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17 Free eBooks for Your Summer Reading List

101 Free Tech Tools for Teachers - Technology secrets for creating a 21st century classroom without spending a dime, without searching, without frustration.
11 Hidden Webtools - Gems of the internet perfect for classroom use.
32 Tips for Techphobic Teachers - Are YOU Techphobic? Learn the simple secrets to overcoming your fears …

*ISTE Workshop: Transitioning to the Common Core with Google Apps – Join Catlin Tucker!
Cultivating College and Career Ready Students
The following is a guest post by Catlin Tucker, one of SimpleK12′s presenters. Click here to watch Catlin’s Webinars inside the Teacher Learning Community.

The goal of the Common Core Standards is to ensure students are “college and career ready” by the time they graduate high school. A “college and career ready” student is described as a person who:

demonstrates independence
possesses strong content knowledge
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*ISTE Workshop: Transitioning to the Common Core with Google Apps – Join Catlin Tucker!
10 Tech Tools to Teach the Common Core Standards
The following is a guest post by Catlin Tucker, one of SimpleK12′s presenters. Click here to watch Catlin’s Webinars inside the Teacher Learning Community.

The Common Core State Standards initiative was state led and coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers to create benchmarks for learning from kindergarten through grade 12. The standards themselves “were developed in collaboration …

*ISTE Workshop: Transitioning to the Common Core with Google Apps – Join Catlin Tucker!
Writing with Google Docs: Foster Collaboration & Creation (While Addressing Common Core)
The following is a guest post by Catlin Tucker, one of SimpleK12′s presenters. Click here to watch Catlin’s Webinars inside the Teacher Learning Community.

At ISTE, I had the pleasure of presenting in the Google theatre on Writing with Google Docs. It was a short presentation aimed at demonstrating how educators can use Google Docs to foster writing in its various stages. I wanted to share …

*ISTE Workshop: Transitioning to the Common Core with Google Apps – Join Catlin Tucker!
Tech Tools Perfect for Teaching Common Core Math Standards
The following is a guest post by Catlin Tucker, one of SimpleK12′s presenters. Click here to watch Catlin’s Webinars inside the Teacher Learning Community.

The Common Core Standards for math stress real world relevance, creative problem solving, collaboration and communication. “One hallmark of mathematical understanding is the ability to justify…why a particular mathematical statement is true or where a mathematical rule comes from” (Common Core Standards). Encouraging students …

*ISTE Workshop: Transitioning to the Common Core with Google Apps – Join Catlin Tucker!
Common Core Standards: Teaching Argument Writing
The following is a guest post by Catlin Tucker, one of SimpleK12′s presenters. Click here to watch Catlin’s Webinars inside the Teacher Learning Community.

Argument writing is one of three types of writing stressed in the Common Core Standards for English, history, and science/technical studies. As I transition from persuasive to argument writing, my focus is on using technology to engage and support students throughout the process. Tall order. Here are some …

*ISTE Workshop: Transitioning to the Common Core with Google Apps – Join Catlin Tucker!
Infographics: Transforming the Traditional Research Paper & Addressing Common Core
The following is a guest post by Catlin Tucker, one of SimpleK12′s presenters. Click here to watch Catlin’s Webinars inside the Teacher Learning Community.

Any teacher who has embarked on a research writing unit or taught students how to write a research paper knows it is a arduous and, often, unrewarding task.
After teaching the research paper this year, I knew my students needed to refine their research skills. …