April 2018 edition

Welcome to Tiger One, the online collection of K-12 technology resources that can be integrated into any classroom.

As we draw near to the start of AIR testing, I put together this page of important AIR Resources. I hope you find it helpful. ~AO

CommonLit delivers high-quality, free instructional materials to support literacy development for students in grades 3-12. The resources are flexible, research-based, aligned to the Common Core State Standards, and created by teachers, for teachers. ~CC

BetterLesson brought together 130+ brilliant, creative teachers in grades K-12 to share lessons as they teach them everyday! And these aren't just the normal lessons; they're super accessible and classroom-ready. Their Master Teachers even share reflections, real-life insight into what worked, what misfired and tips/tricks to successful Common Core implementation. ~AO

Do you Google Sheets to collect, organize, or store information? Did you know you could insert pictures into a cell? If the picture has its own url, try this formula: =IMAGE("url",1)

Like this example I used below: =image("https://cdn.nwea.org/images/NWEA_logo_lrg-NoTagline.png")

Read more options for inserting images here. ~AO

Innovation Specialist Don Wettrick of StartEdUp talks about the importance of teaching innovation. ~AO