Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Discovery TechBook

OVERVIEW

The Discovery Education Techbook is an interactive digital textbook available for Science and Social Studies content areas. Techbook resources include videos, primary sources, tiered reading modules, and an interactive glossary. Students have the ability to highlight and annotate online, and teachers can use the assessment maker/tracker and board builder features to deliver and assess content. Teachers can also find exemplary 5E lesson plans by unit and topic with standards aligned to DCPS curricula.

ACCESS

The Discovery Education Science Techbook is available to all DCPS K-12 Science classrooms; the Social Studies Techbook is available to all 6-12 Social Studies classrooms.

LOGIN INFORMATION

Both teachers and students will log in at www.discoveryeducation.com (Links to an external site using the default information below: 

Teachers  
Username:
Your full dc.gov email address

Password:
DCPSTeacher1

Students
Username:
student ID number + dcps
(ex. 1006434dcps)
Password:
6-digit birthdate (mmddyy)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES



Thank you Central Office Educational Technology Team!


 (Links to an external site.)

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Blended Learning: Zearn


Zearn is a non-profit - which is free for teachers and students (paid components: student workbook, but this can be printed for "free"). It is closely tied to Eureka math. It is Independent Digital Lessons for K-5 grades. Kinder is more likely to be successful as a station supplement, whereas at grades 1-5 it is designed to be used a part of the core daily math block.


Independent Digital Lesson Components

Teachers get alerts if students become stuck on Tower of Power. This makes a great data resource to pull small guided math groups around.

Report Overview



Zearn 3-minute demo video: https://www.zearn.org/#learn-about-zearn-math

Sample schedules for structuring a Zearn Math block: http://help.zearn.org/zearn-in-your-math-block/math-block

A “test-drive” of our digital lessons and resources available to teachers: https://www.zearn.org/curriculum/33





Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Classroom Blogging

Blogging in the Elementary Classroom

Be sure to check out the whole playlist for some great blogging tips and case studies. 

Kidblog at DCPS



Ideas from other teachers:



Possible Rubric Ideas: