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Common Core practice tests now available online
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, one of two collections of states that are designing online tests aligned with the Common Core standards, has released online practice tests in both ELA and math for students in grades 3-8 and 11.The tests will help schools prepare for implementation of the Smarter Balanced...
App of the week: Thesaurus Rex by Dictionary.com
Name: Thesaurus Rex by Dictionary.comWhat is it? This app, which also works offline, is a modernized thesaurus that allows users to sort synonyms with new filters such as…
LEAD issues five digital learning recommendations
Five recommendations are key to advancing digital learning.On the heels of President Obama’s ConnectED Initiative launch, the bipartisan Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission released a…
Urging students to write in the age of Twitter, texting, and Facebook
In what could be considered the social media decade, there’s often a conundrum in today’s classrooms: Students need writing and critical thinking skills more than ever, but with…
Using a learning management system to meet digital content needs
An LMS with a professional community ocan enable cross-curricular lesson sharing.As new learning technologies and digital tools appear in classrooms, educators may become overwhelmed as they try…
Separating fact from fiction about the Common Core standards
Here's some information to help educators respond to frequently asked questions about the standards.A backlash against the Common Core standards has hit the radio talk shows and…
PowerMyLearning offers free, high-quality resources to support Common Core instruction
Developed by the nonprofit organization CFY, PowerMyLearning is a free online platform for K-12 students, teachers, and parents to find high-quality digital content that supports the Common Core…
‘Share My Lesson’ is giving away prizes for sharing or downloading free content
Share My Lesson, an online platform that allows teachers to share and download free educational resources from their peers, is now a year old—and to celebrate its first…
Schoola: Like Groupon for school fundraising
School fundraising sites have cropped up by the dozens in recent years, and educators can add a website called Schoola to the list.Created by a former teacher and…
New additions to PBS LearningMedia cover the Constitution, Shakespeare, and more
PBS LearningMedia has added new content to its free repository of digital teaching materials, which now includes more than 30,000 resources, PBS says.“These new resources will help educators…
National Library Week: Most beautiful libraries around the world »
National Library Week, sponsored by the American Library Association, kicked off yesterday, and this year’s theme is, “Communities matter @ your library®.” ABC News...
Managing the Machines: How to Have Effective Tech on a Tight Budget
In this latest STAR (School Technology Action Report), “Managing the Machines: How to Have Effective Tech on a Tight Budget,” the editors of eSchool Media Inc.—with support from…
STAR: School Technology Action Report
Stay on top of the key developments affecting education technology. Become a star in your classroom, school, district, college, or university with the STAR series—carefully selected reports composed…
Empowering Education with Video
Communication has changed, and students and educators are increasingly using video technologies in all aspects of education. Knowing how to produce, edit, and distribute video gives high school and…
Interactive Learning in the Connected Classroom
Research has shown that technology can, indeed, help improve teaching and learning when used wisely-and companies have responded in kind, creating hardware, software, and other devices that give…
