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10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have

"It's rare for education reformers, policymakers, and funders to listen to those at the heart of education reform work: The students. In fact Ann Curry who hosted Education Nation's first student panel* admitted folks at NBC were a little nervous about putting kids on stage. In their "Voices of a Nation" discussion, young people provided insight into their own experiences with education and what they think needs to be done to ensure that every student receives a world-class education. After the discussion Curry knew these students didn't disappoint. She told viewers, "Students wanted to say something that made a difference to you (adults) and they did. Now adults need to listen.""

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"APPitic is a directory of apps for education by Apple Distinguished Educators (ADEs) to help you transform teaching and learning. These apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies and classroom settings. "

"We're excited to invite you to check out two new tools in OER Commons. One is for aligning OER to the Common Core State Standards and the second is a tool to evaluate the quality of a particular resource. Over 1,000 open resources have been vetted by teachers and curriculum specialists using our tools. Look here to see what has already been evaluated and aligned to the Common Core State Standards."

"You've read the Hunger Games triology ... now what? We've gathered our picks of other dystopian novels -- books that imagine a not-so-rosy future under a menacing and oppressive regime, where teens and other folks must rely on their wits, courage, and strong friendships to survive. You can also check out our science-fiction, fantasy, and thiller recommendation lists to find even more choices for kids, tweens, and teens. "

For all of you that have kids excited by the Hunger Games trilogy, here is a great list of read-alikes! Tracy

"There are few things more aggravating than trying to watch a video whose audio is about one second too slow. Here's a quick fix for the problem in VLC. "

Looks like our Google Docs will soon be converted to Google Drive. Read about this new cloud storage option!

It's a process . . . The following steps will organize the benchmarks and processes for successful coaching of students' digital products into a zone of excellence. Rather than "go forth and good luck" with make a media product, strategically organizing feedback and signing - off processes along the way will ensure rigor that delivers high ROL (Return-on-Learning)!

Web-based photo editing

The easiest way to capture information and create useful documents.

This is a list of free and inexpensive Apps that support Common Core math standards for grades 6-8.

Mentimeter is e an easy-to-use web-based tool that enables you to create questions, collect answers and show the result in real time. FREE and can be used with any device.

Mentimeter is e an easy-to-use web-based tool that enables you to create questions, collect answers and show the result in real time. FREE and can be used with any device.

Sharendipity is a Web-based creativity suite where anyone can build and deploy engaging and interactive Web applications. Go. Build something wonderful today. --Free creation tools inside the browser --Integrate third-party web services --No programming required --Deploy your apps anywhere on the web

Check out these features!

Here are the features of Google Drive! Tracy

Join us in the quest for what works.  On this site, you can see the ways fellow teachers are solving problems, leave a comment, recommend an idea, share inventive things you've done, and take on meaningful professional learning challenges.  We want to visualize and applaud how teachers can help each other develop as Learners, Sharers, Collaborators, and Influencers.  Watch your credibility amongst your peers grow while helping to build this shared professional resource.

Building a generation of webmakers Hackasaurus spreads skills, attitudes, and ethics that help youth thrive in a remixable digital world. By making it easy for youth to tinker and mess around with the building blocks that make up the web, Hackasaurus helps tweens move from digital consumers to active producers, seeing the web as something they can actively shape, remix and make better.

This article offers a collection of interactive activities that help kids become more connected to the texts they read.

EUscreen offers free online access to videos, stills, texts and audio from European broadcasters and audiovisual archives. Explore selected content from early 1900s until today.

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