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"Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. Explain a math formula... Create an animated lesson... Add commentary to your photos... Diagram a sports play... With voice recording, realistic digital ink, photo imports, and simple sharing through email, Facebook or Twitter, now you can broadcast your ideas from anywhere."

Steven Dyer's blog, posts a lot on school funding, charter schools

Google Docs provides many ways to go paperless through sharing and collaboration options. There is not just one single right way to use Google Docs for a paperless classroom. Rather there are many tools and features that can be used on their own or in combination to meet your varying needs. This guide will cover many of the most common ways that Google Docs can help teachers and students move away from paper and into a digital-only environment.

Guide from Eric Curts on using Google Forms

"This book highlights Mrs. LaCrosse's fifth graders trip this fall to Stone Lab! Collaboratively written by the students, it is all them!" Local classroom

iTunesU course created by a local teacher "Students will explore Energy topics through this course. Content related to light, sound, thermal energy, magnetism, and electricity will be blended with how we see energy around us. Our class created book, How We Explore Energy, will be used in this course. Various apps will be explored as well."

" Drawing upon research and an extensive collection of evidence from multiple sources, the Common Core State Standards were developed to reflect the knowledge and skills that young people need for success in college and careers.  Those standards impact teachers in several ways, including to guide them "toward curricula and teaching strategies that will give students a deep understanding of the subject and the skills they need to apply their knowledge" (Common Core State Standards Initiative, FAQ section).  For many the standards require changes in how mathematics is taught, thus they will influence instructional strategies that educators use"

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tracking, ability g rouping and equity article

"When writing communication goals and objectives for learners with complex communication needs one place to start is the research.  What does it say about the skills needed to be a competent communicator?"

"Our brains, it turned out, take much longer to develop than we had thought. This revelation suggested both a simplistic, unflattering explanation for teens' maddening behavior-and a more complex, affirmative explanation as well."

by St. Andrew's Episcopal School

"Turn everyday moments into brain-building moments! New science has shown that our children's brains develop the most during the ages of 0-5. Daily Vroom is an app created to make the most of these precious years when the foundation for all future learning is happening. It offers parents ways to help make connections in their child's growing brain. And it's all rooted in new science. Every day, the app serves up a "Vroom" (a simple brain-building activity) into the palm of your hand, providing you with a daily dose of inspiration. It enhances the things you already do and helps spark new ideas"

"Whether workshops, panels, keynotes, or classes there is one mistake presenters should never make. "