CTE: Career Technical Education

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This site offers extensive interactive practice with grammar, reading, vocabulary, and some writing. The site is from Canada, so there may be a few differences between their English and ours, but overall it is a good resource.

The site offers students a choice of level from upper beginner to advanced.

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This is a Project Based Learning Assignment, titled Quarter Project. Students select an interesting question they want to research. They use Trello to organize their projects. The Quarter Project Trello board presents the instructions for students to move their projects from one step to the next. As a teacher, it helps you see the class move through the project. It is also a great place for students to assemble their research, images, presentation etc. Trello makes it easy for students to collaborate on their projects.

Trello is a visual collaboration tool that can be used for lesson planning, class organization, student research, organizing writing assignments, project-based learning and more. It is free.

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Quizlet Live is a collaborative, high-energy review game. It's based on Quizlet, the online flashcards platform that's been around for years. Students are sorted into groups and work together to answer all 12 questions correctly in a row to win.

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 The YouTube video Math Antics - Scientific Notation breaks down into Intro; What is scientific notation? Exponents; Why Scientific Notation? Negative Exponents; Multiplication and division are related; Comparing numbers with scientific notation; Positive exponent; Dividing by a Factor of 10; and Conclusion. It is 14:20 minutes. You can select which of the sections you want to present.   

This activity gives students an introduction and the needed practice to reinforce classroom instruction on Scientific Notation. Students are asked to convert from standard form to scientific notation. Students who answer incorrectly are given an explanation of the correct solution and an opportunity to try again.

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The Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment is a self-guided, online set of assessments that shows an individual’s ability to perform basic computer skills in eight skill areas:

• Basic Computer Use
• Internet
• Windows OS/Mac OS
• E-mail
• Word Processing (using Microsoft Word)
• Social Media
• Excel
• PowerPoint

Use these assessments for post-testing your students on these various skills.