"Winkles Wakes Up" - a staple animation in our icebreaker activities was created by this innovative teacher who views technology integration as a means of fostering higher order thinking skills, collaborative communities and effective professional development
Most of the apps on the iPads for the lower grades are aimed at creating and expressing ideas. In addition to Explain Everything, they include MyStory, iMovie, Animation HD, Google Earth, Book Creator, Show Me, Brushes, and Comic Life. They also feature Follett Reader and Overdrive, two subscription-based services to digital book collections.
On this site, you can see the ways fellow teachers are solving problems, leave a comment, recommend an idea, share inventive things you've done, and take on meaningful professional learning challenges.
Today's college students say the arrival of the internet was the moment that most characterized their lives, a Bronxite author found. In his book, "Generation on a Tightrope: A Portrait of Today's College Student," Arthur Levine, president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, said the internet and the tech-savvy lifestyle that sprang out of it has affected the younger generation the most.
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LearnZillion is a learning platform that combines video lessons, assessments, and progress reporting. Each lesson highlights a Common Core standard, starting with math in grades 3-9.
