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Checklist of indicators for observing and coaching teachers on alignment of student learning with Common Core Standards.

Marilyn Burns through the Gates Foundation created this helpful formative assessment for students around grade 3 and up. It assesses math reason for three areas: Number sense, decimals and fraction. Looks like a great diagnostic tool.

Allows students to highlight information from text, drag it to a note page and embed in papers. Also creates a bibliography.

Allows teachers to turn You Tube videos into instructional lessons. Teachers input questions into specific parts of videos. Students respond to the questions. Allows teachers to differentiate.

Great website on technology integration by a well known educator.

Here is another website that I love. Richard Byrne is a digital detective. He searches out fantastic sites for educators.

I've never assigned a video before. The "notetaking tool" for students to use with video watching is an interesting learning tool. I'm wondering about combining this with something like Kahn Academy. I'm going to want to experiment with this one.

This site that Pattii Waldo shared with me provides a way to use visual arts as inspiration for student writing.

Here is a site for math problem solving that has some terrific resources. I'm hoping to explore this over the year with my students.