Full Description
Let technology pave the way to Common Core success.
Your transition to the Common Core just got easier! When you start getting creative with technology, you'll turn your classroom into a student-centered learning environment that fosters collaboration, individualizes instruction, and cultivates essential technological literacy.
This book is your road map to student success—while meeting the Common Core ELA and literacy standards. Features include:
Specific recommendations for free apps and tech tools that support the Common Core
Step-by-step guidelines to breaking down a Common Core standard for your grade and subject
Teacher-tested, lesson ideas and teaching strategies
Replicable resources, including prewriting activities and writing templates
Real-life examples
You don't need to be in a 1:1 school to do amazing things with technology. With just a few devices, you can engage a whole class! Delve into the Common Core ELA standards by having students experiment creatively with the tech tools at hand for a more meaningful and resonant learning experience.
"The book contains a tremendous collection of actionable ideas that can be seamlessly implemented to make a difference in all aspects of the classroom. A must-own guide that will surely be a teacher's go-to resource to help bring the standards to life."
Adam Bellow, Founder of eduTecher / eduClipper
Plainview, New York
"Catlin Tucker provides great ideas for student use of technology tools that cross the curriculum areas and allow the students to showcase their mastery of content. Students will love how the traditional classroom assessments are transformed!"
Kathy Schrock, Educational Technologist, Adjunct Instructor
Wilkes University, PA
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. The Heart of the Common Core: Points of Emphasis in the Literacy Standards
Chapter 2. Transforming Low-Tech Classrooms With BYOD and Mobile Devices
Chapter 3. The Reading Standards
Chapter 4. Argumentative Writing
Chapter 5. Informative Writing
Chapter 6. Narrative Writing
Chapter 7. Rethinking Research
Chapter 8. Language
Chapter 9. Speaking and Listening
Chapter 10. Charging Ahead in the Face of Change
