Newsletter October 24, 2014

Volume3,I ssue5

Cover Apple Confi gurator Smarter Balanced

Page2 CoreSubject Resources

Page3 RelatedArts Resources

October 24,2014

KyleAdki ns,LeeMoore

Effi ci entlyManagi ng YourI osDevi ces Asanew TI S,oneofthefi rstconcernsIhad washow to manageourI padsi naneffi ci entway.Thei dea ofmanuallyperformi ngupdates,i nstallsandprofi lesfor over300devi ceswasnotanopti on.Apple’ sConfi gurator softwarehasbeenatoolthatIhaveusedwi thsuccessto keepmystudent’ sdevi cesi nthei rhandsandnotdownfor upkeep.Wi thconfi guratoryoucan;do batchappi nstalls andupdates( upto about30devi cesatati me) ,setup profi lesforwhatstudentscanandcannotaccess, organi zeyourdevi cesi nto cartsforeasyrecordkeepi ng, alwayshaveaccessto devi cei nformati onfori nventory, andcontrolallyourdevi cesfrom asi nglecomputer.

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Studentsshowi ng thei rlearni ng Everynew schoolyearbri ngsanew setofchallengesandlearni ng opportuni ti esforourstudents.Amajorchangethi syearhasbeenthe transi ti onto ourNxG andCommonCorestandards.Alongwi ththese changesi nstandards,ourstudentswi llalso seeachangei ntheway theyareassessedi nMathandReadi ng.WestVi rgi ni a’ snew Smarter Balancedassessmenti sai medatprovi di nganaccuratemeasurement ofastudent’ slevelofcollegeandcareerreadi ness.Thi sassessment i scloselyali gnedto theCommonCorestandardsandwi llchallenge ourstudentsi nwaystheymaynotbeusedto,i ntermsoftesti ng.Anew andmajorcomponentoftheseassessmentsare“performancetasks”.

Thesetasksareextendedi temsthatencouragestudentsto have developedabi li ti esi nresearch,wri ti ngandcri ti calthi nki ngski lls.

Morei nformati onabouttheseassessmentsandanarrayofpracti ce questi onsandtaskscanbefoundatsmarterbalanced. org.

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CoreSubj ect Resources

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Storybi rd Thi si sasi tewherestudentscancreatethei rownbookswi thi llustrati ons donebyrealarti sts.Theteacherwi llhaveto setupanaccountandaddstudents to aroster.Studentsdo notneedanemai laddressforthi ssi te.Afterstudents createthei rbook,theyhavetheabi li tyto buythebooki nhardcoveror softcoverversi ons.However,forbi ndi ngpurposes,thesmallestpagetotali s seven.APDFfi lei salso avai lableto buy. www. storybi rd. com

TheFi rstThanksgi vi ng Thesevi deosandsli deshowsarehostedontheScholasti cwebsi te.

Thevi deosareofhi ghquali tyandveryi nteresti ng.Vi deosi ncludedare: 1.Mayflower:Studentswi llseeanexactrepli caoftheshi p.

2.Pi lgri m Vi llage:Studentswi llseesomeaspectsofdai lyli feasaPi lgri m.

3.WampanoagHomesi te:Studentswi llwi tnessdaytodayli feofthe WampanoagNati on.

4.Pli mothPlantati on:Pi lgri msandtheWampanoagcometogetherto di scuss thefi rstThanksgi vi ng.

Lessonsali gnedto theComonCoreStandardsarei ncluded. bi t. ly/Thanksgi vi ngWebcast

AppsforCommonCore Areyouhavi ngi ssuesfi ndi ngappsthatali gnwi thCommonCore?Areyou frustrated,ti red,andreadyto fli ngoutthei Padcart? STOP! ! !Wehaveanapp foryou!TheAppsforCommonCoreappi sagreattoolforanyTI S thati s struggli ngto fi ndthatperfectappto helpteachersteachthei rcurri culum.

