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http://edtechtalk.com/content/educational-technology-and-education-conferences-january-june-2017

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American Association of School Librarians (AASL)

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The apps recognized as Best Apps for Teaching & Learning are of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the AASL's Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. The apps foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration and are user friendly to encourage a community of learners to explore and discover.

Books

Ryan North's To Be or Not to Be by Tin Man Games

Level: Middle and High School
Platform: iOS | Android

Ryan Noth gives Shakespeare a steampunk twist in this humorous and appealing story that is loosely based on Hamlet with lots of extraneous pirates thrown in and totally twisted alternative story lines. Readers can choose to experience the story from the perspective of Hamlet, Ophelia or King Hamlet's viewpoint. If the reader follows a skull icon when making plot choices, the reader will come close to following Shakespeare's original plotline. This app was funded by a record-setting Kickstarter campaign.

Tip: Use this app to help frame a discussion of how Shakespeare's works have been adapted over time and how viewpoint and setting impact a story.

Metamorphabet by Vectorpark

Level: Elementary
Platform: iOS | Android

The alphabet "comes to life" and will capture the attention of readers of all ages in this animated alphabet book. As readers interact with the images, letters "morph" into engaging animations, depicting often rich and challenging vocabulary words. This is a book readers will not want to put down.

Tip: While suitable for elementary students, this sophisticated book could also be used with older ELL students to build and enrich vocabulary.

Professor Astro Cat's Solar System by Minilab Ltd.

Level: Elementary
Platform: iOS | Android

Blast off with Professor Astro Cat and learn about stars, planets and outer space. Readers may test their knowledge in "jetpack challenges." Earn medals and parts to build a rocket for correctly answering questions and completing tasks. Bold, retro illustrations and the lovable character of Professor Astro Cat make learning about science fun for kids in this interactive book app.

Tip: Use this app to reinforce ideas in science class or to kick off a study of the solar system.

STEM

Earth Primer by Chaim Gingold

Earth Primer is a cross between an intro to earth science textbook and an interactive sandbox game. This creative application allows students to play with the powerful concepts that make up the physical aspects of our planet. Manipulate glaciers, volcanoes, biomes, weather systems, and more and experience how all of these structures combine to affect the makeup of our awesome planet.

Tip: Use Earth Primer to reinforce content in an earth science class.

Organization & Management

Three Ring by Three Ring Inc.

Three Ring is a mobile and tablet app that allows the user to capture student work via a mobile device then manage and organize these artifacts online. Students can use this app to create digital portfolios. Three Ring allow the user to take photos and record video and audio. Once an artifact is a capture via the mobile app, it is automatically uploaded to the Three Ring Website. From the website, the user can tag, organize, and share their artifacts. These documents can all be shared with parents via email.

Tip: Three Ring is ideal for creating student portfolios.

Postit Plus by 3M Company

The Post-it Plus App is an application for your iOS device that enables you to take your square Post-it Notes from the analog world to the digital, seamlessly and easily. Use your device's camera to scan and catpure sticky notes, users may then arrange, organize and interact with the notes and share the notes across platforms. Save your notes in Evernote, Dropbox or OneDrive. You may also share notes via social media or export as a PDF or spreadsheet.

Tip: Use Post-It Plus to capture brainstorming sessions in the classroom. Teachers who use post-it notes as exit slips may save and organize the notes for future reference.

Humanities & Arts

Content Creation

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The apps recognized as Best Apps for Teaching & Learning are of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the AASL's Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. The apps foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration and are user friendly to encourage a community of learners to explore and discover.

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Emmerton Elementary Demo Teacher Workshop 

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Emmerton Elementary Demo Teacher Workshop 

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These are TIME's 50 best iPhone and Android apps of the year.

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Stevie Wonder Carpool Karaoke (because it's awesome :)

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Stevie Wonder Carpool Karaoke (because it's awesome :)

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SanBdoCitySchools is a member of Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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The Art of Coaching Reader's Guide

A free READER'S GUIDE to The Art of Coaching is available! Use it in book study groups or to deepen your own understanding of this text. Elena Aguilar's The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation (Jossey-Bass, 2013) offers all the tools necessary for professionals who coach educators and is a comprehensive research and practice-based guide. New and seasoned coaches will find a wealth of information and resources. Aguilar offers a model for instructional and leadership coaching that has the potential to transform individuals, institutions, and most important, the lives of young people.

