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Using the commenting feature of Google Documents is a good way to create a record of classroom conversations about an article that you have shared with your students. Using the commenting feature is also a good way to have the conversation about an article occur entirely online.

find & assign articles, view & evaluate formative assessment data

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A good article to read!

Google Scholar library. This is your personal library where you aggregate and organize the articles and research papers you read.

As a teacher or learner, you can use Bibblio to discover, collect and curate the best free learning materials on the web in any format (videos, podcasts, web links, presentations and many more). It also lets you organize all of your curated materials into one single homepage that you can annotate and personalize before sharing it with your peers and students. To search for content on Bibblio, use the box in the top-right corner. 'Type a keyword and see the initial results. These may comprise users, collections and individual content pieces. From there, you can refine your search by typing another keyword or choosing a suggested one from the right-hand column. You can refine the results further by filtering by format (video, audio, visuals, books and articles) or by re-ordering based on recency, popularity or shares. You can also save your favourite keywords by clicking on them in the search results title. Find them again via the Following tab on your profile menu bar.'

What a great way to get your students reading non-fiction content related articles in your classroom, while making a game of it!

9 Reasons to Use Pairprep Content creation: Users can upload content you already have, or even create new assignments directly on the site. Teachers can even create assignments for individual or groups of students to differentiate instruction. Easy upload: It takes just a moment to upload paper assignments by taking a picture or using a PDF. 9-reasons-to-try-pairprep-to-digitize-your-contentOnline gaming component: Students can compete against each other when answering questions if teachers activate the online gaming component. Questions don't have to be multiple choice: Instead of sticking with multiple choice questions, teachers can tag the questions and answers to an assignment. Pairprep supports multiple question formats including: short answers, multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank questions, even drawing diagrams. Speed grading tool: This tool helps teachers grade more efficiently, by simply swiping left or right. Partial credit is possible, and so is assigning different weights to each question. The speed grading tool can be used for assignments completed online or paper-based. Unlocks Data: The Pairprep system collects data and groups students by they concepts they've missed giving you important formative assessment data. Feedback: Teachers can use Pairprep to provide feedback to students individually or as a group. Provides Recommendations: Thanks to Pairprep's AI (artificial intelligence) engine, the system generates recommended activities, videos or articles for the students practice. FREE for teachers: Pairprep is FREE for teachers to use - for a limited time you can digitize all of your content!

A good article about the dominant kids in the classroom masking an engagement issue

10 Cs to making exciting lessons

"Using Paperpile add-on enables you to easily insert citations with a single click. You can  conduct a search for a journal article while working on your document, insert the citation and get the reference cited for you. Paperpile is also ideal for collaborative co-authoring  and can even work with dozens of co-authors. About the privacy issue here is what Paperpile has to say about it:"

"Perspecs is a new app that aims to provide users with three sides to every news story. On Monday through Friday the free Android and iPhone app offers a selection of articles about current topics in the news. The topics could be breaking news or they could be topics of a more evergreen nature like national education systems."

Great article that reminds us that children already think like scientists, so let's continue to breed that culture at home and in the classroom!

This article will provide some insight about the effect of the classroom environment on students and their learning.

A great article that provides resources so that you could use coding/gaming in your classroom environment.

Great article that explains how PBL can be used to help teachers help their students to be more successful with the new common core standards.

There are links to articles providing information on ways to incorporate iPad apps into the classrom.

Excellent article to get us thinking about the future of education and thinking outside of the box.

Tips and articles about parent involvement.

"COMMONLIT is a collection of poems, short stories, news articles, historical documents, and literature for classrooms."