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COVER STORY
COVER: Michael Craddock, a computer science
teacher at Monticello High School in Charlottesville,
Va., helps students during a class.
COVER PHOTO: Matt Roth_for Digital Directions
28 Cracking the Code_Educators develop creative
ways to teach coding through gaming
FEATURES
24
Test-Driving the
Common Core_Schools
across the country are learning
vital lessons in pilot tests of
online assessments for the
common standards
16
necessary amount of social
and emotional interaction in
primarily online learning programs?
25
Flipped PD: Building
Blocks to Success_
7 Steps to Picking Your
LMS_Experts offer suggestions
on how to choose and evaluate the
different learning management
systems available
A Minnesota district relies on video
and job-embedded coaching to
improve teachers’ tech skills
20
Kindergarten the Virtual
Way_Can kindergartners get the
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Virtual Learning in the
Early Years_Educators
are working to make sure the
technologies elementary students
are using are developmentally
appropriate and highly interactive
Powering the Crowd_
K-12 districts, education groups, and
companies deploy “crowdsourcing”
to identify better approaches
25
iStockphoto/Anthos Boncompagni
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DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR’S NOTE
6
DD SITE VISIT
8
BITS & BYTES_News and Trends
Chris Whetzel_for Digital Directions
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SHAPING YOUNG MINDS: Second graders at Kyrene de los Niños Elementary School display their
animal-research reports using virtual tour-sharing on their laptops during class in Tempe, Ariz.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Digital Directions - Summer 2013
Digital Directions - Summer 2013
Contents
Editor’s Note
DD Site Visit
Bits & Bytes
Test-Driving the Common Core
Flipped PD: Building Blocks to Success
Virtual Learning in the Early Years
Kindergarten the Virtual Way
7 Steps to Picking Your LMS
Cracking the Code
Powering the Crowd
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