Common Core Technology Institute

"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

Good resources!

UC Davis History Project

Questions that probe for deeper meaning and set the stage for further questioning foster the development of critical thinking skills and higher order capabilities such as; problem solving, and the understanding of complex systems. A good essential question is the principle component of designing inquiry-based learning - the typical 'Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How?' of a course of study.

"Augmented reality allows someone to add another layer to an existing image. " Great for project based and CREATIVITY of four C's

Using social media to create stories; supports CCSS literacy reading and writing standards.

How to install Diigolet on the iPad

To be used for digital collections

"When it comes to interactive whiteboards (IWBs), nearly everybody has heard a horror story. You know, like the one about some ignorant teacher who grabbed the nearest magic marker and began scribbling a lesson all over that inviting, shiny surface."