to complete the project that was then presented to the class. The library is good for all ages and the internet for olders.

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Why schools need a knowledge base

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Google is my worldwide knowledge base for fixing my toilet, unsticking my iPad, and figuring out the origin of that clunk sound my car started making. Administrative functions, curriculum, libraries, media services, facilities, and security operate as completely separate IT departments.

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Challenges in Curation: Successfully Integrating Open Educational Resources in the Classroom

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As the teacher leading my SXSWedu classroom, I made a wrongful assumption my entire class entered the room with the same knowledge base. At Follett, we wanted to make it easier for librarians and teachers to search for OERs right from Destiny , the most popular library management system in K-12 schools. Define OERs.

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Searching for the Ability to Think: Training our Kids to Go Past Google

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In other words, they learned and built their own knowledge base. To expand their knowledge, they had to assemble a library and know how to find books in it. Josh Stumpenhorst has students flying drones in his library. Micki Uppena says green screen is one of the most important things for a modern library to have.

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4 Tips for Facilitating Powerful Student Collaboration

Digital Promise

Building their skillset and their knowledge base makes them eager to solve authentic problems. Another team created their own game testing protocol and got feedback from a local game library. Make space for students to truly work as a team. Students need the space to truly own their work. Interested in learning more?

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169 Tech Tip #151: 8 Popular Year-long Assessments

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Share this with other grade-level teachers, parents, even the library media specialist. Effort —assess student tech knowledge based on process not product. Teaching others —expect students to share their knowledge with classmates. ‘ Make it clear to students that wherever they use a computer, use good habits.