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A rubric for evaluating apps from TCEA

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"I just finished up my Geometry Unit with the culminating activity being a Geometry Fest. Stations were set up all around my room, and the students rotated through them. "

"This page provides examples of 4th Grade Number Activities aligned with the Common Core State Standards. All activities are suitable for use in Math Centers, small group or whole class settings and are designed to elicit a range of responses and provide opportunities for students to communicate their reasoning and mathematical thinking. Instructions for each task are typed in large print and written in child-friendly language to enable students to work on activities independently after a brief introduction to the task. "

Convert between percents, fractions and decimals

"Activities and worksheets designed to provide additional skill review, informal pencil-and-paper assessment, preparation for standardized testing, and differentiated instruction.  Includes student pages, answer keys, and a complete listing of the student pages grouped by skill.  Available as a free pdf download in English and Spanish"

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"Our purpose is to provide teachers with a repository of apps to choose from  when trying them with their students in the classroom."

"Our students at Westlake High, a large suburban school on the outskirts of Austin, TX, are using them to read ebooks, download assignments, edit videos, write blog posts, and to do much more." Caroyn Foote

"Digital apps designed to teach young children to read are an increasingly large share of the market, but parents and educators have little to no information about whether and how they work. Produced as part of a collaboration between the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, the New America Foundation, and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, this report scans the market of digital products and shares promising practices and programs."

"This is a collection of sites that I like to use in a one-hour session of professional development. I like to update it twice a year to keep things fresh and because the first two were such a huge success. " David Kapuler

"I approached the iPad with one goal in mind: I wanted to become fluent in using it. There is a distinct difference, in my opinion, between being skilled, literate and fluent in the use of an iPad." Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano

"I thought I write what I think are the 10 Important Tech Skills Students Need." David Andrade

"126 page free downloadable PDF book for grade 4-7 teachers showing how KenKen puzzles can turn mathematical problem solving into fun and how student motivation can be dramatically increased"

"A booklet that describes what parents can do to help children and adolescents cope with violence and disasters."

Looking back at some of 2012′s most significant app launches and updates, Education Dive assembled a list of a few of the best apps on iOS and Android devices that we think educators should know about for 2013.