#DeviceFreeDinner

Combining Common Sense's #DeviceFreeDinner with The Family Dinner Project's Conversation Starters and Dinner Games is sure to make some lasting memories this holiday season. Give it a try at your house!

Common Sense's Top EdTech Eleven

Common Sense publishes a Top EdTech Eleven list and updates it often. Check it out to see what they say is the best of the best in the world of EdTech.
If you have any questions or want someone to investigate with you, please contact your DLC, Penney Matos!

Graphite's List of Math Apps

Common Sense Graphite put together this list of math apps. Several include high school content. Read more

Happy Pi Day! #PiDay #PiDay2016

Formative Assessment Apps & Tips

Common Sense Graphite put together this short list of apps and a few resources that are helpful for formative assessment in your classroom. They recommend these apps: Poll Everywhere, Socrative, Kahoot or Formative.

I also ran across this article from Ms. EdTechie listing many more formative assessment options.

If you would like to talk about any of these apps or other formative assessment options, please let me know!

Graphite's Top Picks for Persuasive and Argumentative Writing

Common Sense Media's Graphite

Apps, Games, and Websites for Persuasive and Argumentative Writing

  

These products include skills-builders, practice tools, and writing communities, all of which help students -- especially those in middle and high school – understand the mechanics and art of crafting writing that communicates a point well.

Digital Bytes by Common Sense Media

Digital Bytes is a great resource for teaching digital awareness. 

Educators, start here. 

http://youtu.be/brvaP0tQ2hA

Edutopia and Common Sense Media's Digital Citizenship Pinterest Board

Edutopia paired up with Common Sense Media to create a Digital Citizenship board on Pinterest. 

Take a look through their collection of infographics, posters and more!