Apps to help Teachers with the Common Core

The resources below are part of the professional development sessions I offer on the common core and interactive technologies. (Click on the images to be directed to each website.) Please contact me if you would like more information on my workshops.

FluencyFinder

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Easily find and track fluency rates so that you have more time to help students strengthen reading skills and find books that are confidence-building and enjoyable for them. The app has passages for grades 1-8, a data-sharing email function, comprehension questions, and it calculates and stores your student records for easy access.

Shakespeare in Bits

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A new, exciting, multimedia approach to learning and teaching Shakespeare’s plays - Shakespeare In Bits brings The Bard’s most popular plays to life through magnificently animated re-enactment, full audio and unabridged text in one comprehensive package.

Smithsonian

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The digital mobile guide to the Smithsonian, built collaboratively with our visitors. Find out what's on where, see the highlights and exhibitions, search our collections, access tours, podcasts and other apps, and add tips and photos from your visit to Smithsonian Mobile.

DocsTeach

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Engage in activities that will help you make sense of stories, events, and ideas of the past using documents from the holdings of the US National Archives. Choose an historical topic and challenge yourself with an activity.

National Archives

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The "Today's Document" mobile app is an interactive gallery that allows you to explore the holdings of the US National Archives through a collection of 365 fascinating documents and photographs from throughout history.

Google Earth

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Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. Use www.realworldmath.org for lesson ideas.

Science 360

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The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Science360 for iPad provides easy access to engaging science and engineering images and video from around the globe