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40 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom - Google Drive via Best content in educators | Diigo - Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/educators A great presentation chock-a-block with great ideas for how to use Google Apps in the classroom.

How to Insert Videos Into Google Forms via Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection is often the first place I go to when looking for old maps to use in a social studies lesson. The collection contains more than 100,000 historical maps documenting places throughout the world. " via Feedly Collections of Historical Maps and Ideas for Using Them In Your Classroom via Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Navigating Text Complexity. The Council of Chief State School Officers provides a wonderful set of resources for understanding how text complexity is defined in the Common Core State Standards and a set of tools for analyzing text and using texts effectively in the classroom. Check it out!

An interactive infographic looks at the use of calculators with Common Core Exams.

New Padagogy Wheel Helps You Integrate Technology Using SAMR Model - Edudemic - Edudemic via Best content in Diigo In Education | Diigo - Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation

New Padagogy Wheel Helps You Integrate Technology Using SAMR Model - Edudemic - Edudemic via Best content in Diigo In Education | Diigo - Groups https://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation

This is a great idea for a simple anchor chart to prompt students to find alternative answers to "I don't know"

48 Common Core Standards-Aligned Teaching Tools From edshelf http://t.co/aOakpS41ls via @TeachThought

48 Common Core Standards-Aligned Teaching Tools From edshelf http://t.co/aOakpS41ls via @TeachThought

Practical advice in this blog entry from Edutopia.  Teachers could implement these suggestions immediately without much difficulty.   

Haiku users can enable SMS text notifications in Haiku. If students enable this, they will be able to receive a text message when a teachers he's an announcement in the class.

In a press release on Monday, August 19, PARCC, the assessment consortium developing the CCSS tests, announced the release of additional paper-based sample test items in ELA and math. This is great news for us as we work to implement CCSS and PARCC-like assessment in our classrooms. On the PARCC website, you will see a list of links for each grade level and subject in the left sidebar. Visiting each link brings you to a page with a table describing the kinds of tasks that will appear on the PARCC assessment. Links to the sample items are within this table. Let us know if you have any questions!

This brand new FREE service provides excellent news-style current event articles on a variety of topics that are written at multiple levels of text complexity. You can adjust the Lexile level of the text with a few clicks! Teachers can create student accounts and assign texts. Each text has a built in quiz linked to CCSS standards. This tool should be very valuable for any teacher trying to meet CCSS standards for informational texts while addressing differentiated reading needs among her students. Take a look and let me know what you think. Here's looking at you TPSD 6-12 teachers!