Students will..

• Build content knowledge
• Exposure to the world through reading
• Apply strategies

Teachers will..

• Balance informational & literary text
• Scaffold for informational texts
• Teach “through” and “with” informational texts

Sophia
This platform is a great learning tool that promotes blended learning concepts. Common Core asks us to implement more technology into the classroom. We will be storing a majority of content on this platform and participants will have access to all presentations and additional resources here also.

In order to view all resources for this PD series, all participants will have to create an account on Sophia.org and join the TCS group on Sophia.

Resource link: https://www.sophia.org/

Evernote
Learn how to manage Notes, Notebooks, Syncing and establishing your account to make them available to your anywhere. Learn the process by which your Evernote notes are kept up to date across all of your computers, phones, devices and the Web. Using Skitch through Evernote lets you get your point across with fewer words using annotation, shapes and sketches, so that your ideas become reality faster.

Resource link: https://www.evernote.org/