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The Art of Coaching Reader's Guide A free READER'S GUIDE to The Art of Coaching is available! Use it in book study groups or to deepen your own understanding of this text.

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CTE Fall Conference submissions due 8/18

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CTE Fall Conference submissions due 8/18

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https://www.ber.org/seminars/GradeSelect.cfm?STATE=CA

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I remember how, as a new teacher, I would attend a professional development and feel inundated with new strategies. (I wanted to get back to the classroom and try them all!) After the magic of that day wore off, I reflected on the many strategies and would often think, "Lots of great stuff, but I'm not sure it's worth the time it would take to implement it all."

We teachers are always looking to innovate, so, yes, it's essential that we try new things to add to our pedagogical bag of tricks. But it's important to focus on purpose and intentionality -- and not on quantity. So what really matters more than "always trying something new" is the reason behind why we do what we do.

What Research Says

This leads me to educational researcher John Hattie, who wrote Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning. Through his research, one of his goals is to aid teachers in seeing and better understanding learning through the eyes of their students.

Hattie has spent more than 15 years researching the influences on achievement of K-12 children. His findings linked student outcomes to several highly effective classroom practices. Here I'd like to highlight five of those practices:
1. Teacher Clarity
When a teacher begins a new unit of study or project with students, she clarifies the purpose and learning goals, and provides explicit criteria on how students can be successful. It's ideal to also present models or examples to students so they can see what the end product looks like.
2. Classroom Discussion
Teachers need to frequently step offstage and facilitate entire class discussion. This allows students to learn from each other. It's also a great opportunity for teachers to formatively assess (through observation) how well students are grasping new content and concepts.
3. Feedback
How do learners know they are moving forward without steady, consistent feedback? They often won't. Along with individual feedback (written or verbal), teachers need to provide whole-group feedback on patterns they see in the collective class' growth and areas of need. Students also need to be given opportunities to provide feedback to the teacher so that she can adjust the learning process, materials, and instruction accordingly.
4. Formative Assessments
In order to provide students with effective and accurate feedback, teachers need to assess frequently and routinely where students are in relation to the unit of study's learning goals or end product (summative assessment). Hattie recommends that teachers spend the same amount of time on formative evaluation as they do on summative assessment.
5. Metacognitive Strategies
Students are given opportunities to plan and organize, monitor their own work, direct their own learning, and to self-reflect along the way. When we provide students with time and space to be aware of their own knowledge and their own thinking, student ownership increases. And research shows that metacognition can be taught.

Collaborating with Colleagues

Great teachers are earnest learners. Spend some time with a colleague, or two or three, and talk about what each of these research-based, best classroom practices looks like in the classroom. Discuss each one in the context of your unique learning environment: who your students are, what they need, what they already know, etc.

How do you already bring these five classroom practices alive in your classroom? Please share in the comments section below.

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5 Highly Effective Teaching Practices | Edutopia

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We teachers are always looking to innovate, so, yes, it's essential that we try new things to add to our pedagogical bag of tricks. But it's important to focus on purpose and intentionality -- and not on quantity. So what really matters more than "always trying something new" is the reason behind why we do what we do.

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16-17 Demo Teachers by grade, content, site

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16-17 Demo Teachers by grade, content, site

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Dr. Rita Pierson - Every Kid Needs a Champion

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Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson | TED

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Video - what would a world without teachers be like?

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Like us on Facebook! http://facebook.com/jubileemedia This Teacher Appreciation Month, we want to honor the teachers around the world. They not only taught us the fundamentals of our education - reading, writing, mathematics - but also became our role models and inspiration for life. It's no doubt that teachers have had a profound impact on our lives.

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Is Social and Emotional Learning Key to Success? 

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Is Social and Emotional Learning Key to Success? 

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Is Social and Emotional Learning Key to College Success?

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Test scores make students eligible for college, but self-management and relationship skills may better prepare them to thrive once they get there.

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Demonstration Teacher PLC Building Plan for 2016

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Job Description: Program Specialist, Demonstration Teacher

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Job Description: Program Specialist, Demonstration Teacher

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Job Description:Program Specialist, Demo Teacher

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Demo Teacher Leadership Meeting Minutes 3.16

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Demo Teacher Leadership Meeting Minutes 3.16