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"You can choose a script and create a storyboard. Try building your own storyboard using background location photographs. Once done, you can save and share your storyboard video with friends."

Collaborative - Storyboard That presents a great opportunity for students to work together. Reinforcement - Storyboard That provides an excellent place for students to echo what they have learned and expand on it. (Show More) Exciting And Fun - Storytelling is fun. Creating a story in Storyboard That is exciting.

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These are the critical nouns and verbs students need to know to succeed on the common core.

Key vocab for common core, might make a great word wall

Many resources aligned to Common Core

"Making sense of the ever changing landscape of the Internet can be challenging. Making good decisions about selecting tools and materials for use in learning can be even more challenging. This website was built to help people manage some of these challenges. "

And another.

"There are so many wonderful resources that teachers can freely use on the internet! If you are looking for educational content, you'll find it there. If you are looking to connect with other educators, mentors, communities - you can easily find them. If you need a tool to help you accomplish as task, you can find it. This site's purpose is to get you pointed toward some of these marvelous educational treasures."

A pleasing annotated array of links to free learning/educational online resources

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"Confused about the jargon and terms associated with teaching the Common Core State Standards? We've developed a glossary for you full of helpful terms."

from Common Sense Media

1. Learners have to be at the center of what happens in the classroom 2. Learning is a social practice and can't happen alone 3. Emotions are an integra part of learning 4. Learners are different 5. Students need to be stretched, but not too much 6. Assessment should be for learning, not of learning 7. Learning needs to be connected across disciplines. cf. the Jenaplan School, Germany

Parents need to know that GCFLearnFree.org provides lessons and self-paced tutorials for reading, math, and computer skills. Though the site feels designed for older kids and adults, kids of all ages can find useful, educational activities and lessons to explore. Kids don't need to register to view the site's videos or other educational elements. However, to track learning history or register for one of the online courses, kids will need to enter an email address, username, and password.

Article: School districts are raising concerns about their ability to be technologically ready to give Common Core State Standards assessments to students online in two years. Administrators say they remain uncertain about the types of devices to buy, the bandwidth they need, and the funding available for technology improvements.

"Tiki-Toki is the best and easiest way to create beautiful interactive timelines that you can share on the web"

Create beautiful web-based timelines. Include images and videos. Tiki-Toki provides integration with YouTube and Vimeo for videos (premium accounts only). Free.

from Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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