Wi ththeAppsforCommonCoreapp,youwi llhaveali stofappsatyour fi ngerti ps.Theappsarerecommendedbythosethatarei nthetrenchesso to speak.Teachersrecommendappsthatsolvetheproblem ofhavi ngno appto helpcoveraCommonCoreStandard.Fi nally,therereallyi sanappforthat! bi t. ly/CoreApps

XtraMath Do youli keMathFactsi naFlash? No moneyto payforthesubscri pti onfee?

No Problem!XtraMathi safreewebbasedprogram thatallowsstudentsto practi cethei rbasi cmathfacts.Teacherssi gnupandaddstudentsto roster.

Studentscanlogi nandpracti ceathomeoratschool.XtraMathemai ls progressreportsto theteachers.Teacherscanalso logi nto seeprogress reports.Therei salso anappavai lableforXtraMath.Theappcanbefoundon thei tunesstore.Thepri cei s$4.

99 www. xtramath. org

NasaMuseum Thi si samuseum whereyoucanlearnaboutNASA’ saeronauti candspace explorati on.Thi ssi tei si nteracti ve.Cli ckonvari ousplacesandlearnmore aboutthati tem oracti vi ty.Studentscanchoosewhi chdecadetheywantto learnabout.I ncludesarchi vedvi deo andaudi o.Goodsi teforsomepri mary resources. bi t. ly/NASA50

Related Arts Resources Art Gi mpi sani magemani pulati ontool thatcanbeusedto edi ti mages,create new artwork,andretouchphotos.

Gi mpi scompletelyfreeandwi llwork wi thmostmodernoperati ng systems.To downloadyour copyandvi ew tutori als vi si tgi mp. org.

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Health Healthcalci sawebsi te thatstudentscanuseto gai n feedbackabouthow healthyofa li festyletheyareli vi ng.Someexamples ofresourcesi ncludeani dealwei ght calculator,totalenergyexpended,and arouteplanner.Formorei nformati on vi si thealthcalc. com.

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I seekthatai msto provi deyoungpeople wi thareali sti cplanni ngtoolofwhat typeofeducati onyouwi llneedfora chosencareerandwhatli festylea personcanexpectto havewi ththat career.Thesi tecontai nsvari ousbudget andplanni ngcalculators.Seethesi te i seek. org/careers/reali tycheck. html

Band/Musi c/Choi r i safreeappforboththe I phoneandI padthathelps trai nstudentsi ni denti fyi ng notes,chords,andothermusi calbasi cs.

Theappfuncti onsasagameandwi ll i ncreasei ndi ffi cultyasstudentsgai n experi enceandbecomemoreprofi ci ent.

CheckouttheAppstoreformorei nfo.

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Physi calEducati on Geocachi ngi sanacti vi ty thati nvolvesusi ngaGPS devi ceto plotasetofpoi nts thatcorrespondto ahi dden object.Thi stechi sagreat wayto structureanoutsi de physi calacti vi tythatstudents wi llenjoy.

I mageLocati onhttp: //pi xabay. com/en/gpstracktracki nggeocachi ng98409/

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Bri dgeDesi gner2014 i saprogram thatteaches studentsci vi lengi neeri ng.

Theai m oftheprogram i sto createabri dgethati sfuncti onal,safe, andcosteffecti ve.Thesoftwarewas developedbytheUSMA,buti snow open sourceandfreeto downloadat bri dgecontest. org.

I mageLocati onhttps: //bri dgecontest. org/

Forei gnLanguage Douli ngo i soneofthebest forei gnlanguageappsand websi tesonthemarkettoday.

Thesi teandappi ssetofli ke Agamethatawardsstudentsforri ght answers.Thesoftwarehasawi de vari etyoflanguagesto chosefrom.

Seeduoli ngo. com formorei nfo.

I mageLocati onhttps: //www. duoli ngo. com/

Computers i sagreatwebsi tethat teachesstudentsthebasi csofcodi ng.

Studentshaveanumberofchoi cesi n thelessonstheyundertake.Someof thelessonsofferedareHTML,CSS, Java,Python,PHPandRuby.Formore i nformati onvi si tcodecademy. com.

I mageLocati onhttp: //www. codecademy. com/