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Get your students interacting with many math backgrounds and manipulatives that are commonly used in K-4 classrooms including: bar diagrams, calendars, grids, equation charts, number lines, place value charts and all the markers, counters, game pieces, money images, blocks, and clocks that you will need.

This quick read gives an overview of what a Wiki is for those of us who may need a little help or are just learning about it.

A new survey of early childhood educators shows they think technology can play a positive role in children's learning. But they need support in order to make use of new tools in their classrooms. We are on the cusp of tremendous changes in early childhood education as technology introduces new opportunities for learning and teaching.

With a highly competitive job market that is likely to be the norm for years to come, students may well need a broad range of technology-based skills in order to be prepared for the workforce. By honing those skills in K-12 settings, youngsters should be better equipped for college and beyond.

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using module devices as a learning tool

Image source Are you a student who is struggling to learn a foreign language? Or maybe you're a teacher who teaches foreign languages? Every teacher knows that students who want to get up to speed on a new language need to start conversing in that language with as many people as possible.

Countdown to Your First Year: Making Planning Manageable (Teaching Channel, 2014)Need help figuring out where to start with planning the content for your first year of teaching? Lily Jones gets right to the point with general questions to consider and a few go-to resources for first-year curriculum planning.

The purpose of Florida educator certification is to support the academic achievement of our students by assuring that our educators are professionally qualified for highly effective instruction. Florida educators must be certified to teach in our public schools and in many of our private schools.

Great website showing all the steps need for Florida certification.

This article is an example of the need for technology education.

This article offers a list of app for the children to use in the classroom or at home. What I liked most about the list was there were several apps for special needs children and apps that could be customized by parents/teachers for individual learning.

One of the major benefits of using technology in the classroom is the ability to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of every student in every lesson. Just as every student grows and develops at different rates, they learn in different ways and at different speeds.

My preschool classroom is a play-based one, meaning that the kiddos are learning through play and exploration. In my opinion, technology in preschool really needs to enhance the children's learning experiences. So I'm very particular about what technological products come into the classroom!

Voki is a free service that lets you create customized avatars and add voice to your Voki avatars. You can post your Voki to any blog, website, or profile.

What is Voki? Voki is a FREE service that lets you: Create customized avatars. Add voice to your Voki avatars. Post your Voki to any blog, website, or profile. Take advantage of Voki's learning resources. What is Voki Classroom? A classroom management system for Voki Students do not need to sign up!

Character creation for education - create a digital lesson for your students - set up a digital classroom

Learn how technology tools can support struggling students and those with learning disabilities to acquire background knowledge and vocabulary, improve their reading comprehension, and increase their motivation for learning.

This is a great website for digital storytelling. Students can create their own digital stories, animations, pictures and more. Students will need a sign in, and as a teacher you can create class accounts.

A creative website where students can make artwork, an animated movie, cards, and a drawing. Students can also vote on movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made.

WritingFix is an excellent resource that provides lesson plans that meet the needs of many students. WritingFix has detailed lessons that focus on the essential components of writing. Each lesson is introduced with a children's book that demonstrates a specific component. The website it organized by the components of writing and has so much information! However, be aware that this site can look overwhelming because there is a lot of information available.

Offers templates, rubrics, and a 28-page .pdf guide to digital story telling. 

A downloadable 28 page guide to help educators develop digital story telling plans that are tailored to specific age groups and curriculum needs.

Evaluation rubric example Storyboard template: Headlines and descriptions Storyboard template: Headlines only Storyboarding: Creating a storyboard in Word

Good Idea for a foundation. Also, these can be viewed and re-done to fit the needs of your classroom.

Great website if you need help with rubrics. It also includes support materials for assessments that work with the Common Core State Standards.

Assessment of student mastery of content takes many forms. This pages includes support materials for assessments that work with the Common Core State Standards and rubrics for many different assessment products. It also contains some information on the creation of rubrics and assessment in general.

This study examines the use of computer-based technologies and new technologies of inservicec preschool teachers as well as their educational needs and their expectations in the application of new technologies