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  • Reading CCSS for H/SS 6-8
    • RH.6-8.1 Cite Specific Textual Evidence
    • RH.6-8.2 Determine the Central Idea and Summarize
    • RH.6-8.3 Identify Key Steps in a Process
    • RH.6-8.4 Determine the Meaning of Words and Phrases
    • RH.6-8.5 Determine Text Structure
    • 6-8.6 Identify Author's Point of View and Purpose
    • RH.6-8.7 Integrate Visual Information
    • RH.6-8.8 Distinguish Fact, Opinion, and Reasoned Judgment
    • RH.6-8.9 Analyze Primary vs. Secondary Source
    • RH.6-8.10 Read Grade-Appropriate Texts
  • Writing CCSS for H/SS 6-8
    • WHST.6-8.1 Write Arguments
    • WHST.6-8.2 Write Informative/Explanatory Texts
    • WHST.6-8.4 Write with Development, Organization, and Style
    • WHST.6-8.5 Planning, Revising, Editing, And Rewriting
    • WHST.6-8.6 Produce and Publish Writing With Technology
    • WHST.6-8.7 Conduct Short Research Projects
    • WHST.6-8.8 Gather Relevant Information
    • WHST.6-8.9 Draw Evidence From Informational Texts
    • WHST.6-8.10 Write Routinely
  • Speaking/Listening CCSS for 6-8
    • CCSS.ELA.SL.6-8.1 Collaborative Discussions
    • CCSS.ELA.SL.6-8.2 Interpret/Analyze Diverse Media
    • CCSS.ELA.SL.6-8.3 Delineate Speaker's Argument and Claims
    • CCSS.ELA.SL.6-8.4 Present Claims and Findings
    • CCSS.ELA.SL.6-8.5 Include Multimedia and Visual Components
    • CCSS.ELA.SL.6-8.6 Adapt Speech to Context and Task
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.

  • Ideas for Producing and Publishing Writing With Technology
  • The Best Educational Web Tools to Engage Students
  • Technology Blogs and Sit

Students Share Ideas Aloud
  • Blabberize.com - Record Voice and Make a Picture Talk
  • VoiceThread - Upload, Share and Discuss Documents, Presentations, Images, Audio Files and Videos
  • Narrable or Fotobabble or Slidestory - Narrate a Story or Explanation over Pictures
  • Voki - Create Speaking Avatars
  • Audacity - Record and Edit Sounds
  • Jing or Screenr - Screencasting Tools (FREE)
  • Camtasia - Screencasting (Fee)

Students Present Their Ideas
  • PowerPoint or Prezi or Keynote - Classic Presentation Tools
  • Animoto - Slide Show Set to Music
  • PhotoPeach - Create a Slide Show with Pictures and Text
  • Kizoa - Slideshow and Video Creation Tool
  • iMovie - Narrate or Present Text in a Movie
  • EDpuzzle or eduCanon or Jing or Screencast-O-Matic or Screenr or QuickTime - Create a video lesson
  • Empressr - Tell Stories and Create Presentations Online
  • Glogster or BeFunky or Posterini or Smore or GoogleDocs - Digital Poster Creators
  • Mixbook - Create an Online Scrapbook
  • Storybird - Create a Book
  • Quozio or ReciteThis or Muzy - Make an Original or Famous Quote or Passage into a Mini Poster
  • Popplet - Capture Facts, Ideas, and Images in Mind Maps
  • Easel.ly - Create and Share Visual Ideas
  • Sumo.fm - Draw Images
  • ToonDoo or or Make Beliefs Comix or Comic Master- Create a Cartoon or Graphic Story
  • Infogr.am or Piktochart - Make an Infographic
  • ThingLink - Present Information Linked to an Image
  • MapSkip - Create Stories with Photos on a Google Map
  • Dipity - Present Information Through a Annotated Timeline
  • Learnist or Blendspace - Create a Learning Board

Students Share Their Ideas Online - Blogs, Backchannels, etc.
  • (Docs, Presentation, Spreadsheet, etc.)
  • Blogger
  • KidBlog - Excellent Site for Student Blogs
  • Padlet and TodaysMeet or Poll Everywhere or Chatzy or Backchannel Chat or  or Geddit or Socrative or ExitTicket or AnswerPad or GoSoapBox or Kahoot!- Backchannel and Formative Assessment Options
  • Storify - Students Build a Story Around Internet Links
  • or Weebly or Wix or Yola or Jimdo - Website Creation Tools

iPad Apps For Producing and Publishing Student Writing
  • Book Creator App or iBooks Author or Creative Book Builder (Fee) - Book Creation Tools
  • OneNote or Notability or Evernote - Note-Taking Tools
  • Skitch - Note-Taking and Annotation Tool
  • Touchcast - Supercool Interactive Screencasting Tool
  • Explain Everything or Educreations or ShowMe or Doceri or ScreenChomp or Teach or Verso - Interactive Whiteboard and Screencasting Tools
  • Snapguide - Create and Share How-To Guides
  • Haiku Deck or SlideIdea - Presentation and Slideshow Apps
  • Pixlr - Photo Editing App 
  • Flowboard - Interactive Presentation App
  • Comic Life - Comic Strip Creation Tool (Fee)
  • Puppet Pals or Toontastic or Sock Puppets or Tellagami - Animated Video Creation Tools
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