Common Core Technology Institute

Everything one place

Free educational videos, cartoon based, very informative.

Depth and complexity handouts from Orange County Gate office

Lots of writing ideas for Common Core Writing across domains. Includes detail model of the subtle difference between persuasive and argumentative writing.

"One key competency that employers across the board value in employees is the ability to think creatively and logically in order to solve problems." The American Diplomacy Project" This website provides the 3'C's which promote creativity with

WISE INquiry model....Curriculum developed to serve as a guid for teachers stepping into inquiry or collaborative research models for the 21st Century

"Parents' Guide to Student Success The Parents' Guide to Student Success (listed below in English and Spanish) was developed in response to the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics that more than 45 states have adopted. (To find out if your state has adopted the standards, visit CoreStandards.org/In-The-States.) Created by teachers, parents, education experts, and others from across the country, the standards provide clear, consistent expectations for what students should be learning at each grade in order to be prepared for college and career. "

" Every single teacher is concerned about his/ her teaching practices and the skills involved in this process. How many times have you wondered about a better way to teach the same lesson you have delivered to an eariler class? How often have you used technology to engage your students and improve their learning ? These are some recurring questions we keep regurgitating each time our teaching skills are put to the test"

digitals tools for 21st century

Common core aligned videos, lessons, and tests linked with common core skills/standards. Searchable by subject, grade level, and specific standards.

This site gives teachers a "how-to" for integrating media & CCSS to your curriculum.  

Easy tool to create QR codes

Free Common Core lessons from The American Educator

Here are some of the ways where school and learning can become divergent. School promotes starting by looking for answers.  Learning promotes starting with questions. School is about consuming.  Learning is about creating. School is about finding information on something prescribed for you.  Learning is about exploring your passions and interests. Schools teaches compliance.  Learning is about challenging perceived norms. School is scheduled at certain times.  Learning can happen any time, all of the time. School often isolates.  Learning is often social. School is standardized.  Learning is personal. School teaches us to obtain information from certain people.  Learning promotes that everyone is a teacher, and everyone is a learner. School is about giving you information.  Learning is about making your own connections. School is sequential.  Learning is random and non-linear. School promotes surface-level thinking. Learning is about deep exploration.

Upper division math gifs..Common Core

Great non profit Common Core matherial

STEM AND Argumentative Writing. "Today, GlassLab announced the launch of a new tablet-based English Language Arts game developed in collaboration with NASA. The game was launched at the 11th annual Games for Change festival in New York City, a conference celebrating games with social impact."