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2 Free Martin Luther King Day Lesson Plans

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Subscriber Special

Until January 18th:

Free Martin Luther King Day Lesson Plans

Two lesson plans to prepare for Martin Luther King Day in January: 1) Students research events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King’s impact on American history and share them with an Event Chain organized visually, including pictures and thought bubbles. 2) Students interpret the words of Dr. Martin Luther King in their own words in a visual organizer. Great project that gets students thinking about the impact of words on history.

Designed for grades 4-7, it’s aligned with Common Core and ISTE Standards.

What’s included in each lesson plan:

brief summary of the project
Essential Question
Big Idea
Common Core and ISTE alignment
materials required
teacher prep required
step-by-step instructions
extensions to dig deeper into the subject
assessment strategies
sample grading rubric
sample project
resources

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Subscriber Special: December

December 10th-January 2nd

15% Discount Sitewide on

Structured Learning.net

Code: HAPPYHOLIDAY15

How to use this:

Go to Structured Learning
Fill your shopping cart with your holiday gifts
When checking out, apply the code, HAPPYHOLIDAY15

Subscriber Special: November

November 1st-8th:

Buy the K-8 curriculum; get the 55-page Hour of Code bundle for free

What’s in the Hour of Code bundle?

30 K-8 coding activities, organized by grade

138 images

aligned with ISTE and Common Core

lots of options to differentiate for student needs

Questions? Ask Jacqui Murray at askatechteacher at gmail dot com.

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Subscriber Special: August

August 2nd only:

Coaching or Mentoring

BOGO — Buy one month; get the second free

Do any of these sound like you?

Your kindergartners don’t know what ‘enter’, ‘spacebar’, ‘click’ or many other techie words mean but you need to teach them to keyboard, internet, and become digital citizens. How do you start?
You have new students in your class who haven’t had technology training. The rest of the class has. How do you catch them up?
Your principal wants you to teach the technology class but you’ve never done it before. What do you do on the first day?
You’ve been teaching for twenty years but now your Principal wants technology integrated into your class. Where do you start?
You have a wide mix of tech skills among students in your class. How do you differentiate between student geeks and students who wonder what the right mouse button is for?
You’ve been tasked with organizing a Technology Use Plan for your school. Where do you start?
You and colleagues are expected to create a Curriculum Map. How does technology fit into that?
You love being an edtech professional but what’s your career path?

More and more teachers–both new and experienced–are looking for coaching or mentoring to fill gaps in their learning, keep up to date on the latest teaching strategies, and solve problems they didn’t expect. Many turn to the personalized approach we offer in a collaboration between Ask a Tech Teacher, Jacqui Murray, and Structured Learning. Coaching is completed via Google Hangout with email available for quick questions. After only a short time, teachers find they are better prepared with tech-infused lesson plans, able to teach to standards more fluently, can integrate tech into core classroom time, easily differentiate for student needs with tech, and more.

“Once a month, pick my brain. I’ll share what I’ve learned and what works from 25 years of teaching.” –Jacqui Murray

Normally, we charge a $150 per month with a two month minimum (for a total of $300). This month on the 2nd, get both months of coaching or mentoring for only $150.

Click our PayPal Me here. Add $150.00 to the line.

Because it’s PayPal, you can enter as a guest with any credit card–no PayPal account required.

We wrote the books. We’ll help you deliver on keyboarding, integrating tech into your curriculum, digital citizenship, Common Core, and more. Questions? Ask Jacqui Murray at askatechteacher at gmail dot com.

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Subscriber Special: June

June 5th-10th:

BOGO

Buy one grade level school license; get the second free

Just in time for summer preparation for the new school year!

A School License is a PDF of one grade level tech curriculum or keyboarding curriculum that can be installed on any digital device in your school–iPads, Chromebooks, laptops, library computers, classroom computers, 1:1, Google Classroom–you name it. As many installs as the school wants for one low fee.

Purchase a School License for one grade and get the second grade level for free on either of the following:

This is perfect for private schools, independent schools, charter schools, public schools–any school with classroom computer pods, 1:1 programs, Google Classroom, and more.

