Video of the Week: 3 tips for great formative assessment
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3 ways the modern school is becoming more like the modern workplace
As the office has evolved to allow a more creative and collaborative workplace, many educators have taken note, bringing those same features to classrooms, school libraries, lunchrooms and…
Adaptive literacy? 3 must-knows for teachers and admin about adaptive learning
The use of differentiated instruction to individualize each student’s learning experience is becoming more common in today’s elementary classrooms, but creating meaningful differentiation for a typical class of…
Best practices for rolling out tech in the classroom—an administrative perspective
In 2013, Shipley made the integration of technology a priority, and the Board of Trustees approved a 1:1 program—a program where we provide each student (grades 6-12) with…
App of the Week: Program a robot buddy
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January’s 11 buzzworthy edtech tools
Things move fast in the edtech world, and we hear all the time from teachers how hard it can be to keep up. This is why we've created…
App of the Week: Math gets adaptive
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The 4 most common mistakes districts make in professional development
Across the globe, teachers are continually asked to integrate technology into their curriculums to keep up with future-ready skills and in turn they complain that they need more…
What is Obama’s K-12 education legacy?
Common Core, Race to the Top, and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)—just a few top-down, often-controversial, metrics-heavy K-12 reform initiatives favored by the Obama Administration that seemed…
App of the Week: drag-and-drop virtual bulletin boards
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5 top classroom apps for the new school year
Education is increasingly mobile, and if you have access to mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, chances are you're using apps for learning, classroom management, personal organization,…
Free learning platform targets improved media literacy
KQED Teach, which launched on July 11, provides a series of free, self-paced courses to help K-12 educators develop the ... Read more
New Common Sense tool shows how secure your ed-tech apps are
New educator resource is intended to find accurate, up-to-date evaluations of privacy and security practices of ed-tech applications Common Sense Education, in ... Read more
Yes, teens are addicted to mobile devices — but so are adults
Interesting infographic shares the realities behind today's mobile device addiction -- for teens and adults.
These 9 apps help every student hit Common Core Standards
Scaffold Common Core standards for students with these educator-picked apps As schools everywhere shift to the Common Core, teachers are ... Read more
13 apps that promote higher-order thinking standards
These mobile apps go way beyond games Mobile devices are becoming increasingly common in schools because they cost so much ... Read more
Common Core is changing how schools teach ELA and math
New report finds Common Core is affecting reading and math — but not test scores States considered strong adopters of ... Read more
The 4 essential elements of any successful one-to-one program
Not all successful one-to-one programs are alike. But they do share some common ground.
App of the Week: Eat your way to basic math skills
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App of the Week: Daily news and events, just for kids
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App of the Week: Shakespeare for the iPad generation
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Need a New Curriculum Solution to Engage Your ELL?
Learn about Middlebury Interactive’s new ELL curriculum, aligning to Common Core and WIDA standards.
Classroom Poster: Common English Idioms
A free, downloadable classroom posters that includes nine expressions every middle schoolers—native speakers and non-native English speakers alike—should know.
App of the Week: Skaffl
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4 Essential Game-Based Learning Questions
You’d have to live under a rock to be unfamiliar with the rise of game-based learning in classrooms across the nation in recent years. Integrating a game into…
How to Create Assessments for The Common Core
Assessments for the Common Core require more than just multiple choice. Learn how to create practice assessments that measure concepts, not facts.
New Common Core writing resource could save billions
It seems that writing has almost gone the way of mathematics, with many students saying, "When will I need to use this in real life?" But according to…