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http://www.colorincolorado.org/pdfs/guides/Engaging-ELL-Families.pdf - 1 views

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shared by Cathlin LaRocco on 04 Aug 12 - No Cached

Cathlin LaRocco on 04 Aug 12

A pdf about ways to work with ELL students and families.

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Mary Sterling on 06 Aug 12

This site has many ideas for reaching out to families yet it is clearly aimed at districts with large populations of ELLs. One important thing that applies to school messages to any family of ELLs: encourage parents to continue speaking and reading to their children in their native language.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This site has many ideas for reaching out to families yet it is clearly aimed at districts with large populations of ELLs. One important thing that applies to school messages to any family of ELLs: encourage parents to continue speaking and reading to their children in their native language.</div>

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Edmodo | Secure Social Learning Network for Teachers and Students - 0 views

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shared by Stephen McKenna on 13 Jan 12 - Cached

Stephen McKenna on 13 Jan 12

Student engagement, digital/media/global upgrades, subject based resource communities, flipped classroom

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Stephen McKenna on 13 Jan 12

Spent this afternoon learning about this site. I see many applications but need to play with it some more. We need to take a field trip to Josh Gold's classroom to see some cool technology integration.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Spent this afternoon learning about this site. I see many applications but need to play with it some more. We need to take a field trip to Josh Gold's classroom to see some cool technology integration.</div>

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Behavior Management Software - ClassDojo - 0 views

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shared by Patricia McGonagle on 02 Aug 12 - No Cached

Patricia McGonagle on 02 Aug 12

Improve Behavior Improve specific student behaviors and engagement by awarding and recording real-time feedback. Share Data Print or email beautiful behavior reports to easily engage parents and staff. Save Time Save time by recording behaviors and accomplishments right in class, with just one click: NO extra data entry required.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Improve Behavior Improve specific student behaviors and engagement by awarding and recording real-time feedback. Share Data Print or email beautiful behavior reports to easily engage parents and staff. Save Time Save time by recording behaviors and accomplishments right in class, with just one click: NO extra data entry required.</div>

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shared by Mark McDonough on 06 Oct 13 - No Cached

Mark McDonough on 06 Oct 13

Exploriments are simulation-based interactive learning units for enhancing conceptual understanding in Science in an experiential manner. Useful for students and teachers alike, Exploriments provide a highly interactive, exploratory, and engaging experience

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Exploriments are simulation-based interactive learning units for enhancing conceptual understanding in Science in an experiential manner. Useful for students and teachers alike, Exploriments provide a highly interactive, exploratory, and engaging experience</div>

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ISTE | Worksheets for the digital age: AR interactive print - 0 views

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shared by Mark McDonough on 28 May 15 - No Cached

Mark McDonough on 28 May 15

great ideas and examples of using augmented reality apps to create more engaging worksheets.

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shared by Mark McDonough on 20 May 14 - No Cached

Mark McDonough on 20 May 14

"Teachers use our Content Management Website to select existing courses or to create new courses by mixing and matching items from our library with their own educational material. * Students use our iPad or Android, or web app to download and view these courses, filled with videos, slideshows, e-books, PDFs, text, audiobooks, and Web links. Whether reading the latest e-book that has been assigned or watching a video for the next homework assignment, students will feel more engaged and in charge of their learning."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Teachers use our Content Management Website to select existing courses or to create new courses by mixing and matching items from our library with their own educational material. * Students use our iPad or Android, or web app to download and view these courses, filled with videos, slideshows, e-books, PDFs, text, audiobooks, and Web links. Whether reading the latest e-book that has been assigned or watching a video for the next homework assignment, students will feel more engaged and in charge of their learning."</div>

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Khan Critiques: We Were Promised Jetpacks & Got Lectures - EdTech Researcher - Educatio... - 0 views

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shared by Mark McDonough on 01 Sep 12 - No Cached

I do think it's incredibly important to engage this question of whether or not Khan Academy constitutes a revolution in math education, because it's a powerful case for asking one of the fundamental questions in education today: should we be using technology to do old things more efficiently, or to do new things? A lot of the fawning media coverage of Khan Academy doesn't necessarily advance this discussion
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Rewards of teaching young children to blog - 0 views

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shared by Mark McDonough on 02 Sep 12 - No Cached

When I first started blogging, I thought the posts would be the primary focus of the blog. I quickly realized that the comment section was where the blog came to life.
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Many parents work but would love to volunteer in some way. Last year, I asked parents to become “virtual volunteers” for our blogs. A virtual volunteer is a person who supports the blog by commenting back to students. This type of interaction helps strengthen the home-school connection and makes the comment sections more engaging.
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With classroom time at a premium, I look for meaningful ways to integrate curriculum; the blog has been the perfect venue. When my class read “The Great Kapok Tree” by Lynne Cherry for language arts, the students followed up their reading by researching a rain forest animal that was mentioned in the story. Each student composed a comment for the blog from the point of view of that animal.
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During our biography unit, I had each student select a famous person to study. Students submitted a creative comment pretending they were that person. George Washington got a comment from Queen Elizabeth I, Mozart and Tchaikovsky were chatting; the blog comments truly brought these historic people to life!
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Of all the riches that blogging has brought to my class, the relationships we’ve built with other classrooms around the world have been the most rewarding.
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Mark McDonough on 02 Sep 12

good, quick overview of how a 3rd grade teacher uses blogging. includes specific examples.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">good, quick overview of how a 3rd grade teacher uses blogging. includes specific examples.</div>

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Spelling & Vocabulary Website: SpellingCity - 0 views

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shared by sdexter67 on 19 Jul 12 - Cached

sdexter67 on 19 Jul 12

Teaching spelling and vocabulary is easy with VocabularySpellingCity! Students can study and learn their word lists using vocabulary and spelling learning activities and games. Students can take final or practice spelling and vocabulary tests right on this engaging site. Premium games and automated student record keeping are available to Premium Members.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Teaching spelling and vocabulary is easy with VocabularySpellingCity! Students can study and learn their word lists using vocabulary and spelling learning activities and games. Students can take final or practice spelling and vocabulary tests right on this engaging site. Premium games and automated student record keeping are available to Premium Members.</div>

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Joe Colombo on 19 Jul 12

They have now added a ipad app that I am currently beta testing for them....links to your account and offers new games that utilize the touch screen on the ipad

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">They have now added a ipad app that I am currently beta testing for them....links to your account and offers new games that utilize the touch screen on the ipad</div>

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