Benefits of a School License

provide access to full text PDF from every digital device in your school, 24 hours a day. This maximizes productivity and student independence.
provide PDF access that isn’t limited by the availability of the Internet or Wifi
free desk copy and digital file for teacher use (for domestic customers only; MS keyboarding curriculum only available in digital)

Benefits of School License for Students

provide easy access to monthly lessons, how-tos, rubrics, project samples, practice quizzes, grade-level expectations, homework, images, and checklists
provide quick links to websites required in lessons
provide full color instructions that can be zoomed in on for greater detail
allow a convenient place to take lesson notes (using a PDF annotator)
encourage students to be independent in their learning, work at their own pace rather than a one-size-fits-all class pace
enable a quick way to spiral up to the next grade level for quick learners or back to earlier resources for student needing to scaffold their learning
provide access to 10 companion videos (Ultimate Guide to Keyboarding curriculum license only) to take students through each month of their keyboarding journey. They’re approximately one hour, viewed at student’s pace
prepare students for the rigor of end-of-year summative testing

Additionally, with each School License, you get:

print copy of each ebook selected (international and digital-only books not included)
free access to additional grade-level resources and videos (K-5 tech curriculum). This is guidance on using the technology curricula in your classroom.

How do you buy this?

Check the links above and decide what curricula and grade level you’d like.
Click here for a School License.
Scroll down and select the curricula and the package.
Pay via PayPal or contact us to purchase via PO.
In the comments, tell us which grade-level you’d like as your free gift.

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Subscriber Special: May

May 24th-30th:

Coaching or Mentoring

BOGO — Buy one month; get the second free

Do any of these sound like you?

Your kindergartners don’t know what ‘enter’, ‘spacebar’, ‘click’ or many other techie words mean but you need to teach them to keyboard, internet, and become digital citizens. How do you start?
You have new students in your class who haven’t had technology training. The rest of the class has. How do you catch them up?
Your principal wants you to teach the technology class but you’ve never done it before. What do you do on the first day?
You’ve been teaching for twenty years but now your Principal wants technology integrated into your class. Where do you start?
You have a wide mix of tech skills among students in your class. How do you differentiate between student geeks and students who wonder what the right mouse button is for?
You’ve been tasked with organizing a Technology Use Plan for your school. Where do you start?
You and colleagues are expected to create a Curriculum Map. How does technology fit into that?
You love being an edtech professional but what’s your career path?

“Once a month, pick my brain. I’ll share what I’ve learned and what works from 25 years of teaching.” –Jacqui Murray

Normally, we charge a $150 per month with a two month minimum (for a total of $300). This month between the 24th and 30th, get both months of coaching or mentoring for only $150.

Click our PayPal Me here. Add $150.00 to the line.

Because it’s PayPal, you can enter as a guest with any credit card–no PayPal account required.

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Subscriber Special: April

April 24th-30th:

Coaching or Mentoring

BOGO — Buy one month; get the second free

Do any of these sound like you?

Your kindergartners don’t know what ‘enter’, ‘spacebar’, ‘click’ or many other techie words mean but you need to teach them to keyboard, internet, and become digital citizens. How do you start?
You have new students in your class who haven’t had technology training. The rest of the class has. How do you catch them up?
Your principal wants you to teach the technology class but you’ve never done it before. What do you do on the first day?
You’ve been teaching for twenty years but now your Principal wants technology integrated into your class. Where do you start?
You have a wide mix of tech skills among students in your class. How do you differentiate between student geeks and students who wonder what the right mouse button is for?
You’ve been tasked with organizing a Technology Use Plan for your school. Where do you start?
You and colleagues are expected to create a Curriculum Map. How does technology fit into that?
You love being an edtech professional but what’s your career path?

“Once a month, pick my brain. I’ll share what I’ve learned and what works from 25 years of teaching.” –Jacqui Murray

Normally, we charge a $150 per month with a two month minimum (for a total of $300). This month between the 24th and 30th, get both months of coaching or mentoring for only $150.

Click our PayPal Me here. Add $150.00 to the line.

Because it’s PayPal, you can enter as a guest with any credit card–no PayPal account required.

(more…)