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References

Classroom Tools

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Educators can create classes, distribute assignments, grade and send feedback, and see everything in one place.

ClassDojo is a communication app for the classroom. It connects teachers, parents, and students who use it to share photos, videos, and messages through the school day.

Adobe Spark is a free online and mobile graphic design app. Easily create beautiful images, videos, and web pages.

Screencastify is an easy-to-use screen recorder.

MobyMax is an online curriculum that creates an individualized education plan for each student, allowing gifted students to progress as quickly as they like while simultaneously ensuring that remedial students get the extra instruction they need.

The Reading Inventory is a research-based, adaptive student assessment program that measures reading skills and longitudinal progress from Kindergarten through college readiness.

Benchmark Universe is comprehensive an English Language Arts program that offers a diverse range of digital tools and products to support literacy.

Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace.

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 Books

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A Whole New Mind, by Daniel Pink

Rigorous PBL Design, by Michael McDowell

The Visual Connection, by Dr. Bobbe Baggio

Brain Rules, by John Medina

The Flat World and Education, by Linda Darling-Hammond

Visible Learning for Teachers, by Jon Hattie

LESSONS

HOW-TOs

ASSESSMENT

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Research Articles

Educational Websites

• Goal Setting to Increase Student Academic Performance

 

• Addressing Learning Disabilities With UDL and Technology

 

• How Does Mozart Music Affect Children’s Reading? The Evidence from Learning Anxiety and Reading Rates with E-Books

 

• Effects of an Informational Text Reading Comprehension Intervention for Fifth-Grade Students

 

• Creating an Online Learning Community in a Flipped Classroom to Enhance EFL Learners’ Oral Proficiency

 

• Using Performance Feedback and Goal Setting to Improve Elementary Students Writing Fluency: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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• Ted Talks. Educational and inspirational videos centered around topics that you are interested in.
• Edutopia Shows various ways on how to adopt best practices in the classroom.Sh
• Common Sense Media Support students to thrive through in the digital age through research-backed lesson plans.
• Newsela Offers adaptive reads for every subject.